Black Pine Engineering

Simply Advanced Compression

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Industrial/Energy
  • Location East Lansing, MI, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2014
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website blackpineengineering.com

Company Summary

We are a lean startup commercializing valuable turbomachinery IP. High volume compressors are $5B/yr US, yet limited by CapEx-Performance trade-off. Our modular high volume gas compressors solve the tradeoff with lowest operational and capital cost. Our JIT manufacturing model with extremely low overhead allows us to establish beachheads in valuable niche markets then pursue joint opportunities to gain share.

Team

  • Receiving his master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialty in turbomachinery design and testing. Served as CEO for last three years during tech development period.

  • Tom Olis
    Marketing Manager

    MBA/Masters in International Management (Thunderbird), has experience in technical marketing and has been in three previous startups. He has been responsible for first contacts in the MVC market and has been very successful cultivating relationships with our potential customers, which we will use for our first round of sales.

  • Principal Engineer

    Peter Kurowski is a highly experienced turbomachinery professional who works on specialty aerospace projects for GE Aviation, Rolls Royce, MTU Aero Engines, and others. He leads the design efforts, carries out fluid and structural simulations, selects components, and generates engineering drawings.

  • Thomas Qualman
    Design Engineer

    Thomas Qualman is receiving his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, leads the 3-D design efforts, as well as leads our prototype testing. Thomas has worked on the modular compressor concept for over 5 years, and is an expert in the field.

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