75th Heat Treatment Congress/Cologne, Germany

75th Heat Treatment Congress/Cologne, Germany

Our favorite European heat treat exhibition has always been the annual HK event held every October for the past 75 years in Germany. For years it was held in the pleasant little town of Wiesbaden until it was moved to Cologne 5 years ago. This year it is being held...
Symmco Inc. Fire

Symmco Inc. Fire

Powdered Metal components supplier and in house heat treater Symmco in Sykesville, PA suffered a small fire earlier this week which luckily caused little damage. The company has a total of 8 mesh belt sintering furnaces.”Symmco Inc. in Sykesville, which designs...
NASA’s Moon To Mars Mission

NASA’s Moon To Mars Mission

Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins set out on what must have been considered at that time, the most adventurous journey ever undertaken by mankind. An epic mission for man to set foot onto another astronomical body, a journey of great courage...
Indiana Trasmission Plant II (or ITPII)

Indiana Trasmission Plant II (or ITPII)

This very interesting article about FCA’s (Fiat Chrysler Automobile) transmission plants in Kokomo, Indiana, USA appeared in the “Kokomo Perspective” newspaper just this week. It is interesting because it speaks about one of the largest captive heat treating...
Are the Chinese Taking Over?

Are the Chinese Taking Over?

Now here is a very interesting rumor, one which we take seriously enough to mention today. Rumor has it that a Chinese company involved in the auto industry will be announcing possibly as soon as today that they have acquired a large Western based furnace...