How many hours per week do you work on average? How satisfied are you with certain elements of your job? What will be the biggest challenge for your company in the next 12 months?

2018 marks the 13th Furnaces North America (FNA) produced by the Metal Treating Institute and its media partner, Industrial Heating.

A lot has changed over the course of nearly three decades, both in the thermal-processing and publishing industries. Through it all, however, Industrial Heating’s annual Buyers Guide – despite some minor tweaks here and there – has remained the same.

When Industrial Heating (with assistance from BNP Media Market Research) conducts our annual “State of the Profession” survey, we ask qualified subscribers a variety of job-related questions.

In what is becoming an annual tradition, Industrial Heating, with assistance from BNP Media Market Research, polled qualified subscribers on a variety of industry- and job-related issues. Our goal is simple. We want to find out more about the current state of employment in the thermal-processing industry. 

To get a hint at just how far 3D printing has come in a short period of time, you need look no further than Rapid, the industry’s preeminent event. When the show was held at Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center in 2013, it needed only 15,000 square feet of show floor. Just four years later at the same venue, Rapid spanned 70,000 square feet – a nearly fivefold increase in floor space.

For 27 years Industrial Heating has published its annual Buyers Guide. The goal of this issue hasn’t changed over the years. We always strive to help readers make better purchasing decisions.

Managing Editor Bill Mayer discusses Industrial Heating's four directories and upcoming industry events to take advantage of.

If there is one word that is synonymous with the aerospace industry, it’s Nadcap. And did you know that this audit turns 15 years old in 2016?