Kowalski Heat Treating New Nadcap Accreditation Fits Focus on Quality

Kowalski Heat Treating New Nadcap Accreditation Fits Focus on Quality Coveted Aerospace Recognition Compliments "PIA" (Pain in the @%$) Jobs Expertise.CLEVELAND, OH -- Reflecting on its commitment to the strictest quality processes and ability to provide unique solutions to the industry's toughest jobs, Kowalski Heat Treating, a leading distortion sensitive thermal processing provider, has secured the 2018 Nadcap accreditation for Heat Treating. This latest Aerospace Standard (AS) heat treating certification, which sets the requirements for accreditation by the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP), represents a highly significant measure of the Cleveland, OH based company's capabilities. For the aerospace industry this includes access to a wide range of heat treating services, including rack salt to salt austempering, 10 bar vacuum processing, heat set flattening, cryogenic processing, plasma-nitriding and FNC processing. Kowalski Heat Treating is one of only a select few suppliers in the Midwest to earn this accreditation."I am very proud of my team. This accreditation confirms our commitment to process quality and will help us provide even more expert problem-solving services to our current aerospace industry customers", said Stephen Kowalski, KHT President. "New customers will know that they can have every confidence in our ability to solve their toughest problems through our adherence to Nadcap Heat Treating quality procedures and product compliance with the most-demanding standards."Nadcap is an internationally-recognized accreditation system, administered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI), covering all key manufacturing and production processes used within the aerospace industry. To secure its heat treating accreditation, Kowalski Heat Treating was audited by independent industry experts against a series of stringent checklists.Mr. Kowalski added, "Our auditor was extremely thorough during his on-site visits to the plants. We had prepared ourselves comprehensively, and as a result, the audit went very well. We are now one of very few companies in northeast Ohio to hold Nadcap heat treating certification."Kowalski Heat Treating, has been providing distortion sensitive thermal processing solutions to customers for over forty years, focusing on "PIA" (pain in the #%$) Jobs - whatever the job - from vacuum hardening to rack salt austempering, to deep cryogenics and close tolerance specialty flatwork. KHT's aerospace expertise includes a range of flat, edge and dimensional work for a wide variety of metals. The Nadcap certification will allow for even more high-tolerance aerospace work, where the company is called upon to solve intricate problems to withstand the most-critical operating conditions.About Kowalski Heat Treating - www.khtheat.com-The Kowalski Heat Treating Company (KHT) was founded in 1975 by Robert S. Kowalski to service the needs of the tool and die industry in northern Ohio, specializing in highly distortion sensitive thermal salt bath processing and difficult PIA (Pain In The @%$) Jobs! The company now supports six specialized processing divisions housed in five integrated operating buildings, providing world-class specialized solutions nationwide, backed by a commitment to quality, great customer service, family and community. KHT specialists can help customers save time and money, revitalize underperforming materials, replace captive processing systems and reduce waste and scrap.-The company excels in Rack Salt to Salt, Selective Hardening, Shrink Fitting, Precipitation Hardening, Aging, Maraging, Annealing, Normalizing, Tempering, Heat Set Flattening, Marquenching, Fixture Hardening, Austempering, Stress Relieving, Cryogenic Processing, Surface Treatments, Ion Nitriding, (FNC) Ferritic Nitro Carburizing, Controlled Oxidation Processing, Degreasing, Shot Blasting and supports a full in-house Lab and Tech Team.