Company Profile

American Kilns, Inc. is a privately held company which manufactures and markets complete pre-engineered and packaged radio frequency vacuum kilns for the wood products industry. The complete engineering, design, fabrication and assembly is performed in-house, utilizing the resources of several "Nemeth Companies."

Peter Nemeth, president and owner, brings a varied experience in radio frequency technology to the task of manufacturing high quality RF Vacuum wood drying equipment. Nemeth is a graduate of the University of Louisville and has been involved in the RF woodworking equipment industry for over 36 years.

Rick Dixon, project sales manager for American Kilns, Inc. has 22 years experience in small business management, sales and marketing, and the service-related industry. Rick is a 1974 graduate of Western Carolina University. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration

Mr. Nemeth owns Nemeth Engineering Associates, Inc., a twenty year old Louisville, KY firm engaged in the design and manufacture of RF equipment for the automotive industry. Including Nemeth Engineering Associates, there are five sister companies involved in the radio frequency/ microwave industry in one capacity or another. MicroDry, Inc., Nemeth's oldest company designs, builds and installs microwave food drying and automotive assembly equipment.

L&L Machinery, Inc. manufactures radio frequency glue presses for the furniture industry. L&L Machinery, as a division of Modern Globe Manufacturing began building RF machines in the late 1960's. Peter Nemeth purchased the company from Modern Globe in 1992. Two additional companies in Hungary owned by Nemeth are Tungsten Electronic, KFT, and Nemeth Vacuum Electronics, KFT. Both of these companies manufacture oscillator tubes, capacitors and rectifiers for the RF industry in Europe.