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Specialty Heat Treating company history timeline

1980

In 1980, Boeing contracted with Rex to heat treat hydrofoil foils and struts for a high-speed boat they were developing.

1981

Since 1981, AHT has developed into a multi-service heat treat company that takes pride in fitting the ideal solution to any application.

After processing many of these parts, the Company was recognized by Boeing and the Small Business Administration as the 1981 “National Small Business Subcontractor of the Year”. Rex is the only commercial heat treater to have ever earned this distinction.

1985

Developed in 1985, the S³P treatments involve low temperature diffusion of large quantities of carbon and/or nitrogen into the surface without the formation of chromium precipitations.

In 1985 these businesses were sold to concentrate on the expanding business in Lansdale.

1990

Evidence of this technique was first found in 1990.

1993

High Performance Heat Treating was incorporated in July of 1993.

The archaeologists’ dig site was established in 1993, 100 km South East of Ankara, not far from the town center of Kaman.

1996

Information about the discovery, and experimental trials, was documented in Nature magazine in 1996.

2002

Monroe facility expansion (16,000 square feet). Advanced Heat Treat Corp. receives ISO/TS 16949:2002 certification.

The first plant opened in 2002.

2005

Much later, in 2005, the ironware was analysed by Hideo Akanuma and found to contain steel fragments that are now seen as the earliest known evidence of steel manufacture. more »

In 2005 the Company expanded again into Anniston, Alabama, with the acquisition of an existing 25,000 square foot commercial heat treating facility, but consolidated operations to provide specialized salt quenching heat treating capabilities.

2012

Bodycote partnered with Argonne to develop the technology through a cost-shared funding agreement with the United States Department of Energy. more » It was only in 2012 that an ultra-fast boriding process was scaled to industrial production capacity.

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