Advanced Heat Treat Corp Awards

From "Employer of Choice" to "Business of the Year", Learn About AHT's Awards over Recent Years:

Employer of Choice

Awarded by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Newspaper, Advanced Heat Treat Corp. has earned this award seven times since 2017.

Largest Heat Treaters in North America

Recognized by The Monty in their annual list, AHT received a special callout for making ion/plasma nitriding a mainstream process in North America.

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40 Under 40

Awarded by Heat Treat Today, this list is "a group of young, up-and-coming talent in the North American heat treat industry... a group of industry elite, significant contributors to the heat treat market." Here are some of our recipients:

2019: Adam Kane (plant manager) and Josh Wagner (induction supervisor)
2020: Travis Krieger (production supervisor)
2021: Lindsey Newcomb (marketing manager), Joe Patava (production supervisor) and Jake McCann (senior metallurgist)
2022: Chase Gibbs (quality coordinator), Clay Miller (maintenance manager), Steve Pasker (production supervisor)
2024: Lexi Springer (materials/quality engineer) & Matt Thilges (honorable mention, maintenance manager)

Top 5 Most Influential People in North American Heat Treat Industry

AHT founder and CEO Gary Sharp was named one of the most influential people in heat treat, according to TheMonty.com. He was noted as having grown AHT into "the largest commercial ion nitrider in North America." (The Monty has not published this list since 2021.)

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Business of the Year

Awarded by Grow Cedar Valley, the award honors an organization that showcases leadership, achieves a major business accomplishment or makes an outstanding contribution to the Cedar Valley. Received March 2019.

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Family Business of the Year