Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 10

41 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 FORGE TECH INC . retrofit industry, and he got frustrated because they had no good solution to fix or enhance ASTs. Additionally, they didn’t have a practical way of performing repair work while the tanks and process lines were up and running. So, they tried different things like using self-tapping screws, glues, adhesives, etc. but nothing worked well.” Miller finally came up with the idea for Forge Bonding, which he worked on in his garage after work with financial support from his father. Rybicki continues, “After eight to ten years and spending half a million dollars working on the idea and experimenting, he found the solution. In 2010, after securing patents for the solution, he was able to bring in some investors and hire an engineering and marketing team, forming Forge Tech Inc.” As part of the solution, Miller (and Rybicki, who was part of the development team) secured close to 20 patents, with more pending.