Alex Gasbarre

Chief Executive Officer Gasbarre Products, Inc.

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Alex Gasbarre is Chief Executive Officer of Gasbarre Products, Inc., a family-owned manufacturer in DuBois, Pennsylvania. The company makes powder compaction and sizing presses, industrial furnaces, tooling and automation for the powder metallurgy and thermal processing industries. His grandfather George Gasbarre founded it in 1973. Alex became CEO in February 2019, succeeding his father Tom, after 14 years in a series of roles at the company, most recently President of Press & Technologies and Chief Operating Officer. He has also been active in the industry’s trade bodies, and in 2022 he was elected president of the Powder Metallurgy Equipment Association.

Career Highlights

• Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Gasbarre Products in February 2019, the third generation of his family to lead the company.
• Before that, President of Press & Technologies and Chief Operating Officer, a role that covered strategic planning, information technology, marketing, human resources and international sales.
• Elected president of the Powder Metallurgy Equipment Association (PMEA) in October 2022 for a two-year term.
• Has served on the MPIF Industry Development Board and the PMEA Board of Directors, and chaired the MPIF PM Parts Compacting & Tooling Seminar.
• Supported a $50,000 innovation endowment at Penn State DuBois, announced in 2022.

Professional Journey

Gasbarre graduated from Penn State University in 2005 and has spent his whole career in powder metallurgy, all of it at the family company. George Gasbarre started the business in 1973 from a gas station site in Falls Creek, Pennsylvania, to build mechanical powder compaction and sizing presses. It moved its headquarters to nearby DuBois in the early 1980s. Over the following decades it grew through acquisitions: Sinterite’s sintering furnaces, McKee Carbide Tool’s precision tooling, Pentronix’s high-speed presses, Best Hydraulic Presses, Simac’s isostatic presses, and the furnace makers C.I. Hayes and J.L. Becker. Gasbarre now describes itself as a full-service supplier to the powder metallurgy, particulate materials and thermal processing industries. It reports more than 200 employees across seven locations and exports about a fifth of its output.

In his first 14 years at the company he held many roles. The last was President of Press & Technologies and Chief Operating Officer, which the company said gave him experience in strategic planning, information technology, marketing, human resources and international sales. In February 2019 Gasbarre announced that he had been appointed CEO, responsible for the company’s short- and long-term strategy. His father, Tom Gasbarre, stepped down as CEO but was to stay on as Chief Financial Officer and Chairman until the end of 2020, and Heath Jenkins took over Alex’s former operating role.

He has taken an active part in the powder metallurgy industry’s trade organisations under the Metal Powder Industries Federation. He has served on its Industry Development Board, sat on the board of the Powder Metallurgy Equipment Association, and chaired the MPIF’s PM Parts Compacting & Tooling Seminar. In October 2022 PMEA members elected him president for a two-year term. That year Gasbarre Products also helped establish a $50,000 innovation endowment with Penn State DuBois, linked to the campus’s LaunchBox programme. He spoke of the company’s long relationship with the campus and its part in helping the local community grow.

Education

Penn State University

Class of 2005. The degree and field are not stated in any source reviewed.