Two industry leaders have joined forces to become a premiere provider of heat treatment equipment and furnace products to the U.S. market.
Through a distributorship agreement, California-based Axiom Heat Treatment (AxiomHT) and Finland-based Heatmasters, are on point to lead the industry in innovation, products, on-site service solutions and expertise.
AxiomHT, the creator of the patented blended heating and cooling method, Axi-Therm, is quickly becoming the go-to in the energy sector when cost and schedule challenges arise, according to Axiom CEO Gerry McWeeney.
The 40-year industry veteran, who began his career in his native Scotland before relocating to the U.S. in 1995, has worked with refineries and plants in fabrication, pipelines, LNG, power generation and other areas where heat treatment solutions are required. He founded AxiomHT to offer customers an all-encompassing service that includes induction, resistance and combustion, culminating with his blended heating and cooling solution that has leveraged great results with customers in the power, refining and vessel manufacturing industries.
"While reducing cost and schedule gives AxiomHT a seat at the table with many of the largest owners in the U.S., we have always been mindful of ensuring quality of service and safety along the way," McWeeney said.
Aligning with an equipment provider that has leading edge technology made a whole lot of sense, while searching for a partner, innovation — as well as quality of existing products —were utmost in my mind.
He continued, "In order to continue our growth pattern, aligning with an equipment provider that has leading edge technology made a whole lot of sense, while searching for a partner, innovation — as well as quality of existing products — were utmost in my mind. Heatmasters ticked all the boxes and more."
Heatmasters is an international industrial service and equipment provider specializing in heat treatment, NDT inspection, surface treatment and other services for the maintenance of process plants and the manufacturing industry.
With half a century of experience, Heatmasters was the first professional heat treatment company in Finland. Its pioneering, global solutions adhere to quality and safety, which it says are at the core of its success. The self-proclaimed "Wizards of Metal" have attained and maintained a certified quality management system covering ISO quality standards in management systems, requirements for heat treatment and for occupational health and safety — which are applied to all of its operations.
"Heatmasters has been a long time in the American market for a long time and is especially known for its accurate digital temperature control systems," said Heatmasters CEO Ilkka Mujunen. "We are extremely eager to work with Gerry and the AxiomHT team to introduce a wider range of solutions to the industries we serve."
"The partnership is already proving dynamic, by uniting quality products and services across the many industries we serve, we are beginning to make a major impact that will help set the partnership up for continued success," McWeeney said.
For more information, visit axiomht.com or call (714) 655-3205.
