Geater Machining and Manufacturing customer contact list. Please feel free to contact any of our helpful staff for prompt answers to your questions.

Phone: 319.334.6026

Engineering Department Ext. E-Mail
     
Joe Meier
Plant Manager
225 jmeier@geater.com
Erik Bohlken
Machine Engineering Lead
214 ebohlken@geater.com
Ken Johnson
Machine Project Engineer
324 kjohnson@geater.com
Paul Fritz
Machine Project Engineer
212 pfritz@geater.com
Nick Daedlow
Machine Project Engineer
328 ndaedlow@geater.com
Steve Heine
Machine Engineering Technician
237 sheine@geater.com
Dick Newton
Machine Project Engineer
317 dnewton@geater.com
Dee Jones
Engineering Assistant
215 djones@geater.com
     

Patrick Bitterman
Sheet Metal Engineering Lead
322 pbitterman@geater.com
Russ Weisskopf
Sheet Metal Project Engineer
323 rweisskopf@geater.com

Bob Beier
Sheet Metal Project Engineer

325 bbeier@geater.com
Jake Baldwin
Sheet Metal Project Engineer
327 jbaldwin@geater.com
Craig Henningsen
Sheet Metal Project Engineer
216 chenningsen@geater.com
Debra Castillo
Engineering Assistant
229 dcastillo@geater.com
     

Office Administration    
     
Stacie Halverson
HR Manager
237 shalverson@geater.com
Nita Vanlaningham
Accounts Receivable
211 nvanlaningham@geater.com
Erica Batcheler
Accounts Payable
210 ebatcheler@geater.com
Barry Fortsch
Controller
321 bfortsch@geater.com
Kara Kortenkamp
Master Scheduler
219 kkortenkamp@geater.com
Corey Melhus
Systems Administrator
232

cmelhus@geater.com

     

Quality Assurance    
     
John Miller
Quaility Manager
222 jmiller@geater.com
Greg Quick
Quality Engineer
239 gquick@geater.com
Greg Naylor
APQP Engineer
220 gnaylor@geater.com
     

Expediting/Scheduling    
     
Erica Batcheler
Sales Order Entry
210 ebatcheler@geater.com
Kara Kortenkamp
Scheduling/Expediting
219 kkortenkamp@geater.com
     

Deb Weber
Purchasing
218 dweber@geater.com
Jerry Bitterman
CEO
326 jbitterman@geater.com
     
Scott Geater
President
213 sgeater@geater.com
     
Please feel free to contact any of these people for prompt answers to any question you may have.


Prototype Lead-time Requirements:

The following lead-time projections are based on the following assumptions:

All work can be performed in house, no outside services required. See below for exceptions.
Simple parts require no finish other than chemical film or passivate.
Hardware required is either stock or readily available.
Paint required is either stock or readily available.
Paint requirements are either grade"B", "C" or "D"

Simple Sheet Metal 3 days
Complex Sheet Metal with Cad data 2 weeks
Complex Sheet Metal without Cad data 3 weeks
Simple Hogouts   1 week
Complex Hogouts with Cad data 2 weeks
Complex Hogouts without Cad data 3 weeks

Exceptions:
We can do limited grade "B" painting, mostly flat and textured, or small (8"x8" or less) of gloss. Add 1 week or more for outside painting.
Add 1 week for most plating services.
Heat treat must be looked at case by case.
Bends requiring non-standard tooling must be looked at case by case.
Screens for screen printing still needs to be addressed.

   
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