Today, we look to our European information partner, heatprocessing, to get an update on how two huge heat treat tradeshows are gearing up: THERMPROCESS 2023 and wire and Tube 2022.
2023 Düsseldorf Update
"Till Schreiter, who contributes over 20 years of national and international experience from the electrical and metal industries to the trade fair with a symposium for thermoprocess technology, explained: 'For whoever wants to actively invest in a sustainable, future-oriented and prosperity-securing design of Europe, a visit to GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST is an absolutely must. There is no other event in our sector that offers you this opportunity for personal exchange with the global experts and decision-makers.'"
"[Significantly] better travel conditions for trade visitors from all over the world are given. After four years without their leading trade fairs, the professional world will finally meet again live and on site in Düsseldorf. Here they will exchange information about innovations from the wire, cable and tube industries."
The tragedies of war are many. In today's post, we're looking at a very small slice of the consequences of the war in the Ukraine: How might this affect the heat treat industry? What should you prepare for? We've located four insights to reflect on this Friday.
Supply Chain Bottle Necks
"Representing 200 million tons of transit potential, Ukraine is one of the foremost—yet often overlooked—components of both the European and global supply chains. Therefore, any disruption in the region can have massive knock-on effects for countries throughout the world." With that in mind, three industry considerations are energy, resilience, and capacity. (Read more)
Businesses Are Interrupting Trade with Russia
Adding to the supply chain changes, you may find businesses you work with or even your own ceasing to do business with Russian companies in an effort to show solidarity with the Ukraine. In one case, "A group of 3D printer OEMs and other companies involved in additive manufacturing have released a statement in support of Ukraine and are calling for a quick end to Russia’s war in the country." (Read more)
Heightened Cybersecurity Preparedness
It's hard to say whether cyber attacks are absolutely increased because of the conflict since there has long been a high rate of cyberattacking originating from Russia. However, cyberattacking is a known threat in modern war, and there have been increased email phishing attacks on specific targets. (Read more)
"We are seeing cybercriminals use Russia and Ukraine-centric social engineering efforts, like phishing emails, leveraging current events to solicit an emotional response to the war,” says Rosa Smothers, former CIA cyber threat analyst and technical intelligence officer, now at KnowBe4. 'In other words, people are less likely to think before they click.'" - Dennis Schima, "Does the War in Ukraine Increase the Risk of Russian Cyberattacks?"
Humanitarian Pressures
Whether near or far, we've been seeing fundraising efforts, medical support, and humanitarian aid being sent to the frontlines. Perhaps you've done business internationally and have contacts who need support, or, like SECO/WARWICK, have found a way to raise funds and send support: "With your help, we’ve sent humanitarian aid to the border and each day we support our Ukrainian colleagues."
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Heat Treat Todayoffers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry. Enjoy these 12 news bites that will help you stay up to date on all things heat treat.
Equipment Chatter
Plastometrex, a materials science startup, is working with global testing and inspection provider Element Materials Technology.
National Test Pty Ltd. has been contracted by AusGroup Ltd. to provide NDT and heat treatment services on 58 stainless steel and carbon steel tanks for the covalent lithium refinery in in Australia.
Indentation Plastometer solution from Plastometrex
Heat treat partnership between AusGroup Ltd. and National Test Pty Ltd.
Personnel/Company Chatter
Bodycote increases hot isostatic pressing capacity in Greenville, SC.
PEER Energy GmbH and SCHWING Technologies GmbH signed a long-term cooperation agreement to further technical development and marketing of fluidized bed technology for the heat treatment of metal components.
Nitrex, a global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions, has announced that G-M Enterprises has made its official market debut under the Nitrex banner as of January 2022.
Nancy Easterbrook has joined HarbisonWalker International (HWI), a refractory products and services supplier in North America, as the director of Recycled Materials.
GHI Smart Furnaces celebrated the 84th anniversary of their founding in December 1937.
