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28 MAY 2015 ■ IndustrialHeating.com

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Thermal Product Solutions Acquires

Wisconsin Oven

Thermal Product Solutions (TPS) acquiredWisconsin Oven Corp., a leading

manufacturer of custom industrial ovens used for heat treating, finishing, drying and

curing. Wisconsin Oven offers products for the aerospace, automotive, composites,

energy, military and pharmaceutical industries. TPS is a global leader in thermal-

processing products and test solutions with brands including BlueM, Gruenberg,

Tenney, Lindberg, MPH and now Wisconsin Oven.

U.S. Steel to Build EAF, Coupling Facility in Alabama

United States Steel Corp. announced that it will build a technologically advanced

electric-arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking facility at its Fairfield Works in Birmingham,

Ala. The company will also construct a tubular products coupling facility at Fairfield

Works to manufacture couplings with premium, semi-premium and American

Petroleum Institute (API) connections for customers in the oil and gas industry. The

two projects, which are expected to create approximately 650 temporary construction

jobs, are valued at $277.5 million. Construction of the EAF will begin in the second

quarter of 2015 and is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2016.

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FROM PORTABLE

TO BENCH-TOP

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ASTM E-18 ASTM E-10

MAGNETIC

CLAMPING

BASE

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111 S. Lombard Rd Unit #4 ADDISON, IL 60101 - USA

Tel. 224 374 0931 - 630 303 1588

Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.affri.com

FLAT SURFACES ROUND SURFACES 360° POSITIONING

The AFFRI magnetic portable hardness tester

solves all types of problems. It can be used

as a conventional hardness tester or as a

portable system for on-site testing.

The system is easy to manipulate. Pull one

single start lever and the measurement will

appear in a few seconds.

Operative up to 360° degrees of positioning,

it is not affected by any external source of

vibration, and it does not need to be leveled.

Grede to Invest in Heat^ Treatment

Gredeplans to invest more than $20 million and hire

more than 35 new employees over the next three years

at its Biscoe, N.C., facility to support its commercial

vehicle business. The investment will be used for

heat treatment and machining services as well as

the addition of 26,000 square feet of manufacturing

space. The project will also include three new molding

machines and handling systems.

Linde Opens New Combustion Center

in China

The Linde Group launched its combustion center in

Suzhou in an effort to develop new combustion and

heat-treatment applications and solutions in China

and the Asia Pacific region. The Linde Combustion

Centre will drive research-and-development initiatives

in partnership with metal and research institutes in

projects to develop green combustion technologies and

improve heat-treatment processes – particularly for

carburizing and sintering – geared toward future and

sustainable applications.