MIC Expands Heat Treating Capabilities

Metal Improvement Company Expands Heat Treating Capabilities at Several Facilities Paramus, NJ, March 15 – Metal Improvement Company (MIC) has added equipment and capabilities at three of its heat treating facilities in the U.S. Midwest to meet the needs of their customers. The heat treating facility in Wichita (Ida Street), KS is installing a new vacuum furnace with a working zone of 48 inches by 48 inches by 60 inches to increase capacity and improve turntimes. It is scheduled to be on line in April of this year and will augment the facility’s Nadcap approved for vacuum heat treating. The Ft. Wayne, IN heat treating facility is uprating its mesh belt furnace with infrared gas analysis for feedback control. This feature will improve consistency of results by maintaining tighter control of heat treating parameters. The Ft. Wayne facility performs carbonitriding, carburizing, neutral hardening, carbon restoration, stress relieving and annealing. The facility is Ford W-HTX compliant and ISO 9001:2000 registered. The heat treating facility in Columbus, OH has added a new “Super 36” integral quench batch furnace and associated temper furnace. The increased capacity will enable faster turntimes. The Columbus facility is CQI-9 approved to perform heat treating services for General Motors, Ford and Daimler Chrysler Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. Metal Improvement Company operates a network of nine heat treating facilities in the U.S. In addition to heat treating, the company provides precision metal finishing services, including shot peening, laser peening and coating services through a network of 59 facilities in North America and Europe. Metal Improvement Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). For more information about MIC’s capabilities, visit www.metalimprovement.com Curtiss-Wright Corporation, headquartered in Roseland, NJ, is a diversified company that designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications in addition to providing metal treatment services. For more information about Curtiss-Wright visit www.curtisswright.com

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