HeatTek announced the purchase of an additional facility in Ixonia, WI to serve primarily as a distribution center for the rapidly growing company’s components and spare parts inventory. This expansion follows another plant acquisition in West Allis, WI.
Hubbard-Hall announced that they’ve made the Dow product line available on their e-commerce site.
Increased hot isostatic pressing capacity for Bodycote
Ralf Giebmanns (PEER Energy) and Andreas Guderjahn (SCHWING Technologies)
G-M Enterprises officially under Nitrex banner as of January 2022
Nancy Easterbrook, Director of Recycled Materials, HWI
GHI Smart Furnace’s 84th anniversary
Kudos Chatter
Bodycote in Syracuse, NY passed certification to AS9100 standard with zero findings.
A group of 70 employees and management of SECO/WARWICK located in Świebodzin, Poland planted 3,000 beech seedlings on Lumberjack and Forester World Day.
Nitrex Metal, Inc., global of fully integrated surface treatment solutions and technologies, was selected to be part of a “Global Thought Leaders” series broadcast on CBS News.
SECO/WARWICK and sustainable practices
Advertisement for CBS News feature on Nitrex Metal, Inc.
Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to bethany@heattreattoday.com.
Whether you're a long-time follower or a recent listener,Heat Treat Radio has a history of hits that we're highlighting in today's original content article. Read below to see how this resource for heat treaters developed and check out one of the "Top 5 Most Listened to Episodes" or “Top 5 Short Technical Episodes."
Quick History of Heat TreatRadio
Began in April 2016 by Doug Glenn, publisher of Heat Treat Today announcing the first ever episode: "Metallurgical Posterchildren: Hayley Sandgren." To date, there is a total of 70 episodes that have been released on the podcast.
Over the years, several changes in how Heat Treat Radio presented these interviews occurred. If you've been following the podcast for awhile, you've probably seen the change in images that are used to promote the episode:
The podcast has also changed in terms of delivery. Heat Treat Radio began with asking guests questions and delivering concise, clear answers. This helped the podcast deliver information to listeners, and you can listen to this yourself if you click almost any episode released before 2020. However, a shift to more conversational content happened over the years so that by 2020, you could tune in and listen to heat treating experts chat back-and-forth with Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, as if you were taking a walk around the plant with them. Now, the podcast is moving to deliver content in a fully visual form to give you the opportunity to watch and "sit in" to the conversation with them.
A quick run down of some interesting HTR facts (only according to SoundCloud listens) include what types of guests have been featured, how many episodes have been run, and who has been listening:
As a final interesting note, we found that you like to listen to Heat Treat Radio episodes the day or day after they come out; but if there is an episode that is particularly pertinent/relevant to heat treaters -- like "Heat Treat’s Tight Labor Market: Gaining and Maintaining Works with Josh Hale" -- listeners tune in on the weekends and in the afternoons during the week. Sound familiar??
Below, we compiled a series of statistics that may help you select the next episode for your Thursday, Tuesday 2:00pm, or weekend listening session.
E-commerce? In the heat treating industry? Heat Treat Today was curious about this new trend, so we asked three heat treat insiders about their industry e-commerce experiences. Is e-commerce coming to the industry? Where has it succeeded; where has it failed? Is e-commerce a growing trend or is it just a passing fad? Find out if your future will include heat treat e-commerce or not!
Contributors include Shawn Orr, engineering manager, and Jonathan Lance, senior marketing specialist, at Televac®—The Fredericks Company and Clint Hall, the vice president of Marketing at Olsträd Engineering Corporation and Combustion 911.
Introduction
CBRE Group, Inc., an American commercial real estate services and investment firm, projects that U.S. e-commerce sales will increase $330 billion between 2020 and 2025. Others, like market research firm Statista, project an increase by about one-third.1 This may be the case for industry in general, but are purchasing habits of heat treaters changing, too? Could “e-commerce” be the next big thing for heat treaters?
We asked several heat treat industry insiders what they thought e-commerce could offer to heat treaters and how this service addresses a variety of purchasing needs.
