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AICHELIN’s roller hearth furnace is distinguished by its advanced, energy-efficient heat treatment technology, offering both ecological and economic advantages. Its versatile capabilities and robust engineering meet the highest demands of industrial heat [...]
After entering the vacuum heat treatment market segment mid-last year, Aichelin recently successfully delivered a vacuum furnace to the plant of one of the leading heat treatment and specialist thermal processing service providers, Bodycote, in Vantaa (Fi [...]
Mödling. AICHELIN Group - one of the leading experts in heat treatment - is focusing on efficiency and sustainable competitiveness and is streamlining its structures in Europe.
The AICHELIN Group, one of the world's leading providers of heat treatment solutions, is strengthening its team with Martin Moser (37) as the new ESG & Quality Coordinator. In this role, he will be responsible for the Group-wide further development and im [...]
Ron Waligora, Chief Operating Officer for AFC-Holcroft, with a heavy and happy heart has announced his retirement date of May 4, 2025.
About AFC-Holcroft: AFCH specializes in designing and manufacturing a wide range of industrial furnaces, with a strong presence in North America. The company has built a robust customer base in North America and other regions, known for its innovative sol [...]
The heat treatment expert AICHELIN Group has expanded its product range to include innovative industrial vacuum furnaces and technologies. These modern, flexible and environmentally friendly solutions will be presented for the first time at the "HärtereiK [...]
The AICHELIN Group continues to expand its team in the field of industrial vacuum heat treatment and battery materials. With the appointment of Dominic Kraus as Sales Manager Europe for Vacuum Furnaces and Patrick Lamprecht as Business Development & Sales [...]
The AICHELIN Group, a company of Berndorf AG, is a global market leader in the heat treatment of metals and achieved record revenue of EUR 214 million in the 2023 financial year. Despite global crises and difficult conditions in Europe, the company was ab [...]
The AICHELIN Group and Sistem Teknik have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Austria. This joint venture will produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe. The AICHELIN Group is thus adding a [...]
As a long-standing employee of the AICHELIN Group, Philipp Krenn will not only be responsible for strategic and operational management in his new role, but also for the sales activities of AICHELIN Ges.m.b.H. in Mödling.
In spring 2024, AICHELIN Service successfully received the certification according to the globally recognised ISO 14001:2015 standard for its comprehensive environmental management system. The company was certified following a thorough audit by Bureau Ver [...]
AICHELIN Group, specialised in industrial heat treatment of metallic parts and components, is consolidating its group of companies with a stronger focus on its core business. The Group has signed an agreement to sell its German subsidiary EMA Indutec, an [...]
Andreas Klassen, PhD, Head of Research & Development at EMA Indutec, is a proven expert in numerical calculations and the simulation of induction processes. Together with Florian Kickinger, process engineer at AICHELIN Neuanlagenbau, he used the example o [...]
A constant hot topic at our customers is the increase in energy efficiency at their heat treatment plants while maintaining a high level of productivity and production safety. AICHELIN has developed a solution that can be integrated easily and perfectly i [...]
AFC-Holcroft, a member of the Aichelin Group and global leader in the thermal processing equipment industry, today announced a strategic partnership with Sanken Sangyo, a Japanese based leader in the thermal processing equipment industry.
Marco Greifeneder will join AICHELIN Service as the new Head of Operations on July 1, 2023. He will take over the responsibilities and tasks of Claus Wöhr, who retired at the end of June after more than 48 years with the company.
"The Monty Heat Treat News" are a good source for experts in heat treatment for the latest news on technologies, companies, projects and more. In an interview with editor Gord Montgomery, NOXMAT's CEO Matthias Wolf talks, among other things, about
NOXMAT GmbH, based in Oederan/Saxony, Germany, has founded a US subsidiary at the end of 2022. NOXMAT USA, Inc, in Sterling Heights, Michigan, will support US customers as well as European customers with branches in the US with immediate effect. Under the [...]
The new brickwork for two industrial furnaces required due to wear provided an opportunity for AICHELIN Service in late 2022 to fundamentally optimize the thermal insulation of the plants together with the customer. AICHELIN Service has successfully imple [...]
