Even in the coldest of winters, industrial processes generate a lot of heat — and that's not a good thing.
Dynalene, headquartered in Whitehall, specializes in industrial heat transfer fluids or, as president and CEO Satish Mohapatra explains, “something that carries heat from one place to another, similar to the antifreeze in your car engine.”
The company's products are used in a wide range of applications: pharmaceutical (reactor cooling), food and beverage process cooling, climactic chambers (wind tunnels), ice rinks, heating and air-conditioning of buildings, solar thermal and electronics cooling.
Dynalene's roots go back to a 1993 research grant from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennylvania that went towards development of ultra-low temperature heat transfer fluids that work efficiently below -80°C (-112°F). The resulting products were commercialized and sold under the Dynalene name by several antecedent corporations until 2005 when the company changed its name to Dynalene Inc.
Today, the enterprise has more than 50 products, offers a wide range of analytical testing through its laboratory services division, and fields an active R&D group.
“Looking ahead, we are developing several products to go into solar thermal, fuel-cell cooling and flushing fluid applications,” adds Mohapatra.
Dynalene works closely with Lehigh University and has won a number of grants from the federal Small Business Innovation Research program and the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance.
The company made its first expansion in 2013 with a new production facility in Chicago to serve midwest customers and is currently planning another such facility in the west.
Source: Satish Mohapatra, Dynalene
Writer: Elise Vider