What is “E-Commerce”?
Shawn Orr & Jonathan Lance: “Televac® is a designer and manufacturer of vacuum gauges, so to us e-commerce means offering our products for sale through our website and making them as easy as possible to purchase with the shortest possible lead times. Having online pricing and the ability to order online eliminates any lag time associated with waiting for a quote, email, or call from one of our sales representatives.”
Clint Hall: “We view e-commerce as (spare) part sales via the internet. We sell combustion equipment heat treaters use to keep their furnaces running.” Hall represents Olsträd Engineering Corporation’s Combustion 911 service.
Shawn Orr Engineering Manager Televac®—The Fredericks Company Photo Credit: The Fredericks Company
Jonathan Lance Senior Marketing Specialist Televac®—The Fredericks Company Photo Credit: The Fredericks Company
Clint Hall Vice President of Marketing Olsträd Engineering Corporation and Combustion 911 Photo Credit: Olsträd Engineering
[accordion style="colored"][acc title="Televac®—The Fredericks Company"]Televac® serves the heat treat industry by providing low-cost, robust, full range vacuum gauging solutions. With Televac®’s new e-commerce website, they are able to reduce lead times, while providing the same high-quality products, services, and support. [/acc][acc title="Combustion 911"]Combustion 911 is an e-commerce website which serves the heat treat industry by providing spare parts, but also complete combustion systems. Heat treaters use combustion systems to safely transport combustible fuels.[/acc][/accordion]
Getting on the Cutting Edge
These insiders shared that their initiative to implement e-commerce for heat treaters largely came from looking at the growing use of web retail in other manufacturing and service industries. They also elaborated on several practical lessons that come with spearheading a web-based, transactional initiative.
Hall: “We started Combustion 911 in 2009. We saw companies like Amazon and Walmart create a space for retail on the web, and we reasoned we could do the same thing for combustion parts. Our initial thought was to create and maintain a space where maintenance staff could easily source parts using a purchasing card, removing barriers and red tape that might keep them from getting the part quickly.”
When asked about lessons he and his team learned, he shared, “The lessons we learned were many and varied. For example, our first lesson was the need to include our phone number on the website. We thought this was going to be hands-off for us, and we were dead wrong. There are a lot of people in the world who don’t trust online shopping carts and will not use them. There are also a lot of people working with combustion equipment who need some reassurance they’re buying the right replacement part, and they’d rather speak on the phone than hash it out over email.
Second, we learned there aren’t nearly as many maintenance folks out there with purchasing cards (p-cards) as we’d thought. Most of our Combustion 911 transactions go through purchasing staff or third-party buyers.”
"[Our] first lesson was the need to include our phone number on the website. We thought this was going to be hands-off for us, and we were dead wrong." -Clint Hall, Combustion 911Orr & Lance: “At Televac® we always do our best to position ourselves as innovators in the heat treat industry by adopting modern design and manufacturing trends. In today’s world of online retailers, we thought e-commerce was essentially a requirement to allow us to continue providing the highest quality products and services for our clients.”
They continued, “Building e-commerce functionality into an existing website wasn’t always an easy task. It was a challenge to maintain the look and feel of our website while also offering a streamlined e-commerce experience for our clients. One of the major takeaways was that it isn’t always about making an online sale, but instead it’s about maintaining quick access to the resources that our website offers to clients, like datasheets, manuals, application notes, instructional videos, and interactive tools, among others.”
The Evidence: How E-Commerce Helps Heat Treaters
Orr & Lance: “There are many instances where we’ve seen our e-commerce website help our clients. One specific example was when a client needed 8 of our 2A thermocouple vacuum gauges to ship the same day because they had a system down. They were able to place the order on our website within minutes of realizing their need and make a payment that was processed immediately, allowing us to quickly receive the order and ship out the gauges the same day.
