It’s hard to believe it all started in a garage.

Industrial Heating, in cooperation with the Metal Treating Institute and the MTI Educational Foundation, invite you to nominate an MTI member company for the 2019 Commercial Heat Treater of the Year award. You can nominate any company you feel is qualified – including your own if you are a commercial heat treater. This honor will be given to one MTI commercial heat treater that demonstrates they are “making a positive impact on their community and their industry.”

When you think of U.S.-based thermal-processing providers, one of the names that immediately comes to mind is Paulo.

Though it may be a new company, Vacuum Pump Services has a wealth of experience in vacuum pump repair and service.

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:

Metlab isn’t your typical commercial heat treater. Founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aluminum spars for biplanes, the company is credited with the patent for the first drop-bottom gantry furnace.

I know that some of you reading this column are on board with memberships in our industry associations – Metal Treating Institute (MTI) and Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA).

Although Contour has been in business for over 30 years, the Indianapolis, Ind.-based company has gone through quite an evolution.

Founded way back in 1912 as the “Replaceable Heating Elements” company in New York, Lindberg/MPH was named after the owner’s patented, replaceable heating elements for research heating applications.

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.