Sergio Gallegos Cantu – Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40

Name: Sergio Gallegos Cantu
Company: Quaker Houghton
Position: Technical Service Manager & Heat Treatment Specialist

Sergio graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Materials Engineering. He is currently the heat treatment specialist and technical service manager for Quaker Houghton (formerly Houghton International) in Mexico.  In his role, he interacts extensively with our local team and customer base. He previously worked as senior metallurgist in product development at FRISA in the design of forging process and heat treatments for superalloys, titanium alloys, and stainless steel.  He has experience in material specifications for the aerospace industry including mechanical properties, failure analysis, microstructure, and grain size control for near shape forgings.

Nominated by: Quaker Houghton