CELEBRATING 35 YEARS

Decades of Drive & Ingenuity

This June 2020 marks 35 years of DenTech being in business, and to celebrate, we are taking a moment to look down memory lane at the events that got us here today.

At the foundation was a small group of hardworking problem solvers bearing a can-do attitude, which has only grown to be a much larger group with the same philosophy; “yeah, we can do that!” Because of this, we expanded our capabilities and grew from 15 to 133 employees, many of them still with us since the day we started. This approach helped us develop from a small machine shop to handling just about everything in the industrial mechanical landscape. We evolved from dust collection sales into design, installation, and service of complete systems. Then arose the need for metal fabrication and electrical control panels, and we delivered. Always itching to innovate, we created our own control panel HMI, AyrDyne, and kept that ball rolling into automation, and now robotics. Today, we are providing complete process solutions for our manufacturing and industrial customers so that they can operate safely and efficiently. Our customers have come to count on us for comprehensive start to finish projects with our team. As for this team; we are a group of diverse problem solvers that show up each day with a fascination for the industries served and a dedication like no other. Without them, none of this would be possible.

Check out DenTech’s story in more detail below, and here’s to the next 35! We’re happier than ever we get to continue doing what we love helping our customers’ businesses thrive.

1976

Denlin, Inc. Founded

Denlin, Inc. was the pre-Dentech company founded by Bob Denlinger, a one man band, designing machine tooling and fixtures for local customers.

1976

1985

Denlin, Inc is Reincorporated as Dentech, Inc.

After years of growing the business with a machine shop and team of designers, Dentech, Incoporated was born, and began selling dust collection equipment.

[ 15 employees ]

1985

Man working in the installation department

1986

Installation Department is Formed

Not long after, with the demand of installation growing from our customers, we created a dedicated department.

1986

CAD drawing pictured on the left and fabrication workers pictured on the right

1990

- Added CAD Capabilites
- Acquired Evcor, Inc.

CAD capabilities were added to our design department, and we acquired local sheet metal fabricator, Evcor, Inc. They were a child company of Everts and Overdeer, Inc., a prominent Lancaster, PA mechanical contractor, in business for over a century.

1990

An illustration of three smaller buildings in gray pointing to a larger building in blue.

1994

Combined 3 Locations

We centralized our three operating facilities into one larger building in Brownstown, PA.

1994

1999

Merged with Advanced Filtration

We merged with Advanced Filtration, Inc. in Baltimore, MD, becoming a Silver Dealer for Donaldson.

1999

2000

Formed Electrical Control Panel & Electrical Division

We officially started offering electrical control panels and electrical installation in the industrial sector.

2000

2001

Became Donaldson Gold Dealer

Not long after attaining Silver Dealer status, we achieved Gold Dealer, joining only a handful of others across the country in their highest ranking category.

2001

Two dust collection service technicians dressed in personal protection equipment. They are changing out a filter in a dust collection system.

2003

Formed the Service Department

We formed our service department and became a Donaldson Authorized Warranty Service Center.

2003

2004

Shifted to Solidworks as main CAD Program & Became Authorized Nilfisk Dealer

2004

2006

Purchased Second Building at brownstown location

Knowing we were running out of space, we purchased a second building to partially move into and leased out the rest until we grew into it.

2006

2007-2012

Expanded Warehouse, Installation Area and Offices

As we grew with more employees and work, we expanded into the rest of our second building over time.

[ 64 employees ]

2007-2012

2013

Developed AyrDyne control panel

Our in-house team developed the original version of our AyrDyne control panel HMI, solidifying our path into automation.

[ 66 employees ]

2013

Automation specialists at DenTech. Two are reviewing programming next to an electrical control panel. One is looking at programming on a computer screen.

2014

- Formed Dentech south
- Purchased 1975 N Reading Road
- Launched Automation Department

We leased a building in Greensboro, NC and began to build our south office.
We also purchased a larger new property in Denver, PA to move our entire operations into, and began renovations on it.
Our automation department was launched

[ 69 employees ]

2014

Illustrated map that shows Brownstown, PA and DenTech's new facility at 1975 N. Reading Rd., Denver, PA. The building is labeled "55,000 sq. ft."

2015

Moved entire operation from Brownstown to Denver

We officially took our business to our new 55,000 sq foot facility with room to grow.

[ 81 employees ]

2015

2018

- Rebranded as DenTech Industrial
- Expanded territory into Pittsburgh

Realizing Dentech, Inc. no longer represented our company the way it once did, we rebranded as DenTech Industrial, changing our name, logo and look to better match who we are, and our expansive capabilities.
We also gained Pittsburgh as a territory for Donaldson sales and began planning for an office there.

[ 113 employees ]

2018

A collage of a welder working on a pipe, a FANUC robot, and a drawing of a delta robot

2019

- Purchased 1925 N Reading Rd
- Launched Piping Department
- Launched Robotics Department

1925 N Reading Road (the property directly adjacent to ours) was purchased to allow for future expansion.
We also launched the piping department and robotics department, hiring a highly respected Robotics Manager.

[ 125 employees ]

2019

2020

- Purchased 25 Kurtz Road
- Fanuc Authorized System Integrator
- Hired Robotics Designer

We purchased a new 25,000 square foot property to move the panel shop, automation department and administration into, allowing more space for our other departments in the current building. Renovations began early this year and we will move in by late summer/early fall.
Our department completed training to become a Fanuc Authorized System Integrator.
We also invested more in robotics hiring a very experienced Robotics Designer.

[ 133 employees ]

2020

2021