As part of a management reorganization, AFC-Holcroft has announced Tracy Dougherty and Ronald Waligora will share leadership responsibility as dual Chief Operating Officers. Dougherty, formerly Vice President of Sales, has been named Chief Operating Offi [...]
Mödling/AT, April 12th 2023: Austria’s AICHELIN Ges.m.b.H. secures important developments for Europe’s battery industry thanks to a strategic partnership with Chinese company KILNPARTNER, thus supporting the transformation towards e-mobility
SKF GmbH produces different roller bearing products in their plant in Lüchow in Lower Saxony. For the heat treatment of their parts, they have been using AICHELIN plants and services for decades. SKF commissioned AICHELIN Service with an extensive moderni [...]
Disler Steps Down, New Management Team Named. William Disler, President and CEO at AFC-Holcroft, has announced that he is stepping down from the company, effective March 30, 2023.
Celje/SLO: After company founder and long-time CEO of BOSIO d.o.o., Mr. Hugo Bosio, turned to new chal-lenges, the management of the successful industrial company was reorganized on February 1, 2023.
Heat treatment is our passion. That is why we are also very happy to donate human warmth. Children and families who have a hard time in life are close to our hearts – especially in our home region.
For the proper functioning of the inductor, correct maintenance and cleaning are essential. Our EMA Indutec experts explain how to go about this process in the video tutorial. A special inductor cleaning box provides the necessary tools.
On a recent Saturday morning, AFC-Holcroft invited employees and their families, company retirees and invited guests, to view the newly renovated building as part of an Open House.
Wixom, Michigan, November 2022 - Following an extensive, nearly yearlong full facility remodel, AFC-Holcroft held a formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at their World Headquarters building in Wixom, Michigan.
Hirschvogel Group, one of the world's largest manufacturers of solid-formed and further refined components made of steel and aluminum, recently commissioned a new heat treatment plant from AICHELIN at its main plant in Denklingen/Upper Bavaria. This fully [...]
For its more than 65 years of membership, AICHELIN Service was honored in October by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) through its regional organization VDI Württembergischer Ingenieurverein e.V.. With our sponsoring membership as a company, we su [...]
NOXMAT GmbH, specialist for industrial heating technology, expands its product and service spectrum: NOXMAT will now also produce and sell burners specifically for the aluminum industry, under the brand name “Wiedemann Industriebrenner”. Especially for ma [...]
On our floor now are a MBA mesh belt austemper line for austempering stamped metal components, two new UBQ line with ancillaries – one for an automotive supplier and another for a commercial heat treater; two standalone UBQ’s - one for a commercial heat t [...]
Despite a volatile economic situation, Austrian heat treatment plant manufacturer AICHELIN is optimistic about the future. This is due not only to numerous incoming orders in the area of new plants, but also to the increased demand for rebuilds and mainte [...]
As part of its service strategy, AICHELIN Group continues to expand its international service organization. With AICHELIN Service GmbH acquiring the group subsidiary SAFED France SAS, AICHELIN is now putting a focus on its service branch and thus strength [...]
NOXMAT GmbH has again successfully passed the audit for recertification according to DIN ISO 9001. We are very pleased about the confirmation of the performance of our quality management system in the field of "development, production, sales and service o [...]
A major Midwestern U.S. supplier of agricultural and lawn equipment has recently purchased a complete Batch Austemper facility from AFC-Holcroft. The complete line consists of two of AFC-Holcroft’s UBQA (Universal Batch Quench-Austemper) units along with [...]
In only two weeks’ time and during active operation, the service experts of AICHELIN SERVICE and NOXMAT have switched over 1,600 gas burner systems from Lower-Calorific to High-Calorific natural gas for their customer thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH in Ande [...]
NOXMAT GmbH, headquartered in Oederan, Saxony/Germany, is celebrating its successful 30-year company anniversary this year. Founded in 1992, the company has been growing continuously and profitably in a very competitive international environment, while al [...]
An experienced industry manager, Dipl.-Ing. Christian Grosspointner will take over from Dr. Peter Schobesberger in the coming weeks, taking charge of the future shaping of the global player specializing in heat treatment. Dr. Schobesberger will resign aft [...]
