In February of 2020 ALD Thermal Treatment announced a new facility in Suzhou, China focusing on Low Pressure Carburizing (LPC) and High Pressure Gas Quenching (HPGQ). The project is progressing and the plan is operation will start August 2021. Two of the attached photos show the progress of construction and the third shows an artists rendering of how it will look when finished.

​”FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Press Release; Heat Treatment Services to Open ALD Thermal Treatment (Suzhou) Co. “Heat Treatment Services (HTS), a division of ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH headquartered in Hanau, Germany, has announced that it will establish a new heat treatment services centre in China, which will be officially registered as ALD Thermal Treatment (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. This will be the fourth ALD Heat Treatment Services plant globally, with the others being based in Germany, the USA, and Mexico. The company states that the new centre will be equipped with ModulTherm, ALD’s heat treatment system, and will serve the domestic industry with high-quality heat treatment services. The new production hall will reportedly be erected next to the company’s subsidiary ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., produces, sells and services ALD equipment, and is also experienced in the commissioning and maintenance of heat treatment systems. The close cooperation between these two units is expected to contribute to the performance of the new heat treatment services centre. “

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The new heat treatment services production hall (left) will be erected next to the existing buildings of ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (centre and right) (Rendering courtesy ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH)”