“We’ve also found that our e-commerce website significantly reduces the amount of time and effort required for our clients to place an order. An online order eliminates multiple emails or phone calls between our clients and the team, and streamlines the payment process. Because of these improvements, we can often reduce our lead times by several days, getting our products to our clients faster.
Example of MX4A and a 2A Thermocouple. Photo Credit: The Fredericks Company
Hall: “The combustion market has been going through an upheaval due to the consolidation and eradication of many legacy brands. End users find themselves in a position where they need replacements for parts that have been discontinued or aren’t immediately available. We’ve been able to help users get back up and running using alternative parts with the same function, from stock.
“Additionally, e-commerce gives us a chance to reach a wider audience, which means we can help those in need find the assistance they’re looking for. It takes sustained effort to be relevant on the web, but the result is higher visibility, and the rewards are of equal benefit to us and our clients. They get the help they need, and you get the opportunity to serve them.”
The “Preferred” Purchasing Method
All three insiders attest to the ease-of-use for their clients. Whether it is measured in increased traffic to their website or how the tool has become the preferred purchasing method.
A screen capture of the navigation on Combustion 911, the e-commerce website associated with Olsträd Engineering.
Hall: “Combustion 911 has been going strong since its inception (and once we added our phone number). An unlooked-for boon in this website has been the generation of leads for system sales. We offer combustion and automation engineering, suites of parts, assembled manifolds, control panels, installation, service, the works. These services are available piecemeal or all together, and we’ve developed long-term clients from Combustion 911 inquiries in every category.”
Screen capture of the embedded functionality of e-commerce on The Fredericks Company's website.
Orr & Lance: “Since we launched our e-commerce website in 2020, we have seen a significant increase in online orders each month from clients purchasing our vacuum gauging. We’ve found that many of our clients prefer purchasing online because they want the same experience they have with other online retailers.”
Final Thoughts
Perhaps you are on the frontier of either purchasing or selling heat treat equipment, parts, or services online. As has been discussed, streamlining purchasing habits, finding a new heat treat product provider, or being able to “click” the most up-to-date product with quick shipment options are all appealing reasons to try e-commerce. But as with any change or innovation: Do your research to make sure that this service is right for you before you dive headfirst. Happy buying!
References
1 David Sparkman, “Industrial Real Estate Demand Rising,” Material Handling & Logistics (7 July 2021). www.mhlnews.com.
About the Authors:
Shawn Orr, engineering manager at Televac®—The Fredericks Company, is responsible for the company’s engineering department and all engineering projects related to research and development and manufacturing.
Jonathan Lance, senior marketing specialist at Televac®—The Fredericks Company, is responsible for addressing all marketing needs for the company, including website development, graphic design, digital advertising, and analytics.
Clint Hall is the vice president of Marketing at Olsträd Engineering and Combustion 911. Olsträd provides advanced combustion, controls, and automation systems across a broad spectrum of industries, and represents ESA (burners, flame safety, combustion solutions) and Elektrogas (combustion controls) in North America.
Navigate this summer's heat treat events with Heat TreatToday's Industry Calendar. This hidden gem is located under "Resources" on www.heattreattoday.com, and it is always updating with the latest industry events. As you make your vacation plans, be sure you aren't missing any key events; this June 15th, there are three events going on. Check out these event descriptions in today's original content piece below!
If you have an event to add -- or want to give us a heads up on an event that you and others are going to attend -- feel free to reach out to the editors at editor@heattreattoday.com.
Jump over to the "Resource" tab on www.heattreattoday.com, and you'll find the Industry Calendar located fourth down. This calendar let's you search by month in list or calendar view format so that you can visualize your summer (or fall, or winter, or spring) with ease.
A couple tips to navigate the calendar:
Click "Show Events in Search" to select your desired month (see Image 1).
If you want to learn more about an item in the calendar, hover over the name of the event to see the image (see Image 2).
Want to see the full details of the event? Click the event items, and you'll be redirected to the event page.
