Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a global provider of commercial heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, is expanding its Waterloo, Iowa, facility to increase capacity for carburizing, through hardening, normalizing, and other heat treatment processes. The 18,000 sq. ft. project broke ground on April 6 and is expected to be completed by Fall 2026.
The expansion will include a custom-built furnace designed to accommodate larger components in length, height, and weight. “This expansion is about giving our [clients] more — more capacity, more capability, and more confidence in turnaround,” said Adam Kane, plant manager at AHT’s Waterloo facility pictured above. “With added production space and additional equipment, we’ll be able to process larger and heavier components, and we’ll have room to add even more equipment and services in the future.”
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The facility, in operation at Burton Ave. since 1981, provides services including induction hardening, annealing, cryogenic treatment, carbonitriding, and stress relieving. A second Waterloo location on MidPort Blvd. serves as the company’s corporate office and offers nitriding and nitrocarburizing services.
“Between the two Iowa locations, [clients] have access to multiple heat treatments within a short drive, allowing them to consolidate their vendors and potentially reduce freight costs,” added Mikel Woods, president of AHT.
Press release is available in its original form here.
Main image shows AHT plant manager Adam Kane standing on the construction site of the 18,000 sq. ft. building expansion in Waterloo, Iowa.
