THE MONTY: HEAT TREAT NEWS

So who is probably the largest commercial Induction heat treater in North America? Well the answer will probably surprise you, Contour Hardening with location in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and Silao, Mexico. If this surprises you, it certainly surprised us also. The company has been in the news quite a bit recently, partly because of their new CEO, Ben Crawford and most recently because of their press release that they had ordered a brand new nitriding furnace for their Indianapolis location, an announcement which caught a lot of peoples attention. We are going to give you a more in depth story about the company in the next few days but we can share this with you. Who is providing the new nitriding furnace-Gasbarre Furnace Group who will be using SSI controls.

Solar Atmospheres South Carolina facility proudly announces that Mike Paponetti has accepted the position of Sales Manager. Prior to accepting this position, Mike was the Regional Sales Manager at our Hermitage, PA facility. Mike will lead the sales efforts to maintain and promote sales for Solar Atmospheres in the Southeastern United States and we are confident Mike will provide our customers with exceptional support. Solar Atmospheres Southeast President, Steve Prout says, “We are excited to have Mike as a part of the Solar Atmospheres Southeast team. With over 20 years of thermal processing experience, his heat treating and brazing expertise will be a tremendous resource for our customers.” This promotion opens a vacancy for a Regional Sales Manager position at our Hermitage, PA facility.

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