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Preview of Summer 2022 Events: June 15, 2022
PowderMet 2022
When: June 12 - June 15
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"The leading North American technical conference on powder metallurgy and particulate materials, PowderMet2022 is a hub for technology transfer for professionals from every part of the industry, including buyers and specifiers of metal powders, tooling and compacting presses, sintering furnaces, furnace belts. . ."
Process Heating & Cooling Show 2022
When: June 15 - June 16
The inaugural Process Heating & Cooling Show is a place for anyone involved with industrial heating and cooling processes [. . .]. This event will bring together numerous industries in the process industries including oil & gas, electronics, pharmaceuticals, food, beverages, packaging and plastics, to name a few. Plan to join us and connect face-to-face with like-minded peers, learn from business thought leaders, and uncover emerging trends and technologies."
Additive Manufacturing with Powder Metallurgy (AMPM) 2022
When: June 12 - June 15
"Focusing on metal additive manufacturing, AMPM2022 will feature worldwide industry experts presenting the latest technology developments in this fast-growing field."
There's so much more! Explore theIndustry Calendarhere.
Heat Treat Todayoffers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry. Enjoy these 29 news bites that will help you stay up to date on all things heat treat.
Equipment Chatter
Baowu Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.’s continuous annealing and chemical pre-treatment line for processing strip coils for the aluminum market supplied by Tenova produced its first hot coil.
A Midwest manufacturer of brass components is upgrading their heat treat capabilities with a new furnace from Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems.
Plastometrex, a materials science startup, is working with global testing and inspection provider Element Materials Technology.
A global bearing manufacturer decided to furnish one of its Chinese plants with a vacuum furnace by SECO/WARWICK with gas quenching, carburizing (LPC), and carbonitriding (LCPN).
To support R&D and additive manufacturing projects, Solar Atmospheres of California has added some small vacuum furnace capacity to their equipment offerings.
An Indian manufacturer of feed machinery and contractor for “turnkey” agricultural engineering projects has placed an order with SECO/WARWICK for a Vector® vacuum furnace with vertical insertion of loads.
Heat treatment specialist Bodycote provided solutions for the world’s first hydroformed architectural stainless-steel façade screen that was manufactured by German fabricator Edelstahl-Mechanik. This screen was installed in the newly constructed Science and Engineering Complex at the Harvard University campus in Boston, MA.
SECO/WARWICK will install a continuous line for controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) of large-dimension battery coolers at the plant of a European manufacturer of heat exchangers.
A Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems integral quench furnace line was recently commissioned to a manufacturer of specialty nut and bolt assemblies in the eastern U.S.
One of the largest Brazilian hardening plants has started to operate a SECO/WARWICK Vector® vacuum furnace.
Tenova’s team at Baowu Aluminum plant, China; Pomini Tenova’s equipment Photo Credit: Tenova
Indentation Plastometer solution from Plastometrex Photo Credit: Plastometrex
Vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK for Chinese manufacturing plant Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Additive manufacturing furnace support at Solar Atmospheres of California Photo Credit: Solar Atmospheres
Vector® furnace for the agricultural industry Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Inspired by the shapes, strength, and thinness of everyday objects like tin cans and soup bowls, Behnisch Architekten worked with Josef Gartner GmbH/Permasteelisa North America Corp. and the German fabricator Edelstahl-Mechanik to create the world’s first hydroformed tensile façade. Photo Credit: Brad Feinknopf
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems’ integral quench furnace system Photo Credit: Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems
CAB line for European manufacturer Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Personnel/Company Chatter
With increased interest in U.S. semiconductor research and manufacturing, ECM USA, Inc. recently announced a strong bi-monthly sales order pattern for 2021 related to their product expansion both in research & development and with laboratory furnace systems.
Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced OmniControl® universal control unit for pumps and measurement instruments.
Ipsen reported a surge in interest for standardized equipment and revealed a steady increase of orders for TITAN® vacuum furnaces this year, with five in July. Clients range from those in cutting tools and machinery to additive manufacturing and aerospace.
