1. Tell us about yourself. I was born and raised in the area, and I have a beautiful wife of 19 years and two beautiful teenage daughters. I enjoy the outdoors and spend most of my free time on the water either boating or fishing. 2. What’s your role at Woven Metal Products (WMP) /…
By Russell Hillenburg, President of Woven Metal Products As state-of-the-art fabrication facility with more than 50 years of experience, Woven Metal Products (WMP) has grown with our customers. With that growth has come increased expertise, capabilities, and state-of-the-art equipment. A visit to the WMP facility today yields a vast array of workstations, cutting machines (laser,…
By Russell Hillenburg, President of Woven Metal Products Giving back and helping others have always been important to me and my family. At Woven Metal Products (WMP), we’ve always made it a point to support local nonprofits and provide support to our community in Alvin, Texas. But this year, our WMP team decided to take…
By Woven Metal Products Today is Employee Appreciation Day, and at Woven Metal Products, we are thankful for the team members who choose to work with us. They are the people who have helped make us into the premier fabrication facility that we are today. Whether they’re working on the shop floor or handling administrative…
By Woven Metal Products Team Today is National Innovation Day, a moment to recognize creative solutions to difficult problems and new approaches that make life and processes easier across a variety of industries. For our industry, innovation means creating custom solutions that bring efficiency, reliability and better outputs for our customers. And our customers are…
1. What’s your role at Woven Metal Products (WMP?) I’m in charge of compliance and safety for the company, ensuring all team members understand and follow safe workplace guidelines. That ranges from the shop floor to our IT systems and cybersecurity. I’m in tune with all accidents or near accidents that happen on-site, and I’m…
By Russell Hillenburg, President of Woven Metal Products With the holiday season upon us, many of us are spending time — virtually or in-person — with friends and family. This time of year always makes me reflect on our company’s ties to family and what lies ahead. My grandfather Richard Hillenburg started Woven Metal Products…
1. Tell us about yourself. I’m originally from the Republic of Moldova, and I graduated from the Technical University of Moldova with a degree in civil engineering — a field I was drawn to by my love of math and physics. Through my university, I found out about opportunities to work in other countries —…
By Heather Bennett, VP Strategy and Marketing, Woven Metal Products My career journey didn’t start out at Woven Metal Products, a company focused on manufacturing and fabrication for the refining, petrochemical, chemical and energy sectors, but I’m glad I ended up here. My path alternated between global public relations agencies and corporations, where I specialized…
By Russell Hillenburg, President, Woven Metal Products Today is National Manufacturing Day, a day we recognize the importance of modern manufacturing careers and encourage the next generation of the workforce to consider this industry for their chosen profession. As president of Woven Metal Products (WMP), a premier fabrication facility that manufactures reactor and tower internals…
By Robert Lasser, Vice President, Tower Division of Woven Metal Products Innovation in the energy and petrochemical industries has always been a relentless pursuit with ever evolving challenges. After all, minimizing a plant’s unit outage time and equipment repair costs is vital for meeting operational performance targets, and business financial goals. At Woven Metal Products…
By James Robinson, Vice President of Business Development for Woven Metal Products Turnaround season is just around the corner, and while planning is already underway or finished for this planned pause in production for maintenance, it’s always a good idea to look take a fresh look at your approach to this critical time. Whether you’re…