A Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

A Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Chatter

• Recent changes in leadership at Nucor Corporation include the following: Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West has been elected to join the board of directors, effective immediately. General West retired earlier this year after 37 years with the U.S. Army. In addition, John J. Ferriola will retire as chairman and CEO on December 31, 2019; the board of directors elected Leon J. Topalian to be president and COO, effective September 5, 2019, and to succeed Mr. Ferriola as CEO on January 1, 2020.
• StandardAero has acquired Safe Aviation Solutions (including Safe Fuel, Accel, and B&E ACR), formerly the MRO services subsidiary of the B&E Group, which will continue to expand StandardAero’s Components, Helicopters & Accessories (CH&A) division and its portfolio of MRO and component repair services.
• Dana Incorporated announced the acquisition of Nordresa Motors, Inc., a prominent integration and application engineering expert for the development and commercialization of electric powertrains for commercial vehicles.
• Central Machine & Tool, a manufacturer and global distributor of quick connect/disconnect couplings, castings, clamps and bandings and provider of heat treating, fabrication, machining, and injection molding services, will now be known as PT World Headquarters. The launch of the new branding and signage included employees, staff, and guests. Matt Parrish, president, and Amy Parrish, vice-president of corporate communications, spoke about the new branding and the direction of the Enid, Oklahoma, company.
• Allison Transmission Holdings Inc., a global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions, announced that it has acquired the assets and certain liabilities of Walker Die Casting located in Lewisburg, Tennessee, and C&R Tool and Engineering located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Walker produces aluminum castings and has been a supplier to Allison for 20 years. Allison is committed to continuing the 60-year-old company’s legacy. C&R Tool and Engineering is a leading supplier of metalworking tools for use at Walker and other companies.
• Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that it will be the primary supplier of aluminum auto body sheet for the new Mercedes-Benz CLS model, which entered the market in March 2018.

Equipment Chatter

• A company operating in the nuclear sector recently purchased an advanced heat treatment vacuum furnace with a maximum temperature of 2408°F (1320°C) from TAV Vacuum Furnaces Spa.
• A prominent aerospace equipment manufacturer is working with SECO/VACUUM Technologies (SVT) to bring the company’s low pressure carburizing and hardening work in-house. SVT will be supplying a CaseMaster Evolution® (CMe) dual-chamber vacuum oil quench furnace.
• An electrically heated heavy-duty Ferris wheel batch oven has been shipped to a company in the aerospace industry by Wisconsin Oven Corporation. This Ferris wheel oven will be used to cure epoxy resins & varnishes on assorted aerospace parts. In addition, Wisconsin Oven shipped a natural gas-fired conveyor oven to the automation industry, which will be used to cure a resin formed mat.
• Primetals Technologies will build a combined aluminum hot rolling mill for the production of heavy plate and strip for BaoWu Aluminium Technology Ltd., which is part of BaoWu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd, the highest-profile steel producer in China. The new rolling mill will be built in Sanmenxia, in the Henan province, and have an annual production capacity of 300,000 metric tons.

Kudos Chatter

• Onex, Inc., recently received a plant visit from Pennsylvania State Representative Lee James. Talks surrounded the need for skilled labor in manufacturing and the valuable careers available at Onex and in the industry.
• Thermal-Vac Technology is proud to be included on Inc. magazine’s prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2019. Inc. 5000 lists the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Thermal-Vac has grown 64 percent in the last three years. “We are excited to have our team’s hard work recognized by Inc. magazine,” CEO Heather Falcone said. “As a service business, we only grow by delivering what we promise. I think everyone at Thermal-Vac can be proud of what we’ve built.”