{"id":95,"date":"2013-08-11T19:06:15","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T23:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/test\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2022-02-14T11:40:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:40:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Olympic Kilns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-1047094671\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-3\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-997402875\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y80 md-y80 lg-y80 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n<h1>About Us<\/h1>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:small;\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"lead\">The designs and engineering of our kilns are built to be structurally sound, high-end performing machines, and styled to meet multiple-sized piece requirements.<\/p>\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-997402875 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-997402875 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1047094671 {\n  padding-top: 400px;\n}\n#banner-1047094671 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLYMPIC_KILNS_BLDG-1000x800.jpg);\n}\n#banner-1047094671 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.49);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-697988538\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-809124908\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Olympic Kilns<\/span><b><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Olympic Kilns originated in Washington and derives its name from the Olympic Mountains. As the company grew so did its product lines to include <a href=\"\/products\/electric\/\">electric<\/a>, <a href=\"\/products\/gas\/\">gas<\/a> and <a href=\"\/products\/glass\/\">glass<\/a> kilns for the hobbyist, production <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/featured-people\/\">artist<\/a> and manufacturer of finished fired ware.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic Kilns moved in 1982 to Georgia to be near its raw materials, insulating firebrick, to eliminate excess costs both to the company and its customers. Today the company resides in Flowery Branch, Georgia, located 45 miles northeast of Atlanta and provides more models, styles and types of kilns than any other kiln manufacturer today.<\/p>\n<p>We have evolved from a small company to an international business by adding multiple designs of kilns, offering electric and gas as power sources, and working with new markets requiring heat-treating furnaces. The designs and engineering of our kilns are built to be structurally sound, high-end performing machines, and styled to meet multiple-sized piece requirements.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to maintain our small business values both to our employees and our customers. A dedicated team of individuals who strive to provide superb products and customer service make up the workforce at Olympic. Leading the company is Bob Haugen, whose vision and design expertise fosters a spirit of excellence in workmanship, quality and service throughout the company. Rob Haugen, following in his father&#8217;s &#8220;kiln footsteps&#8221;, grew up with Olympic Kilns and has developed a hands-on understanding of the ceramic and glass firing heat-treating furnaces industry.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturing kilns is a unique business and the opportunity to learn from our customers creates a drive and urgency to deliver the necessary requirements requested by our customers for heat-treating furnaces. We have direct contact with customers so we can determine new market demands and troubleshoot questions or problems as they occur.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited about the kilns we offer today and the ones we will build in the future and we will continue to invest our profits in the creation and innovation of building kilns.<\/p>\n<p>Product Catalogs Available &#8211; download from this page (<a title=\"Catalogs\" href=\"\/resources\/catalogs-and-price-lists\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources &#8211; Catalogs<\/a>) or<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"\/about\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>for Your Free Copy.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1662275406\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-224381768\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div 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      <\/div>\n         \n          <div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n                <div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n                  <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Bob Haugen<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      CEO \/ Founder                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Bob&#8217;s vision and design expertise fosters a spirit of excellence in workmanship, quality and service throughout the company.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n    \n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-32356224\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob-510x595.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob-343x400.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob-686x800.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.olympickilns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rob-768x896.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>                         <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n         \n          <div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n                <div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n                  <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Rob Haugen<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      PRESIDENT                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Rob grew up with Olympic Kilns and has developed a hands-on understanding of the ceramic and glass firing heat-treating furnaces industry.<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\t\n    \n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover banner-bottom\" id=\"banner-1686516440\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-457791864\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 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