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Lark Heat Treating is a commercial heat treater located in Northwest Houston, TX, USA. Founded in 1978 by brothers Frank and Gene Clark, the company has grown to a 50 employee operation that specializes in a wide range of heat treatment services mainly to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.

Badia S.A. (Tratamientos Badia, S.a.) was established in 1964 as an independent heat treatment company in a suburb of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates today a number of different furnaces like rotary hearth, continuous rotary, continuous shaker, sealed quench, pit furnaces and induction furnaces, all electric. The furnaces are equipped with Kanthal® metallic heating elements, Tubothal® elements in Kanthal® apM radiant tubes and Kanthal® Super molybdenum disilicide (MoSi2) heating elements.

The majority of tubes used today in gas heated heat treatment furnaces are of the SER (single ended recuperative) design. The limiting factor for the lifetime in this system is normally the inner tube, which is exposed to a significantly higher temperature than the outer tube. A common material for inner tubes is nickel-chromium.

Kosta-Boda is famous throughout the world for the artistic excellence and technical quality of its crystal glass and crystal artware. Kosta-Boda traces its history back to the 18th century. An electrically heated feeder with Kanthal® Super molybdenum disilicide (MoSi2) heating elements has been playing its part in maintaining the superb quality of Boda products

KIMAB, corrosion and metals research institute, is situated in central Stockholm in Sweden and serves the Swedish steel industry and other research institutes with information services, technical and manufacturing support, materials and materials processing development, product design and development, consultancy and various material testing services.

When young technology meets established knowledge, the path to innovation is opened. Kanthal President Nicklas Nilsson and Head of R&D and Technologies Dilip Chandrasekaran see endless possibilities as well as great customer value with the new customization service, Kanthal® Additive Manufacturing.

Grupo T.T.T., in the Bilbao area of Spain, is a group of companies specialized in heat treatment and surface treatment of metals.

Gmundener Keramik, a well known Austrian company, is a large producer of porcelain, gift items and tableware. A high proportion of its products are exported.