The specialist contract heat treater is the preferred source of heat treatment for a large section of industry. Any realistic assessment of all “in-house” treatment costs shows that contract treatment offers the most effective option, in all but a minority of special situations.

By outsourcing from a subcontract sector that must optimise energy efficiency and employ latest technology in order to remain competitive, you can:

• reduce your capital plant requirements and eliminate associated maintenance costs;
• release valuable works space for more of your core activity;
• avoid the cost of providing the highly-skilled supervision needed to manage today’s sophisticated treatments;
• tap into a wealth of metallurgical expertise, otherwise a diminishing resource within engineering industry as a whole;
• achieve greater flexibility in benefiting from the best treatments;
• access new processes and procedures immediately they are available, without capital cost;
• eliminate the expense and time consumed in meeting today’s stringent quality-assurance and environmental demands in-house.

Representing the majority of UK subcontractors, the Contract Heat Treatment Association (CHTA) has designed this website to assist you in making the most of these benefits.