Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry. Enjoy these 36 news bites that will help you stay up to date on all things heat treat.
Equipment Chatter
- voestalpine High Performance Metals del Perú recently added a pit-type furnace for nitriding and nitrocarburizing a wide range of components made from high-performance steels.
- YK Steel in Korea has commissioned SMS group to supply a new minimill with integrated melting, casting, and rolling and including all electrical and automation systems.
Company and Personnel Chatter
- Víctor Zacarías from hosted a webinar in Spanish in February on “CQI? Sección 3: Pirometría.” He is one of 40 Under 40 Class of 2022 honorees.
- AMETEK Newage Testing Instruments, an established manufacturer and worldwide supplier of hardness testers and accessories, announced the launch of its improved Brinell Optical Scanning System, B.O
- Solar Atmospheres of Western PA announced the approval of a critical Boeing specification for the oil quenching of alloy steels in accordance with Boeing’s specification BAC 5617.
- Advanced Heat Treat Corp., a provider of heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced the promotion of John Ludeman to vice president of Operations.
- Wisconsin Oven Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial ovens, has appointed Jeff Kent to the position of general manager.
- Centorr Vacuum Industries announced that it has promoted Randy Fellbaum to the position of chief operating officer.
- Edgewater Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired NeoGraf Solutions, LLC. NeoGraf is a designer, formulator, and manufacturer of specialty natural graphite products for a diverse set of end markets, headquartered in Lakewood, Ohio.
- Ipsen USA announced the return of Pete Kerbel in the role of sales representative/Midwest regional sales owner.
- NUTEC Group has announced effective February 1, 2023, Genaro F. Cueva will step down from the position of CEO, remaining in his position as Chairman of the Board. He will be replaced as CEO by Daniel Llaguno, currently president of Nutec Fibers Division.
- Bastian Barthel has joined the AMPOWER team as the new lead consultant of sinter-based additive manufacturing technologies.
- Hubbard-Hall welcomes David Keller as senior chemist.
- The Plibrico Company has launched an industry first: a QR code platform. These field enabling QR codes provide information that extends well beyond what might be printed on the refractory packaging or labels.
- Pfeiffer Vacuum celebrated the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art industrial complex at Berliner Strasse in in Germany.
- DANTE Solutions welcomes the newest members to the team.
- Hubbard-Hall welcomes Noel Rutherford as supply chain manager to work out of the Waterbury, CT, facility.
- Ipsen in Pecatonica, Illinois (formerly Ipsen Ceramics) is being repurposed for vacuum furnace hot zone assembly.
- William Disler, president and CEO at AFC-Holcroft, has announced that he is stepping down from the company after more than 35 years, effective March 30, 2023. Tracy Dougherty and Ronald Waligora will share senior leadership with Dougherty named chief operating officer for Sales, Applications, Marketing, and Aftermarket Sales and Waligora named chief operating officer for Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Field Services.
- John Terman was welcomed to the JUMO Process Control team as part of the Technical Consultant group located in New York and serving throughout the Northeast.
- Jay Cole started a new position as inside sales/customer service lead at Nitrex.
- Thierry Allirot was welcomed as chief financial officer for the Atmosphere Group and its subsidiaries, including AFC-Holcroft.
- Bjorn Eldar Petersen is starting a new position as chief executive officer at ENRX Group.
- Lucifer Furnaces in Warrington, PA, a manufacturer of heat treating furnaces and ovens for the last 80 years, has added Brett Wenger to its leadership team as vice president of sales.
- Retech, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, is set to expand into new building in Buffalo, NY, that will house their fabrication, welding, small assemblies, and other manufacturing machinery.
- IHEA recently announced its 2023–2024 Board of Directors and Executive Officers: President is Brian Kelly of Honeywell Thermal Solutions; Vice-President is Jeff Rafter of Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC.; Treasurer is Gary Berwick of Dry Coolers, Inc.; and Jeff Valuck of Surface Combustion, Inc. assumes the Past President position.
Kudos Chatter
- Fluke celebrates 75 years of continuous innovation, putting its customers first, and supporting its communities. The company honors John Fluke’s legacy.
- Gasbarre Products, Inc. recently marked its fiftieth anniversary. The company was founded in 1973 by George Gasbarre Sr., in Falls Creek, PA, U.S.A.
- Congratulations to five additive manufacturing scholarship recipients as part of the Women in 3D Printing TIPE Conference! Andrew Duffield, Shivani A, Raveeshankar Sambathkumar, Liza Allison, and Shayla Anthony.
- The Plibrico Company’s employees came together from Ohio to Washington (including New York, Indiana, and Florida) to volunteer their time and creativity to make handmade cards for Cards for Hospitalized Kids.
- IHEA welcomes a new face to the Board of Directors, Helen Tuttle, who is the first woman to serve on the board.
- Bodycote’s Hebron facility recently underwent its AS9100 audit and passed with zero findings.
- After 48 years with Cincinnati Steel Treating Co., Mike Reichling has retired.
- Trevor Jones, president of Solar Manufacturing has been named Delaware Valley Materials Person of the Year by the ASM Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter.
- The Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC, facility announced that it has been awarded Northrop Grumman.
- Paulo Cleveland Division has received Pratt & Whitney approval for Hot Isostatic Pressing .
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