Pyradia engineers are completing the installation of two preheating furnaces for Ma'aden's Ras Al Khair aluminum smelter project in Saudi Arabia.

NSL Analytical Services invested over $1.6 million for the purchase and renovation of an 11,800-square-foot building situated on an acre of land in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products achieved Nadcap Heat Treat accreditation at its Bridgeville, Pa., facility.

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) acquired substantially all of the business of Thermal Technology LLC.

SECO/WARWICK Allied installed seven soaking pit furnaces for Hindalco Industries Ltd. in Hirakud, India.

Every four years, thermal-processing spe­cialists meet in Düsseldorf at lead­ing global trade show Thermprocess to exchange opinions on technological and industrial innovations.

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC (KAAP), a joint venture of Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Toyota Tsusho Corp., broke ground on its second expansion project in the past year in Bowling Green, Ky.

Bodycote, the world’s largest thermal-processing services provider, reiterated its commitment and emphasis on the Brazilian market as part of the company’s future growth strategy.

The Timken Company announced the continued expansion of its industrial services capabilities with the acquisition of Standard Machine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada).

United States Steel Corp. and Kobe Steel Ltd. of Japan commissioned a new continuous annealing line at their joint venture, PRO-TEC Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio.