Company Profile
Tenere Inc.
Company Overview
Tenere is an expert contract manufacturing company with end to end solutions in designing parts for manufacturing companies, determining flexibility using both creative and technical approaches to fit the customer's needs. Our operations team then goes to work putting together molds, tools, dies and machine specifications to optimize the achievement of high quality, well manufactured, and on time delivery. Our sales and marketing team works with the customer or prospective customer to scope the project and customer need, for both new and existing clients. This includes estimating, and ongoing, robust program management through a dedicated group/individual to help customers with issues, new ideas, and ensures customers are delighted in their satisfaction with us. We specialize in metal parts manufacturing for multiple industries. Our plastics businesses are in Colorado, near Denver. They do injection molding, meaning mold, machining and tool and die work to produce plastics parts. We also have a front end Prototyping business (brand name Protogenic) that does prototyping for plastics parts, and works closely with our total plastics business to create multiple capabilities based on customer need.
Company History
Tenere was started in the 1960's as a small tool and die shop. Since then, it has grown into a significant manufacturer of plastics, and particularly metal parts on a mid-size contract basis where engineering consulting for manufacturability is key to the customer's needs. In the post-2000 era, Tenere was bought and held by Stonehenge (a private equity group), until the end of 2012. At that point, the Watermill Group purchased Tenere. Since then, Tenere has continued to work diligently under the CEO, Greg Adams, who joined Tenere in 2013. We strive for smart growth, building a great company. That's our goal, the rest will take care of itself. Our owners at Watermill also confer with us and act as a strong business partner. The company is now expanding into international operations, and our future is very bright.
Notable Clients
Google, Plexus, Fujitsu, John Deere, IBM
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Company has grown over 40% in revenue the last two fiscal years, and we are on pace to continue that growth in the future. This will build on working with our own initiatives and our owners to grow business via acquisitions as well as organic growth. Profitable, employee base that is engaged, we have initiated many new and effective programs and processes the last two years. Continuous improvement, safety and people-centric programs are just a few. Our sales team is working to diversify us into new markets for company growth that is strong, built on operation excellence, combined with diversification of our internal capabilities to enter and perform strongly for our new industry customers.
Benefits
While not a "perk", we offer our production employees a gain sharing incentive plan; and our goal is to have every Tenere employee under an effective incentive plan as well.
Our health insurance costs the last few years have been low enough within our company growth that they are very, very competitive, and we offer three plans to employees at favorable rates.