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AALBERTS SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES FORMS NEW

HIP | BRAZE | HEAT TREATMENT BUSINESS UNIT IN THE US​

LIVONIA, MI, February 7, 2023. Aalberts surface technologies – specialized heat treatment US and Aalberts surface technologies – accurate brazing announce today that they have merged into a single business unit. The combined companies now operate as Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment.

Specialized Heat Treatment US was formed when Premier Thermal, Applied Process, and Ionic Technologies were rebranded as Aalberts surface technologies – specialized heat treatment US in 2022. Accurate Brazing was founded in 1989 in Goffstown, NH and has been part of the Aalberts family since 2006, rebranding as Aalberts surface technologies – accurate brazing in 2022.

The realignment includes the thirteen facilities operating as Specialized Heat Treatment US and the four facilities operating as Aalberts surface technologies – accurate brazing. With its seventeen diverse facilities, Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment is one of the largest providers of thermal processing and metal joining technologies in the US.

Steve Wyatt leads Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment as its President. Brent Davis, formerly President of Accurate Brazing, serves as a Director of Operations with responsibility for all facilities in CT, NH, and SC.  Rebranding activities have started and will continue throughout 2023.  Day to day plant operations will be largely unaffected.

“The Aalberts’ brand is defined by its deep commitment to winning with people, mission-critical technologies, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Having our U.S. thermal processing businesses operate within a single business unit creates an integrated organization that offers a wider array of technologies to our customers. With our commitment to cutting edge technologies and access to global resources, we are positioned well, with an eye on the future,” says Steve Wyatt.

“Over the course of thirty years, Accurate Brazing has built a strong reputation, partnering with our customers in pursuit of shared success.  Moving forward as Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment, we will continue that partnership, providing an even stronger portfolio of thermal processing technologies,” says Brent Davis.

Aalberts will always be where technology matters and real progress can be made.

About Aalberts surface technologies

Aalberts surface technologies is part of the worldwide leading and globally positioned technology company Aalberts N.V. which has 134 locations worldwide and more than 14,000 employees. Aalberts is committed to adaptation and innovation with a clear focus on customers.

Aalberts surface technologies Attends the AIAM Aerospace Industry Luncheon at Spirit Airlines

The group was able to walk through a brand-new Airbus A320neo that Spirit brought into service this week, tour the maintenance hangar, and listen to airline executives and industry experts discuss the history of the airline, Covid-19 impacts on the return of commercial flights, the rigorous requirements to maintain their fleet, and how they bring new planes into service.

Did you know?
1. Spirit’s fleet is the newest in the USA, averaging 5.5 years old.
2. Spirit employs a couple hundred Michiganders.
3. Many components on the Airbus A320neo were manufactured in Michigan.
4. Aalberts surface technologies has over 25 Prime aerospace approvals.
5. Since neither Sara nor Jessica possess a pilot’s license, this was the closest they could get to flying the plane.

Have a heat treating need? Contact us today! sales@premierthermal.com

Earth Day was celebrated around the world

 
A chrome plated part may be nice and shiny, but the process is not. Did you know chrome plating can contaminate the environment, which poses a threat to human and animal health? 
 
Our NitroSteel® product is not only environmentally friendly, but also provides numerous other advantages compared to chrome, such as superior wear and corrosion resistance, better lubrication retention, and dent resistance. There is no surface pitting or flaking, unlike chrome, because our process is not a coating.
 
For more information about our NitroSteel® product, contact us today! Sales@premierthermal.com

Happy Administrative Professionals Day

Lindsay Hall, Darrin Gardner, Elizabeth Chambers, Kimberly Sanchez, Kathy Holtsclaw, and Dianna DeGrow Happy Administrative Professionals’ Day. Thank you for the tremendous job you do for us!

Aluminum Stamping

We offer precision air quench designed specifically for aluminum stamped components. The air quench process is best suited for 6000 series and 7000 series alloy components, as well as aluminum 319 alloy castings.

Why is air quench beneficial? Air quenching can help with distortion control and dimensional stability, improve mechanical properties, including tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation percentage. Air quenching reduces internal residual stresses, increases toughness, and provides more uniform quenching without a vapor layer.

For more information on this process, check out our tech sheet here: https://lnkd.in/g2mcNEd

Contact us today: sales@premierthermal.com

NitroSteel® Bar Products

NitroSteel® bar products use a ferritic nitrocarburizing process and are considered a direct replacement for chrome plating. FNC is not a coating; our process diffuses nitrogen into the bar, changing the property of the steel.

NitroSteel® provides wear resistance, corrosion protection, improved lubrication retention, no pitting or flaking, and is dent resistant. It is also environmentally friendly!

More importantly, customers using NitroSteel® products experience increased service life.

Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gPVXS49

or contact us at: sales@premierthermal.com

Happy New Year!

The driving force behind the name change is simple, our plants and teams operate as one cohesive organization with a relentless focus on providing outstanding quality and customer service and we want to reflect this in the marketplace.

If you have questions, please contact us at sales@premierthermal.com.

For a complete list of Aalberts surface technologies locations and services offered, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/gY3c2AE

Have a heat treating need? Contact us today: sales@premierthermal.com

Happy Holidays!

2020 has been very difficult for everyone. This year, in honor of our customers, Aalberts surface technologies made donations near each of our 10 facilities to the following food banks:

• NOCAC Path Center
• Saginaw Rescue Mission
• Greater Lansing Food Bank
• Shalom Center Food Pantry,
• Living Well in Wabash County
• Good Samaritan Food Pantry
• Akron Canton Region Food Bank
• Feeding Medina County

To our business partners and employees near and far, we hope you, your family, and your colleagues have a joyous holiday season and prosperous new year.

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