Thermacut, Inc is an international corporation which designs, manufactures, and sells replacement torches, guns, consumables, and accessories for the metal cutting and welding industries. The company’s headquarters are located in Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic. The company operates sales warehouses in the United States, Germany, and the Czech Republic along with sales offices located in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Mexico Great Britain, Russia, China, France, and Brazil. Founding and History of Thermacut Thermacut was founded in 1990 by Jiri Zaplatel and four other owner-employees. Mr. Zaplatel had previously worked as an engineer for competitor company Thermal Dynamics and was originally from the Czech Republic. The company’s first facility was an apartment located above the garage of Jiri's Cornish, New Hampshire home. From this makeshift facility, replacement plasma cutting torches and consumables were designed, sold, packaged, and shipped. Initially, parts were manufactured in nearby Windsor, Vermont before being returned to Cornish for packaging and shipping. All products were sold under the “Zap Plasmatherm” label, and the company focused specifically on sales to end-user customers. In 1992 the product brand “Thermacut” was established, under which all products are distributed today. Products sold under the Thermacut name were specifically targeted for larger distributor companies, while products sold under the Zap Plasmatherm brand continued to be aimed towards end-users. Also in 1992, the first production facility, Thermacut, s.r.o., was founded with the headquarters located in Uherské Hradiště, of the Czech Republic and sales were established into Eastern and Western Europe. Profits earned by the Cornish, NH operations were used to finance the creation of a factory, and production of product was eventually phased out of Windsor and into the Czech Republic. At this time, the factory was managed by Jiri’s brother Ludek. In 1999, the IGB Group of Cologne, Germany, purchased the majority share, 80%, of the company and finalized the ownership of 100% in 2002. This alignment with the IBG Group, allowed Thermacut to increase its global market footprint and expand its production facilities. Present day At the present time Thermacut operates one production company located in the Czech Republic, three sales warehouses located in Germany, the United States of America and the Czech Republic; and eleven other sales offices located in Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Mexico Great Britain, Russia, China, France, and Brazil. The centralized corporate offices include the engineering team, product management, the marketing group, and production facility located at