Heating technology company Kanthal announced the agreement to divest its semiconductor capital equipment business to Yield Engineering Systems, Inc., headquartered in Fremont, CA.
Bodycote increased hot isostatic pressing capacity in Greenville, SC.
Nitrex, a global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions, has announced that G-M Enterprises has made its official market debut under the Nitrex banner as of January 2022.
Nancy Easterbrook has joined HarbisonWalker International (HWI), a refractory products and services supplier in North America, as the director of Recycled Materials.
HarbisonWalker International is building a manufacturing and service hub for its steel customers in North America.
During the Metal Treating Institute’s (MTI) Fall Meeting, Ipsen, along with several other vested organizations, presented donations to support the MTI Educational Foundation, which provides scholarships for the next generation of heat treating industry professionals.
GHI Smart Furnaces celebrated the 84th anniversary of their founding in December 1937.
HeatTek announced the purchase of an additional facility in Ixonia, WI to serve primarily as a distribution center for the rapidly growing company’s components and spare parts inventory. This expansion follows another plant acquisition in West Allis, WI.
Hubbard-Hall announced that they’ve made the Dow product line available on their eCommerce site.
JIPELEC rapid thermal processing with automation Photo Credit: ECM USA, Inc.
Leading women at HarbisonWalker International(HWI) based at the company’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA have recently been recognized for their work: HWI has promoted Melissa Bihary to vice president of People and Organizational Effectiveness Also, the — the workforce development and education partner of the — has presented Bryn Snow, director of Application Technology-Nonferrous/Glass at HWI, with a STEP Ahead Award. Lastly, Jodi L. Allison, CAP,OM, has been promoted to chief executive assistant & administrative manager at HWI.
At the recent Metal Treating Institute (MTI) 2021 Fall meeting held in San Antonio TX, Ed Engelhard, vice president of Corporate Quality, has been recognized with the MTI Award of Industry Merit. This award is given in recognition of current/ongoing commitment to the betterment of the commercial heat treating industry with one or more significant accomplishments.
Tony Karadimas has been nominated as vice president of UPC-MARATHON Sales and NITREX.
Bodycote in Syracuse, NY passed certification to AS9100 standard with zero findings.
A group of 70 employees and management of SECO/WARWICK located in Świebodzin, Poland planted 3,000 beech seedlings on Lumberjack and Forester World Day.
Nitrex Metal, Inc., global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions and technologies, was selected to be part of a “Global Thought Leaders” series broadcast on CBS News.
Deep Cryogenics International trademarked the slogan “Infinitely Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable” for the use of liquid nitrogen in their deep cryogenic treatment process.
Melissa Bihary, Vice President of People and Organizational Effectiveness Photo Credit: HWI
Bryn Snow, Director of Application Technology-Nonferrous/Glass Photo Credit: HWI
Jodi L. Allison, CAP, OM, Chief Executive Assistant & Administrative Manager Photo Credit: HWI
Tony Karadimas, Vice President of UPC-MARATHON Sales and Nitrex Aftersales Photo Credit: UPC-Marathon
Ed Engelhard, Vice President of Corporate Quality, awarded MTI Award of Industry Merit Photo Credit: MTI
SECO/WARWICK and sustainable practices Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Advertisement for CBS News feature on Nitrex Metal, Inc. Photo Credit: CBS News
Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to bethany@heattreattoday.com.
We will be celebrating the holidays with family, so look for your next Heat Treat Dailyon January 3rd.
2021 has been a transformative year! Because we love people and 2021 saw the return of in-person, face-to-face events, seeing you in and around the trade show halls has been our #1 memory from 2021! What a joy to see and talk with so many of you.
In 2022, we’re looking forward to keeping you well informed by sharing relevant and compelling technical content, industry news, and innovative trends in the North American heat treat industry.
We are thankful for you and here’s our year-end prayer for you and yours, “May you experience the peace and hope that only Christ can give. Wishing you the joy of the Lord as we celebrate the birth of the Savior.”
