Welcome to the nonferrous issue. In February, our goal is to ferret out content focused on anything but steel.

Why is aluminum’s story only about a century old? Because although aluminum is the most abundant metallic element in the earth’s crust (8%), metallic aluminum was produced for the first time just 200 years ago.

Of the high-tech stories out there today, additive manufacturing (AM) tops them all.

If you have been around awhile and are kind enough to read my monthly musings, you know that December is my month to take a break from the topical or technical and enjoy the holiday.

The aerospace industry is of critical importance to our thermal-processing world. For this reason, we need to pay attention to what’s happening.

Readers periodically write with thoughts about specific articles or columns. We encourage your feedback but understand that everyone is busy, and we do not expect to regularly hear from you.

Summer is almost upon us, and change is in the air. At Industrial Heating, we have a new group publisher, Erik Klingerman. Erik succeeded Darrell Dal Pozzo, who has accepted another position with BNP Media.