Why?
Atlas602 was founded in 2024 with the goal of helping large industrial manufacturers reduce their carbon emissions.
Over our 20 years working in manufacturing, we kept hearing the same question come up on emissions reductions:
What do we do first?
It is not an easy question to answer, and the reality is that for every company we talked to their job was to make the product, not figure out what emissions reduction technique was the most reliable, cost effective and made the most sense in their application.
So we decided the best way for us to help was to start a small decarbonization roadmapping business. By working closely with all the stakeholders (from the plant floor to the C-Suite) we can propose realistic roadmaps that meet your needs - reliability, ROI and timeline.
We decided that the best way to really help our clients is with a very high touch approach. We are going to spend a lot of time with you understanding your plants and talking through what makes the most sense. This means we need to stay small to make sure you get the best service, so we are only going to work with a limited number of committed clients to ensure we can keep our high standards.
We have spent our entire careers not only in manufacturing, but specifically in energy for the manufacuturing sector. It is what we like and all we want to do.
See below for a little more information about our team.
Rick Wenger - Founder
Rick is a Mechanical Engineer who has worked in manufacturing for over 20 years. He worked for a large industrial burner company for 12 years as a Product Engineer, Engineering Manager and R&D Manager. Rick designed, tested and fixed burners at hundreds of plants around the world, from Drywall and Food plants all the way to Automotive and Glass Factories.
He also spend time as an industrial energy consultant and with a decarbonization startup.
Rick has spend his entire career working to reduce emissions and fossil fuel usage.
He spends most of his spare time taking his kids to various Musical, Soccer and Swimming practices, games and meets.
As a former Division 1 athlete Rick still likes to exercise, swimming and riding his bike mostly.
Rick also spent two years as a professional daily fantasy sports player, writing his own algorithms to determine player performance.