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aty Heat Treat has made quite an impression in a relatively short amount of time.
Not even 10 years old, this MTI member has established itself as a premier commercial heat treater in Texas.
Katy Heat Treat was started in 2005 as a division of Katy Spring and Manufacturing by Bill Luce and James West. Both men had previously worked together at another heat-treating facility. The company started humbly, with only a single batch draw furnace purchased on eBay. It was used for precipitation hardening and stress relieving, primarily for the oil and gas industry in the Houston area.
Over the next seven years, Katy Heat Treat added additional batch furnaces and a vacuum furnace. The company exceeded $1 million in sales for the first time in 2011. Then, in November 2012, Katy Heat Treat...