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SMS Elotherm and Tech Induction Form Partnership in U.S.
02/15/2012 - SMS Elotherm and Tech Induction Corp. have teamed up to improve the support of customers in North America, allowing the two partners to offer a wider range of products and services. Tech Induction will contribute to the joint business a 3500-square-meter production workshop in Detroit.
SMS Elotherm, Germany, and Tech Induction Corp., Detroit, have teamed up to improve the support of customers in North America, allowing the two partners to offer a wider range of products and services.
Products such as hardening inductors and heating coils will now be manufactured at two locations: in Remscheid, Germany, and in North America.
Tech Induction will contribute to the joint business a 3500-square-meter production workshop in Detroit. This includes the company's own R&D department plus a repair shop for inductors.
The Tech Induction brand will be maintained as part of the newly founded SMS Elotherm LLC. The former Managing Director, Darren Martens (President & CEO), will continue in this position. SMS Elotherm will be managed in the U.S. by George Burnet.
"Tech Induction enjoys an excellent reputation for innovative induction technology; this is exactly what also our customers expect," said Dr. Andreas Seitzer, Managing Director Technology and Sales of SMS Elotherm. "Especially business partners in the USA will directly profit from the extended range of products and services. Together we are even closer to the market and can now respond more flexibly to customer demands."
Tech Induction has been building and repairing inductors for more than 25 years. Customers include mainly the automotive industry as well as manufacturers of heavy machinery and agricultural vehicles in North America, as well as in Europe and Asia.
SMS Elotherm GmbH is the induction specialist in the SMS Meer Business Area. It is a company of the SMS group which, under the roof of the SMS Holding GmbH, consists of a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. With about 11,000 employees, the group generates sales of over EUR 3 billion.
