News Release
March
15, 2007 Metal
Improvement Company Expands Heat Treating Capabilities
at Several Facilities
Paramus,
NJ, March 15 – Metal Improvement Company (MIC)
has added equipment and capabilities at three of its
heat treating facilities in the U.S. Midwest to meet
the needs of their customers.
The heat treating facility in Wichita (Ida Street),
KS is installing a new vacuum furnace with a working
zone of 48 inches by 48 inches by 60 inches to increase
capacity and improve turntimes. It is scheduled to be
on line in April of this year and will augment the facility’s
Nadcap approved for vacuum heat treating.
The Ft. Wayne, IN heat treating facility is uprating
its mesh belt furnace with infrared gas analysis for
feedback control. This feature will improve consistency
of results by maintaining tighter control of heat treating
parameters. The Ft. Wayne facility performs carbonitriding,
carburizing, neutral hardening, carbon restoration,
stress relieving and annealing. The facility is Ford
W-HTX compliant and ISO 9001:2000 registered.
The heat treating facility in Columbus, OH has added
a new “Super 36” integral quench batch furnace
and associated temper furnace. The increased capacity
will enable faster turntimes. The Columbus facility
is CQI-9 approved to perform heat treating services
for General Motors, Ford and Daimler Chrysler Tier 1
and Tier 2 suppliers.
Metal Improvement Company operates a network of nine
heat treating facilities in the U.S. In addition to
heat treating, the company provides precision metal
finishing services, including shot peening, laser peening
and coating services through a network of 59 facilities
in North America and Europe. Metal Improvement Company
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation
(NYSE: CW). For more information about MIC’s capabilities,
visit www.metalimprovement.com
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, headquartered in Roseland,
NJ, is a diversified company that designs, manufactures
and overhauls products for motion control and flow control
applications in addition to providing metal treatment
services. For more information about Curtiss-Wright
visit www.curtisswright.com
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