Solar Manufacturing purchased three vacuum furnaces from Hitachi Magnetics, Inc., who recently closed its plant that made powder metallurgy magnets.

Solar Manufacturing (Souderton, Pa.; http://www.solarmfg.com) purchased three vacuum furnaces from Hitachi Magnetics, Inc. (Edmore, Mich.), who recently closed its plant that made powder metallurgy magnets. Solar Manufacturing will move the furnaces to its Souderton facility to completely refurbish and test them, and then offer them for sale.