Colin Herchenbach

Colin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University. He has been employed in the open die, semi-closed die and seamless rolled ring industry for almost 20 years. He currently is the Manager of Sales at North American Forgemasters (NAF) a 50/50 joint venture between Scot Forge and Ellwood located in New Castle, Pennsylvania. At this facility raw material is melted into ingots as heavy as 444,000 lbs at Ellwood Quality Steels (EQS) and transferred hot to NAF where the ingots are forged under a 10,121T press into forgings exceeding 300,000 lbs. It is the only facility of its kind in North America where both melting and forging at this scale is performed. Between Scot Forge, Ellwood, and North American Forgemasters any hydro, pump storage, lock, or dam forging from 5 bls to the heaviest turbine or generator shafts in steel and stainless can be domestically produced.