Hello Potential Customer/Partner/Manufacturer,
I want to personally thank you for taking time to learn more about Combustion Parts, Inc. (CPI) and
give you insight into how we do business and what has made us successful.
When I started working in the gas turbine industry in 1999, US gas turbine parts manufacturers
were losing a lot of business to slightly lower cost non-US manufacturers. And yet, these loyal manufacturers were being told they could not sell gas turbine parts to anyone other than the OEM.
Likewise, customers were being charged outrageous prices for OEM replacement parts and had no reliable, quality
after-market option.
Thus, CPI was founded in 2000 to help US suppliers diversify their customer base beyond the OEM and give customers a reliable and valuable alternative.
OUR VISION
Become the default after-market provider of transition pieces and liners by delivering consistently high quality products and dependable delivery at competitive prices.
Through the 4th quarter 2010, CPI will have delivered over 1,500 transition pieces and liners to customers all over the world with zero fit-up or quality issues. We have accomplished this goal by serving our customers very differently than the OEMs. We gave them what they asked for, not just what we wanted to give them.
HOW WE DO IT
Firstly, we provide OEM equivalent parts:
CPI fabricates transition pieces, liners, and other combustion hardware to our own drawings and specifications in our own tooling. CPI reverse engineers these designs from original OEM hardware, thus our parts are designed and manufactured to be replicas of the OEM parts.
Secondly, CPI gives our customers both quality AND value:
All parts are procured exclusively from experienced US suppliers of OEM combustion hardware. These highly skilled manufacturing facilities are staffed with years of power generation parts expertise. Their quality systems meet the most stringent certification requirements. Thus, CPI provides an OEM level of quality at an after-market price.
Thirdly, CPI offers short lead times:
We stock raw material and detail components. Thus, an assembly can quickly be tailored to a customer’s unique requirements or built to CPI’s standard designs. Typical lead times for assemblies are 6 to 14 weeks. Compression of lead times can be accomplished on an expedited basis.
Lastly, we have unparalleled expertise:
Our management and technical experts have over 50 years experience fabricating transition pieces and liners. Whether it is responding to our customer’s unique needs or resolving issues that arise during manufacturing, we know what matters most.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Today, CPI is still a small business that leverages the strengths and infrastructure of our large manufacturers.
- Be nimble, flexible, and responsive to customer needs.
- Build strong, loyal relationships with both customers and suppliers.
- Place fairness and integrity at a higher priority than immediate profitability.
- Leverage a network of relationships for a small company to act like a large one.
- Continue to focus on what we’re good at and do not grow just for “growth’s sake”.
While we have offered B and E class parts for some time, we now also offer F class transition pieces and combustion liners, as well as uprated features on B and E class machines. I am really excited about the potential benefits we can now offer customers in these, more sophisticated parts.
Give us a shot. You’ll be glad you did.
Sincerely,
Lori Jenks
President
Combustion Parts, Inc.
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