For over ten years, AICHELIN Service GmbH has been supporting community institutions around the Ludwigsburg-Pflugfelden office. Die outpatient children’s and youth’s hospice service in Ludwigsburg County will receive a donation from AICHELIN for the secon [...]
From February 21-23, 2022, we have again undergone and successfully passed an audit for recertification according to ISO 9001. We are very pleased about the confirmation of the performance of our quality management system in the field of "services for the [...]
EMA Indutec is establishing itself more and more as a partner of the energy transition. Among renewable energies, wind power is playing an increasingly important role. It is one of the growing markets for our customer thyssenkrupp rothe erde, a subsidiary [...]
AICHELIN Group is expanding its capacities for the assembly of heat treatment plants and will build a new industrial assembly hall, the AICHELIN Assembly Center Europe, right next to its Slovenian subsidiary Bosio. In the medium term, this is going to be [...]
EMA Indutec supports SCHOTT AG as a partner in energy transition. Schott is an international technology group and manufacturer of high-tech materials for special glass. By 2030, all special glasses and glass ceramics (e.g. CERAN) are to be manufactured in [...]
AICHELIN Service GmbH supports a renowned European automotive component supplier and its US subsidiary with an extensive maintenance project of industrial furnace systems for heat treatment. This project was launched in November 2021, is planned to last s [...]
Fixture hardening – also known as press hardening – is playing an increasingly important role as a manufacturing process, especially in the automotive industry and in lightweight gearbox components. However, these tend to suffer greater distortion during [...]
AICHELIN GesmbH Austria signs a joint venture with KILNPARTNER Mechanical Technology Ltd. China to meet growing demands from the downstream lithium-ion battery sector mainly in Europe and other rising market areas worldwide.
Quenching is typically associated with oil, water, or high pressure gas quenching. But Bill Disler from AFC-Holcroft suggests that we not forget about salt quenching. It is good and it is green. Listen as he and Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, walk thr [...]
"Green hydrogen" plays an important role for the energy transition. Since 2020, we have already been a partner of the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and are developing solutions for "electrolysis made in Baden-Württe [...]
Thomas Dopler, who has been working within AICHELIN Group in many different functions for over 13 years, is new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of AICHELIN Holding GmbH. In this role, he is responsible for positioning AICHELING Group as a technology partne [...]
A farewell and a new start: On October 28, we bid farewell to our long-serving head of development, Roland Rakette, Ph.D., as he entered his well-deserved retirement. In the past years, he initiated many successful new developments, such as our highly eff [...]
The new technical report in "Process Heat" shows successful retrofit measures for chamber furnaces with controlled atmosphere and indirect heating, in which the heating system was completely renewed within a very short time and the efficiency of the furna [...]
After five eventful fair days, the "Thermprocess" on Saturday, June 29, ended successfully for NOXMAT. Immediately afterwards, together with our French partner RG Industries, we were present at the A3TS congress in Lille. Thanks to all our visitors!
Göteborg – Swedish fastener manufacturer BULTEN has commissioned the Austrian heat treatment specialist AICHELIN with the production of a cast link belt furnace for the refinement of high-strength steel screws and nuts. At 80 meters length, the furnace p [...]
Mödling - Austrian industrial furnace manufacturer AICHELIN, specialist for the thermo-chemical heat treatment of metal parts, has developed a new step-chain conveyor furnace. It enables the production of metal sheets for cars with higher quality material [...]
Wien/Ludwigsburg – The AICHELIN Group, international technological leader in the field of thermal and thermo-chemical heat treatment and part of Berndorf AG, is celebrating its 150-year anniversary this year. For this occasion, the group with headquarters [...]
Wien/Ludwigsburg – The AICHELIN Group, international technological leader in the field of thermal and thermo-chemical heat treatment and part of Berndorf AG, is celebrating its 150-year anniversary this year. For this occasion, the group with headquarters [...]
Mödling – The SAFED laboratory that opened last year in Mödling has spurred the interest of numerous businesses within the European heat treatment industry. The test plant is already contributing to the continued advancement of thermal processes, says Dr [...]
Mödling – The SAFED laboratory that opened last year in Mödling has spurred the interest of numerous businesses within the European heat treatment industry. The test plant is already contributing to the continued advancement of thermal processes, says Dr [...]