Press Release

January 24, 2008

WESTINGHOUSE SPECIALTY METALS PLANT ADDS SECO/WARWICK VACUUM ANNEALING FURNACE

Westinghouse Specialty Metals Plant in Blairsville, PA has purchased a High Vacuum Retort Annealing Furnace to process zirconium tubes.  Westinghouse is increasing their plant capacity to meet the needs of customers in both China and the United States.

The Vacuum Annealing furnace is custom engineered to meet the exceptionally tight uniformity standard of ±5ºF in the 48 inch x 6 inch x 216 inch hot zone.   The furnace is rated for 1200ºF and will be equipped with a cold cap High Vacuum diffusion pump. 

About Westinghouse Specialty Metals Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company offers a wide range of nuclear plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, including fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control, and advanced nuclear plant designs.  With headquarters in Monroeville, Pennsylvania – near Pittsburgh – Westinghouse now has operations in twelve states and fourteen countries, with annual sales of approximately US$1.8 billion.  After designing the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, in 1957, Westinghouse and its licensees provided more than 40 percent of the world’s 434 operating commercial nuclear plants, the world’s largest installed base of operating plants.

All of this experience places Westinghouse at the forefront of the nuclear industry. But most importantly, Westinghouse applies its expertise to ensure that nuclear power will continue to provide safe, reliable and economical electricity without producing carbon emissions or other greenhouse gases.

For more information, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com

About SECO/WARWICK

SECO/WARWICK’s Vacuum Team custom engineered, quality Vacuum Furnaces for most processes including hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing, sintering, carburizing, carbon/carbon composites, CVD–graphitizing, high pressure quench and degassing.  SECO/WARWICK has entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Retech Systems LLC offering advanced technology for VIM, VAR, electron beam & plasma arc furnaces, along with powder production and environmental remediation equipment. 

Visit the Vacuum Team at http://www.secowarwick.com/vacuum.html

SECO/WARWICK Worldwide manufactures industrial heat processing equipment including heat treat furnaces, vacuum furnace technology, atmosphere generators and aluminum reverb melting and holding systems.  SECO/WARWICK provides heat treating equipment and services worldwide for customers involved with primary aluminum, aluminum recycling, automotive, aerospace, commercial heat treating,  HVAC, electronics, lighting, medical equipment, nuclear applications and high temperature sintering.   The globally integrated organization includes SECO/WARWICK Corp. (USA), SECO/WARWICK S.A. (Poland), ELTERMA S.A. (Poland) and SECO/WARWICK Industrial Furnace Co. Ltd. (China).  The company has over 700 employees worldwide and is an industry leader in industrial heat processing equipment and processes.  More information can be found at www.secowarwick.com.

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