Irwin Research and Development is
located in Yakima, Washington in the
United States. All of our facilities are
housed in a multi-building complex, in a common industrial park. A new building
in 2005 added 34,000 square feet to our complex.
The company's largest investment lies in
the machine shop which features
numerous modern CNC machining centers, plasma arc stations, EDM machines, grinders, welding facilities, etc.
The machine shop produces all the manufactured components for the thermoformers, "Chesaws", and tooling sets.
This valuable asset gives us the ability to provide quality parts on demand for the machines and tools in production, as well
as providing for any emergency replacement parts that are not available from stock. We also have the ability to bring our new design concepts to fruition in a timely fashion thereby getting the new technologies to the customer more quickly.
Jere Irwin
Jere Irwin is President of Irwin Research & Development. Starting in 1965 he continues to guide the company with new ideas in the plastics industry today. With more than 40 patents to his and/or Irwin Research and Development’s credit, Jere has long been a creator of new technologies.
President
Chairman of the Board
Tom Smith
Sales and Marketing
Director
Tom Smith has worked for Irwin Research for 18 years spending the first 13 in the Engineering Department. In 2014 he joined our Sales team and has a passion for serving our customers. Tom has recently been promoted to the position of Sales and Marketing Director and will now be leading our Sales team as well as giving direction and leadership to the future of Irwin Research.
Rafeal Fernandez
Technical Director
Rafael Fernandez is our technical director and he has been in our company for about 30 years. During his time with us, Rafael has worked in different departments such as Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Customer service.
Josh Cooper
Supervisor
of the Manufacturing
Department
Josh Cooper is Supervisor of the Manufacturing Department for Irwin Research and has been involved in multiple departments in his more than 15 years with the company. Josh is always working towards improved product quality and efficiency with his creative problem solving and invaluable work ethic. He is also a great leader and organizer.
Board of Directors
Juan Corpancho
IT Director
Juan Corpancho has been an integral part of our company for almost 30 years. He started working in the motion control division and later transitioned to the IT department where he developed the ERP software that is still in use today. Juan consistently strives to innovate and implement new technologies in the IT department as well as automation tasks for the company.
Irwin Research and Development is located in Yakima, Washington in the United States. All of our facilities are housed in a multi-building complex, in a common industrial park. A new building in 2005 added 34,000 square feet to our complex. The company's largest investment lies in the machine shop which features numerous modern CNC machining centers, plasma arc stations, EDM machines, grinders, welding facilities, etc.
The machine shop produces all the manufactured components for the thermoformers, "Chesaws", and tooling sets. This valuable asset gives us the ability to provide quality parts on demand for the machines and tools in production, as well as providing for any emergency replacement parts that are not available from stock. We also have the ability to bring our new design concepts to fruition in a timely fashion thereby getting the new technologies to the customer more quickly.
Board of Directors
Jere Irwin is President of Irwin Research & Development. Starting in 1965 he continues to guide the company with new ideas in the plastics industry today. With more than 40 patents to his and/or Irwin Research and Development’s credit, Jere has long been a creator of new technologies.
President
Chairman of the Board
Jere Irwin
Tom Smith has worked for Irwin Research for 18 years spending the first 13 in the Engineering Department. In 2014 he joined our Sales team and has a passion for serving our customers. Tom has recently been promoted to the position of Sales and Marketing Director and will now be leading our Sales team as well as giving direction and leadership to the future of Irwin Research.
Tom Smith
Sales & Marketing
Director
Rafael Fernandez is our technical director and he has been in our company for about 30 years. During his time with us, Rafael has worked in different departments such as Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Customer service.
Rafeal
Fernandez
Technical Director
Josh Cooper is Supervisor of the Manufacturing Department for Irwin Research and has been involved in multiple departments in his more than 15 years with the company. Josh is always working towards improved product quality and efficiency with his creative problem solving and invaluable work ethic. He is also a great leader and organizer.
Josh Cooper
Supervisor
of the Manufacturing
Department
Juan Corpancho has been an integral part of our company for almost 30 years. He started working in the motion control division and later transitioned to the IT department where he developed the ERP software that is still in use today. Juan consistently strives to innovate and implement new technologies in the IT department as well as automation tasks for the company.
Juan
Corpancho
IT Director
