February 2024 Volume 6

INDUSTRY NEWS

were able to assist the U.S. manufacturer in their new expansion. We appreciate the customer’s trust in Onex’s 40 plus years of experience with building world-class industrial furnaces.” Onex’s Industrial Furnace Group offers new and retrofitted furnace solutions and control panels in accordance with the latest NFPA, NADCAP, and NEC codes. In addition to designing and building industrial furnaces, Onex keeps forge and heat treat furnaces operating at peak performance with expert combustion technicians offering the latest upgrades and controls, inspection, and training. More information on Onex’s box furnaces can be found www. onexinc.com. Onex, Inc. specializes in refractory construction and industrial furnace solutions. Their expert OEM team will design, build, and install the furnace to include the refractory lining, combustion equipment and controls, all piping for air and gas, and program the unit for peak performance. Onex serves the forging and heat treat industries. Their combustion and refractory services also include tune-ups, repairs, and retrofits as well as engineered precast shapes. Employee-owned and community-centered, Onex is on a mission to REIGNITE the American Dream!

Pictured: Jeff Rhoades, Combustion Manager for Onex, Inc. “Onex’s business culture is focused on providing customer solutions. When businesses come to us with specific operational and end product needs, we pride ourselves on creating a plan that works for both their desired outcomes and furnace performance expectations,” states Jeff Rhoades, Combustion Manager for Onex, Inc. “We have been consulting with this customer for over 18 months to review their current operations and suggest improvements. Ultimately, we

FIA Member Profile: NWI Defense

Forging capabilities include: • 1500-ton mechanical press • Two 800-ton mechanical presses • Forging furnaces capable of 2500 degrees (F) • 24” envelope Machining Capabilities include:

• Milling: 3, 4, 5 axis CNC mills • Turning: multi-access CNC lathes • EDM: 4 axis CNC EDM

With decades of proven performance supplying over 20,000 mission critical components to the warfighter year over year, NWI Defense is well positioned to serve both commercial and military forging needs. NWI Defense currently has the capacity to take on additional forging projects in both commercial and military applications.

NWI Defense has over 60 years of experience serving defense, aerospace, space, communications/ wireless, medical and commercial

electronics markets. NWI Defense manufacturing capabilities include precision forging, fabricating and ultra-precision machining of parts made from refractory metals, including molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium C-103, TZM, specialty steels, cooper, aluminum, and silver. They are the premier US manufacturer of shaped charge warhead liners utilizing both hot & cold forging as well as value-added machining of refractory metals for military and commercial use.

For more details and/or request for proposals, contact: Ed Kropewnicki, General Manager NWI Defense Email: ekropewnicki@nwiholdings.com Phone: 541-926-5517

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