Pillar Induction is an international supplier of induction heat-treat equipment, with headquarters in Brookfield, Wis., and additional support facilities located around the world.

Ajax designs and manufactures salt bath furnace equipment, including quenches, hoists and work handling systems used in the heat-treating industry. With over 60 years of thermal-processing experience, our customers include aerospace, agricultural, commercial heat treating, energy, glass strengthening, medical, dental and many more.

Like the words to your favorite song playing over and over in your mind, the heat treater’s repeating lyric is producing the best quality parts by controlling both equipment- and process-induced variability.

A new furnace manufacturer based in India recently started operations. ACE Furnaces Pvt. Ltd. (AFPL) designs and builds industrial furnaces for various applications.

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. received an order from Russian railcar manufacturer Tikhvin Chem Mash for the supply of two car-bottom furnaces used in the stress relieving of tanks and heads for the production of railway tank cars.

Sinterite, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, announced the renewal of its ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation.

Privately held Eberhart Capital LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., acquired Unitherm Furnaces LLC.

LOI Thermprocess GmbH, a subsidiary of Tenova, acquired Metall Technologie Holding (MTH), a worldwide manufacturer of industrial furnaces.