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March, 2008:
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Fiat Purchases 3 ModulTherm Systems; Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT), a Fiat Group company has assigned ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, to deliver 3 complete ModulTherm heat treatment lines for the heat treatment of gear parts for their new C635 transmission, used on mid-sized cars. The furnace systems will be installed in FPT´s plant in Verrone, production start is planned in 2009. Once in full operation the systems are capable to heat treat up to 800.000 transmissions. (www.fptpowertrain.com/eng/pdf/verrone_eng.pdf)
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January, 2008:
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Announces Five Quench Options for ModulTherm Systems
ALD-Holcroft now offers five quench options with its ModulTherm® vacuum-based heat treating systems. Users can specify high pressure gas quenching, reverse flow gas quenching, oil quenching, press quenching, and Intensive Quenching. These provisions significantly increase the processing flexibility of ModulTherm systems. ModulTherm systems dedicated to LPC/HPGQ employ a shuttle-mounted HPGQ chamber which can support up to 14 vacuum treatment chambers. To handle multiple heat treating tasks, the shuttle-mounted HPGQ chamber is replaced by a Heated Transfer Shuttle (HTS). The track-mounted HTS moves loads at carburizing or reduced temperatures from furnace treatment chambers to the appropriate, floor-mounted quench station. Loads can be transferred from atmosphere to vacuum in air, nitrogen, or other atmospheres. The HTS is designed to rotate 180º. This allows it to interface with multiple vacuum treatment chambers positioned on each side of the HTS rail system.
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November, 2007:
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ALD-Holcroft Names President & Vice President
ALD Holcroft Board of Directors has named Jason Sisler President of the company. Prior to being named President, Sisler was Vice President of Operations for ALD Holcroft. As President, he will be responsible for building the company’s engineering, manufacturing, and sales operations in North America. The Board of Directors also announced that William Gornicki will be Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He previously was Sales Manager of the company.
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November, 2007:
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ALD-Holcroft Expands ModulTherm Product Line
ALD-Holcroft announces the expansion of the ModulTherm product line to now include possibilities of oil quenching, intensive quenching and/or press quenching in addition to the already well known High Pressure Gas Quenching. These options are possible as a result of the development of the HTS (Hot Transfer Shuttle), which moves loads from chamber to chamber under either a neutral gas environment or under vacuum while always maintaining load temperature.
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September, 2007:
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ALD-Holcroft Expands Staff
ALD-Holcroft has expanded its decicated staff to include Bill Gomicki as Sales Manager -- Vacuum Products with responsibility for countries within the NAFTA alliance. Principally the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Bill comes to ALD-Holcroft with a combined 17 years of Sales Management, Proposal Management and Project Management experience within the heat treat equipment industry. He is in the process of relocating from Rockford, Illinois to Wixom, Michigan.
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June, 2005:
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New Joint Venture Company
ALD and AFC-Holcroft have joined their forces to set up a joint venture to manufacture, install and service ModulTherm, DualTherm and other related equipment in North America. The products in North America will be marketed under the name of "ALD-Holcroft."
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May 27, 2004:
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General Motors Selects ModulTherm Technology
After an exhaustive review of all available thermal processing technologies, General Motors Corporation has selected ALD's ModulTherm vacuum carburizing furnace system with 20-bar helium gas quench as the heat treat technology for the GM/Ford joint engineered front-wheel-drive 6-speed automatic transmission.
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