Planning 2022 heat treat goals would be lacking without considering at least one of the major heat treat shows in North America. In Heat Treat Today's Medical & Energy December 2021 print edition, the Metal Treating Institute highlights the biannual Furnaces North America show that happens in quarter three. Read about the three main reasons to attend in the article below!
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Furnaces North America 2022(FNA 2022), presented by the Metal Treating Institute, in partnership with its media partner, Heat Treat Today, is the heat treating industry’s marquee event every other year, and will be held October 3–5, 2022 in Indianapolis, IN. FNA 2022 will attract attendees from over 40 states and 20 countries, including attendees from Fortune 500 companies. For three days, attendees take part in networking, connecting, and learning about the vast changes taking place on emerging technologies, industry trends, and advances in equipment.
FNA show producer Tom Morrison said, “The 2020’s will provide unbelievable opportunity, but not without challenges. Change is happening at such a rapid pace in today’s economy, both commercial and captive heat treat plants can’t afford to miss a show like FNA 2022. Demographic shifts, emerging technologies, a shortage of workers, plant automation, and consumer buying habits are driving what is manufactured . . . when . . . and how. At FNA, leaders in heat treating companies can connect with the content and executives that can deliver the solutions and ideas they need to thrive this decade.”
The answers to your most pressing challenges in your heat treat operation can be found at FNA 2022, by attending technical sessions with suppliers you meet, connecting at a booth with another heat treater, or while enjoying one of the social events.
FNA 2022 has three dynamic elements that will deliver the answers you and your team need to maximize your productivity, people resources, and profits.
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ELEMENT #1:
Learning that LASTS
FNA 2022’s technical conference, designed by a team of heat treaters and suppliers, has 35 key sessions that focus on a wide array of technical issues including:
Industry 4.0 and Automation
Productivity and Data
Processes
Equipment
Standards and Pyrometry
Controls and Materials
Maintenance
Emerging Technologies
FNC/Nitriding
Quenching and Cooling
ELEMENT #2:
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Business that CONNECTS
The most active part of any FNA experience is the trade show. With over 170 top suppliers in every facet of heat treating, this is where the daily needs of heat treaters are fulfilled. On the show floor, heat treaters and suppliers connect to learn about each other, challenges heat treaters are facing, and how suppliers can solve those issues. FNA’s expo is a must for any owner, GM, plant manager, or manager in maintenance, quality, or production. FNA 2022 encourages companies to bring key management team members to help introduce them personally to the new trends and technologies shaping the future of heat treating.
ELEMENT #3:
Networking is KING
At FNA, attendees experience a set of exciting social functions that allow heat treaters and suppliers alike to connect with one another to discuss the new ideas they learn during the conference and trade show. They also share their daily experiences in dealing with issues like energy, employee recruitment/retention, maintenance, audit compliance, plant safety, and equipment purchases. FNA social events also help suppliers to take a break from the trade show booth and listen to the heat treater’s needs in a more informal environment. This provides suppliers an opportunity to serve the heat treater better and develop products for their specific needs.
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Furnaces North America 2022 provides the networking, technical training, and business connection that heat treaters need to build a bright future within their operation. Mark your calendar now and take the opportunity to attend FNA 2022 in Indianapolis, IN, October 3–5, 2022.
As Heat Treat Today takes the rest of the week off to enjoy a full harvest filled with family and friends, we want to be sure that we let you know how grateful we are to serve and support you in your heat treating needs. This year, we rejoice in the friendships, successes, and wonderful people God has blessed us with in this industry.
Be blessed this Thanksgiving, and we'll see you bright 'n early on Monday, November 29th.
Today, we look to our European information partner, heatprocessing, to get an update on how two huge heat treat tradeshows are gearing up: THERMPROCESS 2023 and wire and Tube 2022.
2023 Düsseldorf Update
2023 Düsseldorf Update
2022 Summer wire and Tube Update
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