Erie Steel

What Erie Steel does

Erie Steel, Ltd. is a privately-held industrial heat treating company founded in 1961 and headquartered at 5540 Jackman Rd., Toledo, Ohio. The company provides metallurgical heat treating services through two primary categories: atmosphere heat treating (batch furnaces, pusher furnaces, and mesh belt equipment for annealing, normalizing, stress relieving, neutral hardening, carbonitriding, and carburizing) and vacuum heat treating (5 Bar and 10 Bar vacuum furnaces for annealing, normalizing, hardening, and tool & die processing). The company also offers aluminum processing (T-0, T-4, T-6), shot blast cleaning, and welded fabrication stress relief for parts up to 8′ × 9′ × 15′. Differentiated capabilities include distortion-critical work with part-specific racking/fixturing, metallurgically-critical work with part-specific process engineering, and documented critical processing with data logging and photographic records.

The installed equipment base comprises four batch furnaces (36×72×40, 4500 lbs each), two pusher furnaces (36×32×22, 1200 lbs each), one mesh belt furnace (1500 lbs/hour), and three vacuum furnace systems. Erie Steel holds ISO 9001:2015 certification (2020) and was recognized as Commercial Heat Treater of the Year by Industrial Heating publication. The company operates with 11–50 employees and is led by General Manager Michael Mouilleseaux, with a small management team covering scheduling, plant operations, and production engineering.

Erie Steel generates revenue through direct B2B sales of contract and per-job heat treating services on a quote-based pricing model, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The company serves nine identified vertical segments — Passenger Car & Light Truck, Heavy Duty Truck, Construction & Off-Road, Agriculture & Military, Energy & Mining, High Temperature Fasteners, Material Handling Industry, Structural Fabrications, and Tool & Die — operating primarily in the Midwest USA with no global footprint claim. GTM motion is enterprise field sales targeting both high-volume production run manufacturers and occasional heat treat users.

Name

Erie Steel

Legal name

Erie Steel, Ltd.

Website

https://erie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Erie Steel, Ltd. is a privately-held Toledo, Ohio industrial heat treating company founded in 1961, providing atmosphere and vacuum heat treating, aluminum processing, and stress relief services to manufacturers across automotive, construction, agriculture, energy, and tool & die sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Heat Treating Services

NAICS

Metal Heat Treating (332811)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Heat Treatment & Metallurgical Processing (Annealing, Quenching/Tempering, Normalizing) (IMAKABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Heat Treatment & Thermal Processing Furnaces (Hardening, Annealing, Induction) (IMAHADAI)

Keywords

• Industrial heat treating
• Metal heat treatment
• Vacuum heat treating
• Atmosphere heat treating
• Metallurgical processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Toledo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Heat Treating Services: Erie Steel generates revenue through providing heat treating services to industrial manufacturers. Services include atmosphere heat treating, vacuum heat treating, aluminum processing, shot blast cleaning, and welded fabrication stress relief. The company serves both high-volume production run manufacturers and occasional heat treat users, suggesting a mix of contract-based and per-job pricing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Erie Steel provides industrial heat treating services to metal manufacturers, including atmosphere heat treating, vacuum heat treating, aluminum processing (T6/T7 tempering and aging), shot blast cleaning, and welded fabrication stress relief. The company processes customer-supplied metal components and assemblies at its Toledo, Ohio facility, altering metallurgical properties to meet specified hardness, strength, and durability requirements.

Product overview

Erie Steel is a heat treating company providing metallurgical processing services through two primary categories: Atmosphere Heat Treating (using batch furnaces, pusher furnaces, and mesh belt equipment for annealing, normalizing, stress relieving, neutral hardening, carbonitriding, and carburizing) and Vacuum Heat Treating (using 5 Bar and 10 Bar vacuum furnaces for annealing, hardening, tool and die processing, and stainless steel treatment). The company also offers specialized Aluminum Processing (annealing, solution annealing, precipitation hardening, stress relieving), Shot Blast Cleaning (rubber belt tumble blast and belt blast), and Welded Fabrication Stress Relieve services up to large part sizes. These services serve diverse markets including Passenger Car and Light Truck, Heavy Duty Truck, Construction and Off-Road, Agriculture and Military, Energy and Mining, High Temperature Fasteners, Material Handling, Structural Fabrications, and Tool and Die.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atmosphere Heat Treating Thermal processing of metal components in controlled-atmosphere furnaces to alter metallurgical properties such as hardness, strength, and ductility; provided to industrial manufacturers on a job-shop basis at the Toledo, Ohio facility.
• Vacuum Heat Treating Heat treating of metal components in vacuum furnaces, used where oxidation-free processing is required; offered to manufacturers requiring clean, high-purity thermal processing of parts and tooling.
• Aluminum Heat Treating (T6/T7 Tempering and Aging) Heat treating of aluminum components including T6 and T7 tempering and aging processes to achieve specified mechanical properties; supplied to manufacturers producing or fabricating aluminum parts.
• Shot Blast Cleaning Surface preparation of metal components using shot blast cleaning to remove scale, contaminants, and surface imperfections prior to further processing or finishing; offered to industrial manufacturers.
• Welded Fabrication Stress Relief Thermal stress relief processing of welded fabrications to reduce residual stresses from welding; supplied to metal fabricators and manufacturers producing welded assemblies.

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ATAS-InternationalminorOthersATAS-International is mentioned on the Erie Steel website as a partner/certification holder. ATAS is an organization involved in certification standards.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ipsen: Ipsen is a major manufacturer of vacuum and atmosphere heat treating furnaces with adjacent services. Its installed base of equipment competes with Erie Steel's outsourcing value proposition on large installed customer sites.
• SECO/WARWICK: SECO/WARWICK is a global manufacturer of industrial heat treatment furnaces and a provider of commercial heat treating services. It operates in the same value chain as Erie Steel and addresses overlapping customer needs.
• Bodycote: Bodycote is the world's largest commercial heat treatment services provider with hundreds of plants globally. While far larger and offering additional services like hot isostatic pressing, its core offering—atmospheric and vacuum heat treating for industrial manufacturers—directly overlaps with Erie Steel's portfolio.

Direct peers

• Solar Atmospheres: Solar Atmospheres is a leading US commercial vacuum heat treating specialist serving aerospace, medical, and tool steel markets. Its focus on vacuum furnaces and metallurgical expertise is closely aligned with Erie Steel's vacuum processing business.
• Paulo Products: Paulo Products is a Midwest-based commercial heat treater offering brazing, heat treating, and metal finishing to automotive and industrial customers. It is one of the closest direct comparables to Erie Steel in terms of geography, service mix, and customer base.
• Thermal Process Holdings: Thermal Process Holdings is a US-based commercial heat treatment provider serving automotive, heavy truck, and industrial customers. It offers comparable atmosphere and vacuum heat treating services to Erie Steel.

Emerging players

• Applied Process Inc. Applied Process specializes in austempering and other advanced heat treatment processes. It overlaps with Erie Steel on metallurgical services but focuses on a niche technique that competes for specific component applications.
• Nitrex Metal Systems: Nitrex provides nitriding and nitrocarburizing heat treatment services and equipment. Its specialty-process focus overlaps with portions of Erie Steel's metallurgical service offering for tool & die and high-temperature fastener customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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