SECO/VACUUM News and Events

US Defense Contractor Purchases Vacuum Retort Furnace

(Meadville PA, December 18, 2024) - US military firearms manufacturer located in the Western US will replace their outdated existing vacuum stress relieving furnace with a new vacuum retort furnace from SECO/VACUUM.
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SECO/VACUUM Achieves Rapid Delivery For Naval Ship Builder On a Tight Schedule

(Meadville PA, December 4, 2024) - A major ship builder has purchased a vacuum furnace for the Additive Manufacturing Division at their new Manufacturing Center of Excellence.
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Three SECO/WARWICK vacuum furnaces for Slovenia and Croatia

(Meadville PA, November 20, 2024) - Three SECO/WARWICK solutions will be delivered to the Slovenian concern: a vacuum furnace with 15 bar high pressure gas hardening, and two nitriding furnaces with ZeroFlow® technology.
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NATO supplier cooperates with SECO/WARWICK for the eighth time

(Meadville PA, November 13, 2024) - The European manufacturer of modern armament equipment and armaments supplier for NATO, once again relied on SECO/WARWICK and its technologies. This time, the partner purchased a Vector vacuum furnace with gas cooling and a molybdenum heating chamber.
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SECO/VACUUM Has Been Awarded a Contract for a Vacuum Furnace From a West Coast Semiconductor Industry Supplier

(Meadville PA, October 30, 2024) - SECO/VACUUM’s new partner required an extra-large 2-bar vacuum furnace specific to their unique high-temperature process.
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Another SECO/WARWICK solution for HART-TECH

(Meadville PA, October 18, 2024) - Another vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK will technologically strengthen Polish commercial heat treater – HART-TECH. The Group already has over 10 SECO/WARWICK brand solutions, and the current contract related to the order of the Vector vacuum furnace will provide this Partner with the ability to implement their proprietary vacuum, which has not been previously offered commercially in Poland.
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SECO/WARWICK will supply a vacuum furnace for Huake Casting Control (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd

(Meadville PA, September 11, 2024) - The SECO/WARWICK Group will supply a horizontal vacuum heat treatment furnace with a graphite heating chamber and a 15 bar absolute gas quenching system to the Chinese manufacturer. The solution will be used to produce components used in the aviation and energy industries.
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SECO/WARWICK Will Deliver a Furnace to Support the Pharmaceutical Industry

(Meadville PA, September 5, 2024) - Adamus, a European manufacturer of punch tools and spare parts for tablet presses, capsule presses and blister machines used in the pharmaceutical industry, has ordered a Vector vacuum furnace to efficiently heat treat a wide range of punches used in tablet production.
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VAB from SECO/WARWICK as the best solution for the automotive industry

(Meadville PA, August 26, 2024) - One of the world’s twenty largest automotive suppliers has ordered a vacuum furnace for aluminum brazing from SECO/WARWICK. The furnace will be used by the Partner’s R&D Department to conduct development tests in the field of aluminum vacuum brazing.
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East Coast Manufacturer to Replace Aging Fleet of Vacuum Sintering Furnaces

(Meadville PA, August 14, 2024) - The company has chosen to retire their eight SECO/WARWICK sintering furnaces after 40 years of reliable service.
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SECO/WARWICK Group To Expand Their Meadville Manufacturing Facilities

(Meadville PA, August 12, 2024) - SECO/VACUUM and SECO/WARWICK USA celebrate a big step toward expanding their US manufacturing operations.
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International Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Headquartered in the USA Orders Vector for One of Their Mexico Facilities

(Meadville PA, July 24, 2024) - The Vector® will increase the plant’s production capacity for brazing stainless heat exchangers alongside an existing fleet of furnaces.
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Five Years of Sławomir Woźniak as the SECO/WARWICK Group CEO

(Meadville PA, July 17, 2024) - The CEO of the SECO/WARWICK Group – Sławomir Woźniak – is celebrating a milestone anniversary – it has been 5 years since he took over the management of a global organization with companies and representative offices on several continents and offering solutions under these strong brands: SECO/WARWICK, Retech and SECO/VACUUM. How has the Group changed during this time? Has it managed to achieve all its goals? And to whom does SECO/WARWICK owe its success?
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SECO/WARWICK Group’s North America Divisions Exceed Performance Projections

(Meadville PA, July 10, 2024) - All three of SECO/WARWICK Group’s North American business divisions have each expanded their facilities’ footprint, their staff, and their sales over the last few years. It is worth taking a moment to consider their accomplishments, along with the opportunities, planning, and people that sustained that growth, and how that allows them to better support their partners in thermal processing.
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EV Manufacturer Purchases 2nd Retort furnace from SECO/WARWICK for electric car chassis production

(Meadville PA, July 3, 2024) - An international manufacturer of electric vehicles has placed an order with the SECO/WARWICK Group for an advanced retort furnace designed for nitriding using the ZeroFlow® method.
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The Aviation Industry Chooses SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnaces

(Meadville PA, June 27, 2024) - Polish plants belonging to a global manufacturer of aircraft parts have once again chosen SECO/WARWICK. This partner ordered a single-chamber Vector® vacuum furnace to replace a 30-year-old unit previously operating in the plant.
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SECO/WARWICK Bets on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, and Digitization for Heavy Industry

(Meadville PA, June 20, 2024) - Heavy industry does not mean hard thinking. The SECO/WARWICK Group proves this thesis. The company treats the fourth industrial revolution not simply as a concept revolutionizing the face of today’s production but as an everyday reality.
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SECO/VACUUM adds to its sales ranks

(Meadville PA, June 7, 2024) - SECO/VACUUM welcomes their new West Coast Product Manager Eric Gisonno. He brings 36 years of thermal processing experience and is able to dive right in, already identifying potential vacuum furnace applications beyond SVT’s existing market presence.
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SECO/VACUUM AWARDED RECORD-BREAKING 9-FURNACE CONTRACT!

(Meadville PA, June 5, 2024) - SECO/VACUUM, a division of SECO/WARWICK Group, awarded the largest contracts to date for the division.
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LPC Technology for the Aviation Industry

(Meadville PA, February 28, 2024) - An Asian aircraft parts manufacturer has chosen a horizontal vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK intended for vacuum carburizing aircraft parts.
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The SECO/WARWICK Group anticipates double-digit revenue growth in 2024

(Meadville PA, January 31, 2024) - SECO/WARWICK, the first choice among manufacturers of metal heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy furnaces, wrapped up 2023 celebrating a dynamic increase in vacuum segment sales, doubling global production capacity, and intensifying operational activities in Asia.
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SECO/WARWICK equips the automotive industry in 2023

(Meadville PA, January 17, 2024) - The automotive industry is one of the four sectors among the SECO/WARWICK Group’s equipment main recipients in 2023. Manufacturers of battery coolers, vehicle suspensions, catalytic converters and air conditioning systems dominated among buyers of metal heat treatment equipment.
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