Infrared Heating Technologies

What Infrared Heating Technologies does

Infrared Heating Technologies (IHT) is a privately held, custom industrial thermal-processing equipment manufacturer headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Founded around 2000 and operating for over 25 years, the company designs, engineers, fabricates, and commissions industrial ovens, furnaces, and heating systems spanning temperatures from ambient up to 2,900°F, using electric short-wave and medium-wave infrared, gas infrared, electric and gas convection, and infrared/convection combination heating technologies. IHT holds proprietary rapid infrared aluminum billet pre-heat technology co-developed with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (R&D 100 Award, 2004) and offers vertically integrated production out of a 30,000 sq ft facility with in-house sheet metal fabrication, structural metal fabrication, machining, welding, painting, electrical panel fabrication, CAD design, PLC programming, and test/commissioning capabilities.

IHT sells exclusively through a consultative, quote-based enterprise field-sales motion in which its application engineers work directly with customers from concept through CAD, fabrication, testing, and on-site installation; there is no dealer network, distributor, or e-commerce channel. Pricing is per-custom-build and undisclosed publicly, with multi-year contract cadences characteristic of one-time capital equipment purchases. The customer base is concentrated in heavy industry: automotive (Toyota, Magna, Denso, Federal Mogul, TRW Automotive, BorgWarner, Cooper Standard, Eaton, Nissan), aerospace and defense (General Dynamics, United Defense, Triumph Composite Systems, Honeywell), appliance and consumer products (GE Appliances, Procter & Gamble, Sealy Corporation, Coca-Cola), glass and materials (Corning, Alcoa, Johns Manville), energy (Holtec International), and general industrial manufacturers. Compliance is built to NFPA 86, OSHA, and UL508A controls standards.

Recent strategic activity includes 2019–2025 product launches covering aluminum billet pre-heat, gas infrared tunnels, mesh-belt annealing, and multi-zone dielectric cure ovens, with 2025 marking the company's first disclosed international installations (curing lines in the US and India for stator laminations) and entry into power-line product pre-heating. The company is founder/owner-operated with no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, and no M&A history in the available record.

Name

Infrared Heating Technologies

Legal name

Infrared Heating Technologies, LLC

Website

https://infraredheating.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Infrared Heating Technologies is a private Oak Ridge, Tennessee-based custom manufacturer of industrial infrared and convection ovens, furnaces, and heating systems for automotive, aerospace, appliance, glass, and general industrial manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Thermal Processing Equipment

NAICS

Industrial Process Furnace and Oven Manufacturing (333994)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Furnaces, Kilns & Thermal Processing Equipment (IMAHAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Boilers, Furnaces & Process Heating Equipment (IMAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Industrial oven manufacturing
• Infrared heating systems
• Industrial furnace fabrication
• Thermal processing equipment
• Custom heat treat ovens

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Ridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Equipment Manufacturing: Design, engineering, and manufacturing of custom and standard industrial ovens, furnaces, and heating systems. Revenue is generated through one-time capital equipment sales with full turn-key solutions including design, fabrication, testing, and often installation support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Infrared Heating Technologies designs, engineers, and manufactures custom and standard industrial ovens, furnaces, and heater systems for industrial thermal processing applications. The company offers turn-key solutions built around electric infrared, gas infrared, convection, and combination heating technologies, supporting processes such as curing, drying, annealing, stress relieving, pre-heating, tempering, thermoforming, and heat treating. All systems are custom-engineered to customer specifications and manufactured at IHT's 30,000 sq ft facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Product overview

Infrared Heating Technologies (IHT) is a custom industrial oven, furnace, and heater manufacturer offering a portfolio of thermal processing equipment organized into three main categories: Industrial Ovens (conveyor, batch, tunnel, convection, cure, drying, thermoforming, and specialty ovens), Industrial Furnaces (hot stamping, flattening, annealing, hardening, pre-heat, and custom configurations), and Heaters (quartz infrared lamps, die pre-heaters, tubular heating, silicon carbide, and rod over bend elements). The company designs and manufactures systems based on multiple heating technologies including electric infrared (short wave and medium wave), gas infrared, electric and gas convection, and infrared/convection combination. Their products are custom-engineered to customer specifications for temperature ranges from ambient to 2,900°F and serve diverse industries including automotive, aerospace, glass processing, composites, energy, pharmaceutical, and general manufacturing. IHT operates from a 30,000 sq ft facility in East Tennessee with in-house fabrication, machining, welding, electrical panel fabrication, CAD design, PLC programming, and testing capabilities. The company holds award-winning technology developed in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, particularly for rapid infrared aluminum processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conveyor Ovens

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced energy consumption for aluminum forging through rapid infrared pre-heating
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Oak Ridge National LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development partnership for rapid infrared heating technology for aluminum forging applications. Technology developed collaboratively between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Infrared Heating Technologies. This partnership produced award-winning infrared processing technology recognized by R&D Magazine as one of the top 100 new technologies.
• Egyptian CoatingsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLicensing partnership for ThermaDep (SM) coating system. IHT partnered with Egyptian Coatings, a licensee of the patented Thermadep process, to offer integrated thermal treatment and paint coating finishing systems. Thermadep is suited for heat treated products such as agricultural equipment and springs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Despatch Industries: Manufactures industrial ovens and furnaces for thermal processing across automotive, aerospace, and electronics; directly comparable product portfolio including conveyor and batch ovens with similar temperature and process range.
• Ipsen: Global industrial furnace manufacturer specializing in vacuum and atmosphere heat-treat furnaces for aerospace, automotive, and medical markets — directly overlapping IHT's hot stamping, vacuum, and atmosphere furnace lines.
• Casso-Solar Technologies: Manufacturer of infrared and convection conveyor ovens and dryers for industrial finishing, coatings, and curing — directly comparable in IR-based product portfolio.
• Surface Combustion: Direct peer in industrial batch and continuous thermal processing equipment for metals, with overlapping aluminum billet heating, annealing, and heat-treat furnace offerings serving automotive and aerospace customers.
• Thermcraft: Manufacturer of custom industrial ovens, furnaces, and heaters including high-temperature and infrared systems — directly overlapping IHT's specialty heating equipment niche.
• Grieve Corporation: Custom industrial oven and furnace manufacturer offering batch, conveyor, and infrared ovens for similar end markets — direct peer in custom-engineered thermal processing.
• Infratrol: Custom industrial oven and finishing systems manufacturer serving similar paint curing, drying, and heat-treat applications — directly comparable in customer base and product type.
• The Furnace Source (L&L Special Furnace): Specialty furnace manufacturer producing custom heat-treat, muffle, and tube furnaces — closely comparable in custom-engineered build model and end-market mix.

Broad incumbents

• ITW (Illinois Tool Works): Large diversified industrial conglomerate with multiple thermal processing and finishing equipment businesses; competes with IHT through broader portfolio and global service network rather than specialization.

Emerging players

• Materials Research Furnaces: Smaller specialty furnace manufacturer focused on high-temperature and controlled-atmosphere furnaces for research and niche industrial applications — partial overlap in furnace technology with similar customization profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/InfraredHeatUS
• Facebookfacebook.com/infraredheatingtechnologies

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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