Since we are in the midst of the world's largest sporting event of 2026 "FIFA World Cup 2026™, please allow us to use a "sporting" term for the title of this press release.

"McLaughlin Furnace Group" of Avilla, Indiana, USA is pleased to announce that in the past few months they have seen an unprecedented surge in interest for nitriding systems which has resulted in 3 orders (a hat trick in soccer and hockey parlance means 3 goals-hence our use of the term) in just the past few months. The orders come from two different in house heat treaters and while not all of the systems are exactly the same, each system is very similar. As an example one of the gas fired systems has working dimensions of 36" X 72" with a weight capacity of 5,000 pounds, an operating temperature of 850F-1250F, +-15F with an Inconel 600 Retort.

"John Hillenbrand", Sales Manager for "McLaughlin" had these comments;

"We have seen a significant increase in RFQs for nitriding over the past few months which has led to 3 new pit nitrider orders. The nitriding market is booming and needs new capacity now. We pride ourselves on being able to provide the highest quality furnaces in a fraction of the time. Ultimately, this was key in being awarded these new nitriding furnaces. As an example, while our competition was quoting 34 weeks, we were able to offer a delivery of 16-18 weeks-a delivery which we are on track to meet. "