Mike Sutter
Chief Executive Officer at Chromalox, Inc.
Profile
Mr. Sutter is an Operating Partner at Blue Wolf Capital Partners with nearly 40 years of experience in industrial companies serving diverse markets with highly differentiated operating models.
His background includes a mix of general management, engineering, operations, supply chain, product management, financial oversight, and human capital development, at domestic and international businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, and privately-held enterprises.
Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Mr. Sutter served as CEO of privately-held Airtech Vacuum, an international technology-driven solutions provider of vacuum and pressure technologies tailored to OEM’s serving rapidly growing markets such as alternative energy, medical and material handling, ultimately ending with a successful sale to a strategic buyer.
Prior to that, Mr. Sutter served as CEO of privately-held Chromalox, a provider of innovate thermal processing solutions into international markets including oil and gas, power generation, and food and beverage.
He led a successful sale to an international strategic buyer in 2017.
Before that, he held a general management role in the industrial process segment of ITT, where, among other accomplishments, he pioneered the Lean Enterprise operating model in the engineered-to-order portfolio.
Before joining ITT Mr. Sutter and his team drove strong top- and bottom-line growth in the global industrial pump segment of Flowserve.
Earlier in career Mr. Sutter held a variety of operations and supply chain positions with SPX, Bell & Howell, and Kulicke & Soffa Industries.
Mr. Sutter received a M.B.A.
and a B.S.I.E.
from Lehigh University.
He earned a black belt in continuous improvement while at Bell & Howell.
Mike Sutter active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Chromalox, Inc.
Chromalox, Inc. Building ProductsProducer Manufacturing Chromalox, Inc. manufactures industrial heating equipment. It operates through the following segments; Heat Trace Segment; Industrial Heaters and Systems Segment; and Component Technologies Segment. Its products include heat trace cables, heat trace controls, connection kits, industrial heaters and systems, and component technologies. The company was founded by Edwin L. Wiegand in 1917 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC (Blue Wolf Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2005 by Adam Blumenthal and Josh-Wolf-Powers. The firm is headquartered in New York City, New York. | Private Equity Investor | 01/08/2021 |
Qfix Systems, LLC
Qfix Systems, LLC Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Medtec LLC (Lowa), Qfix Systems, LLC is a company that manufactures and supplies radiology equipment. The company is based in Avondale, PA. Qfix Systems was acquired by Medtec LLC (Lowa) on May 08, 2023. The CEO of the company is Mike Sutter. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Former positions of Mike Sutter
Companies | Position | End |
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Air Tech, Inc.
Air Tech, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Air Tech, Inc. manufactures blowers, vacuums, pumps and valves. Its products include liquid ring pumps, dry rotary vane pumps and oil less air compressed air systems. The company was founded by Tom Latsos in 1982 and is headquartered in Rutherford, NJ. | Chief Executive Officer | 01/06/2021 |
ITT INC. | Private Equity Investor | 01/04/2016 |
FLOWSERVE CORPORATION | Private Equity Investor | 01/07/2010 |
Inrange Technologies Corp.
Inrange Technologies Corp. Tools & HardwareConsumer Durables Inrange Technologies Corp. provides information technology services. The company was founded on November 2, 1988 and is headquartered in Bingham Farms, MI. | Private Equity Investor | 01/01/2004 |
Bell & Howell LLC
Bell & Howell LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Bell & Howell LLC provides technology software solutions and services. It services offers multi vendor, original equipment manufacturing, product refurbishing, preventative maintenance, data protection and recovery, professional services, technical training center, self maintenance and support, programs, and customer care center. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Durham. NC. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/1998 |
Training of Mike Sutter
Lehigh University | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 3 |
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FLOWSERVE CORPORATION | Producer Manufacturing |
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. | Producer Manufacturing |
ITT INC. | Producer Manufacturing |
Private companies | 6 |
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Inrange Technologies Corp.
Inrange Technologies Corp. Tools & HardwareConsumer Durables Inrange Technologies Corp. provides information technology services. The company was founded on November 2, 1988 and is headquartered in Bingham Farms, MI. | Consumer Durables |
Chromalox, Inc.
Chromalox, Inc. Building ProductsProducer Manufacturing Chromalox, Inc. manufactures industrial heating equipment. It operates through the following segments; Heat Trace Segment; Industrial Heaters and Systems Segment; and Component Technologies Segment. Its products include heat trace cables, heat trace controls, connection kits, industrial heaters and systems, and component technologies. The company was founded by Edwin L. Wiegand in 1917 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC
Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC (Blue Wolf Capital Partners) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2005 by Adam Blumenthal and Josh-Wolf-Powers. The firm is headquartered in New York City, New York. | Finance |
Bell & Howell LLC
Bell & Howell LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Bell & Howell LLC provides technology software solutions and services. It services offers multi vendor, original equipment manufacturing, product refurbishing, preventative maintenance, data protection and recovery, professional services, technical training center, self maintenance and support, programs, and customer care center. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Durham. NC. | Technology Services |
Air Tech, Inc.
Air Tech, Inc. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Air Tech, Inc. manufactures blowers, vacuums, pumps and valves. Its products include liquid ring pumps, dry rotary vane pumps and oil less air compressed air systems. The company was founded by Tom Latsos in 1982 and is headquartered in Rutherford, NJ. | Producer Manufacturing |
Qfix Systems, LLC
Qfix Systems, LLC Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Medtec LLC (Lowa), Qfix Systems, LLC is a company that manufactures and supplies radiology equipment. The company is based in Avondale, PA. Qfix Systems was acquired by Medtec LLC (Lowa) on May 08, 2023. The CEO of the company is Mike Sutter. | Health Technology |
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