Tom Morrison

2020 has been quite the year for in-person meetings, with almost all being cancelled nationwide since April. Every association has had to adjust, innovate and create an alternative learning and networking experience for their industry.

As disruption and change continue to race into your plant at hyper-speed, there are six key elements that will drive your heat-treating operation and determine your success in the coming decade.

During the Winter Strategic Meeting this past January, MTI established a new committee focused on best practices in cybersecurity and DEFARS.

As the economy continues to grow over the next 10-15 years, it is important for your heat-treating division to have three key elements:

If you watch the news, you would never know we are on the front end of one of the largest economic​​ booms in our history. The real numbers no one talks about show the economic expansion will last through the end of the 2030s.

Furnaces North America 2018 (FNA 2018), presented by the Metal Treating Institute in partnership with Industrial Heating, is the heat-treating industry’s marquee event every other year.

My first two columns in 2018 focused on the 10 key emerging technologies being used to disrupt every industry and the five elements of the Internet of Things (IoT) every manufacturer needs to leverage to maximize production and minimize costs. Now I want to share with you why paying close attention to the shifts in technology and tapping into IoT is so important.

Each month, new advances in automation are taking shape that will create opportunity or eliminate your heat-treat company's business model.