To date we have been proud to present almost 50 episodes of “The Heat Treat Podcast”, all of which can be found at  Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty Our moderator Mr. Carlos Torres does a tremendous job of speaking with the leading figures in the global heat treatment industry and this includes captive heat treaters, industry suppliers, consultants and commercial heat treaters. Our next podcast, coming this week features one of the largest commercial, vacuum carburizing firms in the world, ALD Thermal Treatment. (By the way If you would like to be featured in “The Heat Treat Podcast” please let us know, [email protected] as we are always looking for interesting guests). In the meantime we leave you with this information about ALD who incidentally is ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” as one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America; 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 | The Monty

ALD Heat Treat Services is considered to be one of the premier heat treat organizations in the world specializing in distortion control through its specialization in Low Pressure Carburizing (LPC) and High Pressure Gas Quenching (HPGQ). ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH., operates two facilities in North America; each ideally located in the manufacturing heartland of the United States and Mexico. ALD Thermal Treatment, Inc., located in Port Huron, MI, opened in 2006 and the sister plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coah. (Mexico), launched in 2008, have both earned the prestigious General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for six consecutive years. ALD is proud to note that they are the only outside heat treat facilities in the GM supply base who can claim this honor. ALD also operates another state of the art facility in Saxony, Germany and are on track for a fourth facility in Suzhou China in early 2021.

We are the solution for superior quality vacuum heat treating services, with a strong international presence and worldwide operation which includes furnace sales and furnace equipment servicing offered by our world-renowned ALD affiliates. Our Quality System, automation controls, Research & Development Team, in-house Laboratory, and other internal processes are robust and second to none. We are IATF 16949, AS9100, and ISO 9001 Certified, and we are also ISO 27001 and ISO 14001 compliant. We are currently seeking NADCAP certification and look forward to servicing the Aerospace Community with the highest degree of quality and precision available in the market today. Our processes minimize the distortion of precision manufactured components, such as the gears and thin walled parts found in major automotive (trucks and off-road vehicles), energy and aerospace applications. Often, our customers can reduce or totally eliminate post heat treat processing resulting in total part cost optimization.

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