FRED W. GARTNER, Jr., (Setting the Course for Innovation). Part 1 of 4

Many in the Thermal Spray Industry and the Houston business community know the history of F.W. Gartner and the significant individuals that have set and continued our course as an innovator and market leading company through the decades. We want to share their stories with you to give insight into their and our vision as we continue pioneering surface engineering technologies. Fred W. Gartner Jr. was one of those individuals. The speech written by Scott Goodspeed for Fred's induction into the T.S.S. Thermal Spray Hall of Fame, is illustrative of Fred's formative development of the culture of innovation for F.W. Gartner. This will be the first of four post.

"Until his death in September of 1993, Fred W. Gartner, Jr. championed the cause of thermal spraying with indefatigable fervor. From the moment his life began, he seemed destined to become one of the true pioneers of the thermal spray industry.

Following his father's lead, Fred began his tenure at F. W. Gartner at the impressionable age of five. His father wasted no time in preparing his son as the future President of the new family business. He may not have realized it at the time, but his contributions to thermal spraying in the Southwest was already being fashioned by his father's hands. It would take approximately four decades before thermal spraying was added to the corporate resume.

Upon his father's passing in late 1953, Fred, Jr. assumed command of F. W. Gartner in early spring of 1954 as the second generation President. His father had prepared him well. Fred was well on his way to becoming a respected businessman in his own right. His entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with a keen business savvy, helped Fred expand his company into several different industries. One such industry was thermal spraying.

Not long after Fred became President, F. W. Gartner Company began exploring a new, largely experimental industry known as Thermal Spraying. After purchasing his first wire gun in 1954, most efforts centered around combustion wire systems initially; however, it wasn't long until Fred had his employees learning about advanced systems such as Rokide®. It was after his proficiency with this new ceramic rod spray system that Fred began working with the United States Department of Defense."

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