Düsseldorf, Germany:

Lange E., Independent journalist, e-mail: info@kind-co.de

The business philosophy of Kind & Co. company that specializes on manufacture of high quality steel products for heavy-duty applications (forging, stamping, extrusion) can be formulated as “everything from one hands”, or the customers should deal only with one consulting partner. The paper presents this enterprise having one of the largest European thermal shop, analyzes its stable operation avoiding crisis risks, successful achieving of preset material properties. It is provided by advanced heat treatment technologies (quenching, annealing, tempering) based on five vacuum furnaces.