COMPANY HISTORY

In 1916, Wolverine Tube Company was organized, occupying a small frame building at the corner of 33rd Street and McGraw Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. At the outset, the products of the company consisted of small-size seamless copper and brass tube. The principal market served by the company was the local automobile manufacturers.

The automobile manufacturers, however, in the late '30s found more economical means of supplying their needs. As the automotive market for non-ferrous tubing began to dwindle, a new market began to emerge: the refrigeration industry.

Refrigeration, having grown steadily in the late '20s and early '30s, soon absorbed a good portion of Wolverine's copper and brass tubing production.

Today, Wolverine Tube, Inc. is a world-class quality partner, providing its customers in the HVAC markets worldwide with copper and copper alloy tube, fabricated products, brazing alloys, fluxes and lead-free solder, as well as many other products.

Additionally, Wolverine has had great success in implementing innovative designs to meet its customers' growing demands for high quality products with maximum operating efficiencies at reasonable costs. In doing so, Wolverine has become recognized worldwide as the technological leader in non-ferrous products that serve the heat transfer, industrial, power and process, electrical, electronic, automotive and consumer product markets.

For more information about the rich history of Wolverine Tube, visit: http://www.wlv.com/about/company-history.html

		Wolverine's Micro-Cool™ Evaporator and Condenser Testing Wolverine completes testing on its Micro-Cool™ evaporator and condenser in a major thermal management program with the University of Maryland, for the Office of Naval Research, that clearly demonstrates the thermal performance advantage of its MDT microchannel.

		Wolverine Expanded Its Process Capability Sy-Jenq Loong, Micro-Cooling™ Engineering Manager, has expanded the process capability for Wolverine’s proprietary Micro Deformation Process and the result is a larger library of enhanced surface geometries for thermal management solutions.

		Wolverine Expanded Its Business Thermal Management Capabilities Wolverine’s Micro-Cooling™ Division is in the process of expanding its business thermal management capability from simply fundamental MDT surfaces to full scale components with full design support, manufacturing, and assembly.