AMG Engineering
The AMG Engineering unit traces its origins to the predecessor companies of ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (ALD), founded in Germany during the mid-1800s. In the 1940’s, various German industrial companies combined their products and process expertise in the field of vacuum furnace metallurgy to form the immediate predecessor to ALD. In 1994, Leybold-Durferrit, the parent organization of these combined entities, spun out its vacuum furnace division, ALD, as a stand alone entity. Since then, ALD has achieved global leadership in many vacuum furnace applications including crystallization and turbine blade coating. Additionally, ALD established its “Own & Operate” service model and now has facilities in North America and Europe. In 2016, ALD acquired the remaining 50% share of its joint venture company, ALD-Holcroft Co. Inc., from AFC-Holcroft LLC. ALD-Holcroft, formed in 2005, acts as the exclusive sales agent for ALD’s heat treatment product lines in the NAFTA region. AMG Engineering continues to benefit from a ramp up in sales of new product lines launched in 2014 and 2015, including SyncroTherm®, a one-piece flow heat treatment furnacesystem with a high degree of automatization for the automotive market. In addition, AMG Engineering successfully launched 2 new product lines in 2016, including a plasma hearth melting furnace for the remelting of titanium aluminides for the aerospace engine industry; and new innovative coating equipment for the production of Ceramic Matrix Composite Fiber based on Chemical Vapor Deposition technology.