Gene Plavnik

About Gene Plavnik

Specialize on development manufacturing and sales of new generation of commercial and industrial heat and mass transfer equipment for crosscut of industries, such as industrial and commercial heating and drying equipment for flexible packaging, flexographic and rotogravure printing, converting, coating, paper making and paper and film converting, 3D Products for consumer products industries, 3D packaging, 3D Molded Fiber Products (MFP), food manufacturing, advanced residential, commercial and light industrial HVAC equipment, appliances, provide engineering consulting services to OEMs, end users, investment banking. Specialties: Drying Systems, Curing Systems, Cooling Systems, Heating Systems, Appliances, HVAC, utilities, Flexible Packaging, Converting, Printing, Food Equipment, Heat Exchangers, Solar Thermal, Solar Water Heating, food processing, utilities, environmental technologies, food and beverage industry equipment, heat exchangers, chemical processing industries, waste-to energy systems, petrochemicals.

Experience

1. President

   Heat Technologies, Inc

   Sep 1996 — Present

   I have more than 25 years of experience in managing, engineering, development of new generation of thermal equipment in the fields of industrial and commercial heating, drying, various thermal processes including its components, such as electric motors, switches, and sensors. I also have experience in paper, natural gas and electric utilities, converting and packaging machinery, label equipment manufacturing, food and beverage equipment manufacturing, heat exchangers, consumer products, food and beverage industry equipment, heat exchangers, chemical processing industries. I also work with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), boilers, water heaters, commercial and residential appliances, heat pumps, standby generators, lawn mowers, engine driven pumps, small engines (less than 25 hp); waste-to energy systems, petrochemicals, and other production industries. I hold an MS in Heat and Mass Transfer Engineering. I also hold 6 US and international patents relevant to the field of heat and mass transfer, drying, heat exchangers, boilers and water heaters.

Education

• PhD Institute of Heat and Mass Transfer, Minsk Belarus

  PhD, (no defense of the dissertation)

  1986 — 1989