In 1970, Thermacore, Inc. was founded primarily as a research and development company. Today, our Technology Center performs both company-sponsored and externally-sponsored research and development, leading to innovative advances in heat pipe performance and the use of heat pipes in practical applications.

Thermacore's introduction into product-oriented applications began with the manufacturing of products such as copy rollers for office machines as well as heat exchangers for removing heat from electronics cabinets.

Laptop computers were especially problematic when they were first introduced, with complaints of hot laps and knees. Thermacore developed a miniature heat pipe capable of transferring heat to less sensitive locations within the laptop. With the applications engineering completed successfully, we designed a manufacturing process to produce these heat pipes in large quantities at competitive prices.

As component power requirements increased and enclosure volumes decreased, the demand for Thermacore's products increased. We have expanded beyond heat pipes for laptops and into thermal solutions for the communications, servers/storage, enclosure, military, medical, industrial controls, transportation, and desktop industries.

In 1998, we expanded globally to better serve our international customers via the acquisition of Isoterix, Ltd. (now Thermacore Europe Ltd.) in the United Kingdom, a company with a long history of heat pipe production for the mold cooling market.

That same year, we opened Thermacore Taiwan, Inc. and Thermacore Korea, Ltd. to better serve customers in Asia. Our headquarters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, provides R&D, product design and development capabilities, North American manufacturing, and sales and marketing.

On April 27, 2001, Thermacore merged with Modine Manufacturing Company, a $1.5 billion company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. Modine has been a worldwide leader in thermal management for almost 90 years. Modine specializes in providing heat transfer products for a wide range of applications and markets.