Dowa Thermotech, Japan/Hightemp Furnaces, India/Meapforni, Italy

Dowa Thermotech, Japan/Hightemp Furnaces, India/Meapforni, Italy

Dowa Thermotech. This past week we had the privilege of meeting the new President of Dowa Thermotech Co., Ltd., Mr. Ryuji Tsuji who took over from Mr. Toshiro Sumida a little while back. Dowa Thermotech is part of the Dowa Group of companies which is one of the...
Where Are They Now-Eddie Wright

Where Are They Now-Eddie Wright

We’re reaching a long way back with this news item. Back in 2003 Spicer Manufacturing (Dana Corp.) had a plant in Jonesboro, AR, USA which had a large captive heat treating department. When it was announced that the facility was closing we worked with the fellow...
Jens Baumann & Edgar Falkowski

Jens Baumann & Edgar Falkowski

Back in March of this year we mentioned that Jens Baumann & Edgar Falkowski in Germany had parted ways with controls company UPC (the UPC ad can be found on the right side of this page). We lost touch with them, however we learned that they both very recently...
Thermprocess, Germany

Thermprocess, Germany

Yes we did say that we had completed our coverage of the recent heat treat exhibition in Germany however we came across these final two photos. “Fluke Process Instruments. Fluke was demonstrating a really cool thermal imaging camera at the Thermprocess show. On the...
Bruce Hynes, Services, Ovens & Baths

Bruce Hynes, Services, Ovens & Baths

Yesterday we mentioned the passing of Bruce Hynes, founder of used furnace equipment company Furnaces, Ovens and Baths in Michigan. The obituary mentioned the rather unusual way that he entered the industry-from barber to used equipment dealer which is a new one on...
Thermprocess, Dusseldorf, Germany

Thermprocess, Dusseldorf, Germany

We have some final photos from the heat treat exhibition in Germany last week.  No show is complete without temperature profiling company Phoenix TM. In this photo we see from the left; Bastian Sulinski, Michael Taake, Carola Konitzer and Dr. Steve Offley. Steve is...