About Us

Our Company

Located in one of the best boating and cruising areas in the United States, ORCA Marine Cooling Systems has produced fine marine heat exchangers in Bellingham, Washington for over 50 years. Under new ownership since December, 2002, the company is building on past successes and continuously developing improved processes and products. Our skilled craftsmen are supported by a substantial machine shop with the ability to design and build custom units or to make production runs for OEM customers.

Our Mission

ORCA Marine Cooling Systems is a High Performance, High Integrity, High Quality organization providing the finest marine and industrial heat exchangers and cooling systems available.

Staff

Kim Anderson

Kimberly is ORCA’s President. She is part owner, an officer of the corporation, and the person most likely to answer customer phone calls. She has managerial experience and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in business and marketing. Her experience, sunny disposition, efficiency and “can-do” attitude will add a pleasant personal touch to your dealings with ORCA.

Steve Walsh

Steve is our sales manager. Steve has complete familiarity with the challenges associated with the installation of heat exchangers and cooling systems on boats.

Bob Trunek

Bob is principal owner. His background includes an engineering degree from MIT, professional engineer (registered in Texas) and executive experience. He brings hands-on management, coupled with long term vision, to the company.

Production Team

Our production team is the backbone of our operation. Each of these craftsmen and craftswomen brings experience and skill in one or more manufacturing steps. They share a responsibility and pride in working with high quality designs and materials to fabricate the excellent products which ORCA Marine Cooling Systems offers to the boating community.

Quality

ORCA Marine Cooling Systems produces heat exchangers from quality raw materials. All tubing components meet rigid ASTM specifications. All copper and brass fittings are manufactured to industry standards or produced in our factory to ORCA specifications from certified tubular or solid stock.
At ORCA, we understand that your boat operates in a demanding environment, and our products are designed and built to excel in service.
All of our heat exchangers are 100% inspected and tested before shipment.

Capacity

Our business is a mix of large and small orders. We make production runs of 50 to 150 heat exchangers for some customers. We also produce custom designed “one-off” units, as well as small and medium runs of most popular models.
Our machine shop includes milling machines (CNC), lathes, punches and presses (up to 140 ton) along with breaks, shears, drilling, cutting, grinding, brazing and welding equipment. This equipment supports our primary production, and is also essential to our custom design and fabricating activity.