“Engineering as a profession can be very exciting and rewarding not only related to creating new equipment and technologies but improving on systems already in place. The rapid pace of new developments in materials, controls, communications, manufacturing methods, rapid proto-typing and design have made the above more achievable than ever before. The world is in dire need of new technologies that will be protective to its environment, natural resources and population. The engineering profession has a large responsibility in focusing on these issues.”

Max P. Schlienger

Retired, President and Chief Engineer
Retech, Inc.

Max P. Schlienger graduated from Penn State in 1950 with a BS in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Schlienger served on active duty in the US Navy from1945 to 1946, and again from 1950 to 1952.

From 1952 to 1963, Mr. Schlienger was employed by Titanium Metals Corporation, Universal Cyclops Steel and Stauffer Metals/Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation. During this period he worked as Project Engineer, Engineering Manager and Plant Manager for companies involved with state-of-the-art metallurgical processing and equipment development.

In 1963, Mr. Schlienger started Schlienger Engineering Company which later became Retech, Incorporated. Retech specializes in the development, design and construction of vacuum and inert atmosphere metallurgical processing equipment. Retech’s equipment is used primarily for the melting, refining, and casting of a wide variety of high-performance materials related to the aerospace, nuclear, gas turbine, and powder metallurgical industries.

In 1995, assets of Retech Inc. were sold to the Lockheed Martin Corporation. In 1997 Mr. Schlienger retired from Retech to devote full time to a small development company named Flight Rail Corporation.