Prout to Spearhead Solar Expansion into Southeast
Souderton, PA. November 19, 2013 – Stephen Prout will oversee the expansion of Solar Atmospheres into the southeastern States. Solar Atmospheres, currently with two high-value vacuum heat treating facilities in Pennsylvania and one in California, announced today their intended expansion into the aerospace and automotive rich geographies of the southeast United States.
Roger Jones, Corporate President, indicated that “Steve’s first task will be site acquisition. We see the southeastern United States as a significant growth market and we plan to bring our vacuum furnace heat treatment expertise to that region with a significant investment within the next 3-5 years. We know for a fact that there are many prime aerospace and automotive suppliers in the region along with many Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers. We also know that there are many other bustling industries in the area that would benefit from technically competent vacuum heat treatments. We plan to be there to service their needs.”
Steve Prout, most recently with Bodycote Thermal Processing, Athens, Alabama, was chosen to head this effort because of his character and years of experience in the commercial heat treat industry. October, 2013 makes it 17 years since Mr. Prout started in the commercial heat treating industry serving as a production manager, plant manager, business development manager, and general manager with companies that include the American Brazing division of Paulo Products, a St. Louis-based contract heat treat company, as well as Bluewater Thermal Solutions, a Greenville, South Carolina-based commercial heat treatment company, and most recently with Bodycote Thermal Processing, a daughter company of Bodycote PLC, based in England (LON:BOY). According to Roger Jones, the Solar family of companies could not be “more thankful that Steve agreed to join us. He is the type of person we look for and we’re convinced he will do well within the Solar group of companies. We anticipate much success in the southeast.”
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