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Tutco-Farnam will be exhibiting January 26-28 at the AHR-Expo located at McCormick Place. We will be exhibiting as part of the Tutco Heating Solutions Group at booth #1536. Please contact AJ Nidek to set up an appointment.

For the first time Tutco’s newest companies will exhibit together at Pack Expo. The show is at McCormick place from November the 9th until the 13th. We are at booth # E-6336. Please stop by and see us.

Farnam Custom Products and EIT® Inc. have teamed up to supply the industry’s first portable, “smart” hot-air thermal process controller. The product combines Farnam’s twenty-six years of experience with heat applications and EIT’s thirty-one years of electronics and process control experience in an easy to use system that provides complete control over process air temperature, velocity, and volume flow rate. The new system provides the highest degree of process heat control available in today’s market.

Shawn Gibbs, Farnam Custom Products Engineer, gives “insight into the design of inline open-coil resistive air heaters” and explains how they “will help potential users correctly utilize the components needed to get the optimal performance from their system,” in article for Process Heating.

Tutco announced today that it has acquired the assets of the Heating Element Division of Fast Heat, Inc. in Elmhurst, IL. Fast Heat manufactures a wide range of specialty heating elements for HVAC, industrial, and medical applications.

Commenting on the acquisition, Pat McCaffrey, President, Tutco said; “This acquisition expands our core technology beyond open-coil heating, introduces Tutco to new markets, and brings a talented and motivated team into our group. We are excited about the new opportunities Fast Heat brings to Tutco.”

“While heating elements continue to be a good business, Fast Heat’s strategy is to move more aggressively into new technology based product lines such as RFID. The divesture of our heating element product line in North America will give us the capital and management time to focus on these new opportunities.” “We are constantly looking for ways to penetrate new emerging technology markets to grow our business and leverage our brand name globally,” said Tim Stojka, CEO, Fast Heat.

Tedd Smith, CEO of Flex-Tek added: “Fast Heat is an example of the niche, highly engineered products that are the hallmark of the Flex-Tek Group. We anticipate the integration of Fast Heat with Tutco to be smooth and provide a benefit to all. We are pleased to welcome Fast Heat to Flex-Tek.”

Fast Heat
Fast Heat, Inc. is a leading international supplier of custom-engineered systems and components for the precise transfer and control of heat. Founded in 1957 as a manufacturer of heating elements, Fast Heat manufacturers hot runner systems and temperature controllers at facilities in the U.S., UK, France, and Singapore. For more information please visit: www.fastheat.com

Tutco
Tutco is a leader in heating innovation. It designs and manufactures heating components for a variety of commercial applications including: refrigeration, HVAC and laboratory equipment. For more information please visit: www.tutco.com

Flex-Tek
Flex-Tek designs and manufactures engineered components which heat and move fluids and gases for aerospace, housing, domestic appliances and medical devices. For more information please visit: www.flextekgroup.com