Two years after the failure of Bodycote IMT's 60" HIP unit destroyed Plant 2 and seriously damaged Plant 1 at the Andover site, Bodycote IMT, Inc., Andover, MA, is back in business.

Thompson Steel Company, Canton, MA, has broken ground for a new facility being built in Greenville, SC.

Solar Atmospheres, Inc., Souderton, PA, has ordered a 50,000 lb. capacity, 24' deep, 6.5' diameter, horizontal vacuum furnace for operation from ambient to 2650¯F (1454¯C) and 10-5 Torr with Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp.

Prime Wheel Corporation, Gardena, CA, has purchased a second fully automated solution heat treat and aging system supplied by SECO/WARWICK Corp., Meadville, PA.

Eclipse Inc., Rockford, IL, has installed a product development test furnace to be used with different fuels (natural gas, propane, butane, producer gases and light and heavy oil) and either air or oxygen.

Ajax Induction Services, Warren, OH, has refurbished a large induction heating coil for the NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, OH.

AVX Ltd. has installed a rotating tube furnace to process tantalum powders in a single, continuous operation from Carbolite Inc., Watertown, WI.

The Press Division of Gasbarre Products, Inc. has completed a 12,200 square foot building expansion in the DuBois Industrial Park in DuBois, PA.

Kalyani Carpenter, a joint venture between Kalyani Steels Ltd., India, and Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, PA, has opened its first steel service center in the Pune District to provide rapid delivery of stock throughout India.

Due to repeated requests, The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) has decided to start another series of the Young Executive Seminar (YES).