HPC Fire Inspired Acquires Galaxy Outdoor to Expand National Footprint and Enhance Customer Service [Miamisburg, Ohio 🔥 July 5, 2023] - HPC Fire Inspired, a leading provider of premium fire features and outdoor products, is thrilled to announce its acquisition of Galaxy Outdoor, a renowned manufacturer of custom and standard outdoor kitchen islands. This strategic move marks a significant expansion of HPC Fire Inspired's national presence and the establishment of a western distribution center, enabling the company to better serve its customers across the country. With this acquisition, HPC Fire Inspired will now offer Galaxy Outdoor's exquisite range of outdoor kitchen islands to its vast network of dealers. Known for their exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail, Galaxy Outdoor products perfectly complement HPC Fire [...]

We are growing and we are moving... Good Morning HPC Fire Inspired™ Valued Partners!2020 has been a challenging year for everyone to say the least. We want to say THANK YOU for your dedication and commitment!Many of you have felt the effects of the struggles the outdoor room market has faced: growing backlog = longer lead times, manpower struggles (due to COVID outbreak), and supply chain issues. HPC understands these pain points and in an effort to be proactive, we are excited to announce the following:HPC Fire Inspired™ is expanding our operations into a larger building!!!This new building will allow us to handle the growing backlog and demands of you, our customers, under one roof. By maximizing the new location's operations layout, we will be [...]

HPC acquires Forno de Pizza, a multi-purpose hybrid gas/wood oven HPC Fire Inspired™, the leading gas fire pit manufacturer, has acquired all intellectual property, designs, and assets of Forno de Pizza out of Grand Haven, MI. Hugo Laranja will join HPC, as the Business Development Manager for HPC Outdoor Cooking Product Line. The Hybrid Gas/Wood is perfect for cooking pizza, grilling, smoking, and even baking. The innovative design of the Forno de Pizza oven coupled with HPC ignition technology makes the acquisition for HPC a seamless fit into our product offering. The Forno de Pizza philosophy is that wood-fired ovens are like architecture: they must be beautiful, functional, and made to last. Form and function are inextricably paired in a way we seldom see [...]

HPC Fire Inspired Expands and Invests in Operations - Hires 2 New Leaders HPC Fire Inspired, the leading gas fire pit manufacturer, recently announced it has hired Palani Ammasai as QLS (Quality, Lean Safety) Manager and Jeff Kochersperger as Production Manager. In these roles, Palani will lead HPC’s quality, lean and safety programs and Jeff will lead the production team. “In the on-demand world, our focus is on the customer experience and first-class service,” said HPC Chief Executive Officer Sean Steimle. “Palani and Jeff bring specific expertise in these areas, and they will be able to make significant contributions to maintaining our leadership position in the industry.” Palani earned a variety of technical engineering degrees, including a Master of Technology in Aerospace Engineering. [...]

Now Hiring - Production Associate Position: Production Associate Reports To: Manufacturing Supervisor Department: Production Hearth Products Controls Co. (HPC) is a distributor of gas log repair components as well as a manufacturer of outdoor gas appliances, water features, and accessories for over 40 years. We produce various shapes and sizes of gas fire pit inserts distributed in North America and abroad that offer numerous forms of control technologies. Our office and manufacturing facility is located in Dayton, Ohio employing ~50 associates. Although the foundation of the company was built in the Hearth industry, we also cover Pool & Spa, Landscape, Hardscape, and other industries. Basic Function: Ability to work independently. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each [...]

HPC shifts business model to focus on more direct lines of communications with their customers. As we continue to navigate through this COVID crisis, it is apparent that the way companies currently do business is ever evolving.  HPC is no exception to those changes.  That is why, HPC is excited to announce that we are adjusting our business model to get a more direct line of communication with you, our customers.  Effective July 1st, HPC will no longer employ independent sales representatives.  We added Customer Specialists to our industry leading Customer Service team to better serve our dealers, distributors, OEM’s, and E-Commerce customers.  HPC would like to thank our sales representatives for their years of service and wishes them well in their [...]

HPC’s innovation takes home a coveted VESTA Award at the 2020 HPBExpo in New Orleans DAYTON, OH – HPC Fire Inspired™, the leading gas fire pit manufacturer, showcased two new patent-pending technologies at this past year’s HPBExpo:  Universal Gas Orifice and the TK Torch w/ SmartArc Technology. The new Universal Gas Orifice which allows one orifice to handle either Natural Gas (NG) or Liquid Propane (LP) won the coveted VESTA Award for Hearth/Barbeque Components & Controls.  The Universal Orifice allows for easy conversion between the gases onsite, no disassembly required, and easily converted in seconds.  Sean Steimle, CEO, says “by having one Universal Gas Orifice, it allows our customers to eliminate SKUs, product returns, and forecasting”. The TK Torch [...]

Keith Lambert Keith Lambert Will Lead Pool and Spa Market Sales Team DAYTON, OH – HPC Fire, the leading gas fire pit manufacturer, recently announced its promotion of Keith Lambert as Market Manager for Pool and Spa. In this role, Keith will lead the sales and marketing in all Pool and Spa related areas. "We are excited about the opportunities in this market," said HPC's CEO, Sean Steimle. "Keith's knowledge, technical capabilities, and marketing experience will be a huge asset to our sales reps and customers." Chad Ewing, National Sales & Marketing Director says "Keith's passion, charismatic personality, and marketing experience will make a significant impact on our sales growth in this niche. Keith has a variety of marketing roles including digital [...]

Chad Ewing Chad Ewing Will Lead Sales and Marketing Teams  Fire Pit Manufacturer News DAYTON, OH – HPC Fire Inspired™, the leading gas fire pit manufacturer, recently announced its promotion of Chad Ewing as National Sales & Marketing Director. In this role, Chad will lead the sales and marketing teams. "HPC is committed to serving our customers," said HPC's CEO Sean Steimle. "We are launching new products, creating new products, and expanding into new markets. I am personally excited to have Chad lead the HPC Sales & Marketing teams. His energy, experience, and commitment to our customers will make a significant impact on our sales growth". Chad earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a Minor in Information Systems from the [...]

DAYTON, OH – First, the problem: Homeowners want to jazz up their back yards with a gas fire pit, but don't want the messy construction of running a gas line, or the visual distraction of attaching a propane tank. Now for a solution: A series of "small tank" gas fire pit enclosures that actually can hide a 20-pound propane tank inside them, so they can be installed almost anywhere. These "small tank" enclosures, introduced by HPC Fire Inspired TM, the world's leading outdoor gas fire pit manufacturer, are CSA-safety-certified and are ready-to-finish (RTF), which means they can be clad with any non-combustible finishing material, such as brick, block, tile or stone. Convenient push-button ignition or simple match-lit models are available. The choice of [...]