Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry. Enjoy these 18 news items.
Company/Equipment Chatter
- Nitrex has supplied a nitriding system for Baida Electronic Equipment Co. Ltd. in China.
- ECM USA has partnered with the global manufacturer, SEW-EURODRIVE, to commission a modular NANO vacuum furnace system completely integrated with advanced automation for their Lyman, South Carolina, facility.
- Wallwork Group, a specialist heat treatment and hard coating company, has opened a new HIP facility in Manchester.
- Chiz Bros, a high temperature insulation specialist, has opened a new warehouse in Detroit, Michigan. This facility will aid in the production of ceramic fiber blankets, papers and felts, boards, and modules.
- Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company, a maker of cast iron, plastic pipe, and fittings for plumbing applications, which has been in operation for over 100 years, has opened its new site in North Carolina.
- Abbott Furnace has joined the U.S. Battery Machine Builders coalition to increase awareness of the American-made battery machinery supply chain, to encourage battery facilities to buy American-made products, and to strengthen the buildout of machinery and machinist capacity across the nation.
- SMS group GmbH, a metallurgical company with North American locations, is building its own “private 5G Campus network” for research and development at its Hilchenbach location in the Siegerland.
- OTTO JUNKER GmbH, a leading system supplier for metallurgical processes and the refinement of metals, looks forward to celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
Company and Personnel Chatter
- Gefran, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial sensors, controls, and instrumentation, announced the appointment of Karston Just as the company’s chief sales officer (CSO).
- Solar Manufacturing has received a patent for an improved vacuum furnace control thermocouple. The patent inventor is William R. Jones, owner of Solar Manufacturing, Inc.
- Rockford Combustion has entered into an exclusive partnership with Anderson Thermal Solutions, a cooperation which is predicted to “revolutionize the landscape of combustion solutions in the United States.”
- Aaron Mambrino has been named as chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president of Hubbard-Hall.
- Akron Steel Treating Company (AST) welcomes new ownership, as Joe. A Powell has sold his remaining shares to a 4th generation of new “family” ownership.
Kudos Chatter
- Diane Courtney-Voss, financial specialist/accountant at SECO/VACUUM, retires after several years with the company.
- Bodycote of Berlin, CT, was recognized for 100 years of manufacturing by Mayor Mark Kaczynski.
- Stack Metallurgical Group celebrates 40 years of business.
- Alan Hick, secretary of the Contract Heat Treatment Association (CHTA), has received Meritorious Service to the Heat Treatment Industry Award.
- Bodycote plc has announced the appointment of Jim Fairbairn as group chief executive to succeed Stephen Harris upon his retirement.
