HISTORY
WAT, Inc. was founded and incorporated 1980 in Boulder Colorado. In 1989 WAT relocated to Vershire
Vermont where it is currently incorporated for the purposes of Product Development, Applied Technology
Consulting and Instrument Manufacturing.
WAT's design offices, laboratories and shops occupy a 6,000 square foot facility in Vershire, Vermont.
Facilities include CAD stations, library, and shops. The technical library has more than 2000 volumes. CAD
packages include: Dip Trace, SPICE; Geomagic Design, FEMAP, MAXSYMA, FEMM and MathCAD.
The electronic shop produces quality pc boards with thru hole and surface mount (no QFN) components.
In-circuit programming of TI and Atmel microcontrollers. FET gate threshold setting equipment. One of the
more unusual pieces of equipment is a custom built electromagnet which delivers a 2 Tesla field across a two
inch air gap over its 35 square inch poles.
The machine shop has three milling machines, a lathe, bandsaw, grinder, etc,for making fixtures, prototypes
and modifying parts. There are also assembly capabilities including precision glueing and encapsulation
(small hood, oven and molds) and controlled environment testing rooms.
Mission Statement
WAT has dual missions: to deliver product design consulting services and to manufacture high
value-added products.
WAT is organized as an entrepreneurship. This choice provides project definition, market response and
paperwork preparation. Opportunities for collaboration are created within this structure by individuals
working cooperatively to achieve common goals.
WAT networks with contractors/consultants/employees who are motivated to apply scientific knowledge
to innovate new and better products.
Whether building products or channelling insights, efforts are acknowledged through individual
motivational packages for compensation and personal development.
WAT has dual missions: to deliver product design consulting services and to manufacture high
value-added products.
WAT is organized as an entrepreneurship. This choice provides project definition, market response and
paperwork preparation. Opportunities for collaboration are created within this structure by individuals
working cooperatively to achieve common goals.
WAT networks with contractors/consultants/employees who are motivated to apply scientific knowledge
to innovate new and better products.
Whether building products or channelling insights, efforts are acknowledged through individual
motivational packages for compensation and personal development.
WAT's 6000 square foot facility is
sited in tranquil Vermont amidst
ponds, fields and trees. But WAT's
employees are ultimately the
source of its capabilities.
sited in tranquil Vermont amidst
ponds, fields and trees. But WAT's
employees are ultimately the
source of its capabilities.
