Production Engineering

Headquarters

Dayton, OH

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Founded in 1953 by engineer and World War II veteran Carl Bertsche Sr., Dayton-based Production Engineering supplies production welding and other specialized manufacturing equipment, including standard and custom systems. Now led by the second and third generations of the Bertsche family, the company is especially distinctive for helping manufacturers modernize or rebuild older welding machinery alongside its work with electron-beam and RF equipment. Its Sciaky partnership also extends to large-scale electron-beam welding and metal additive manufacturing services.

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