Solar Atmospheres of Eastern PA recently named Jamie Jones as its new vice president of operations. Jones has been with the company for 19 years in a variety of departments and served as General Manager of Operations for the past seven years.
In his new role, Jones will oversee the day-to-day operations of both the heat treating facility in Souderton, Penn. and the brazing facility in Hatfield, Penn. His responsibilities include the direction and management of maintenance, scheduling, shipping/receiving, customer service, training, purchasing, and staffing. He will also work closely with the quality and sales departments to ensure that customer requirements are consistently being met.
Corporate president Roger Jones stated, “Jamie has built up a wealth of knowledge in all areas of our heat treating and brazing business and more specifically with our facilities and equipment. We are fortunate that the tremendous growth at Solar Atmospheres (in which he played a large part) has opened up an opportunity for Jamie to take on an even greater level of responsibility. With his proven experience and success, we are confident that he will make a valuable contribution to our continued growth.”
Jamie is a member of ASM and currently serves on the ASM Liberty Bell Chapter Executive Committee. He is also a member of the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), serves on their board of trustees and has taken a number of metallurgical and heat treating courses through their training program.
In related news, Dorran Schultz recently joined Solar Atmospheres of Eastern PA and will serve the company as a project engineer. Mr. Schultz has over twenty-five years of experience in research and development. and will be working on numerous technical and R & D projects at Solar Atmospheres.
His initial assignment is to conduct a study of metal oxides and nitrides related to part surface color development. The objective of this study is to identify resultant colors numerically, which can be related to vacuum furnace residual atmosphere and used for diagnostic and analytical purposes. Results will be measured with tristimulus colormetric data derived from a recently purchased Hunter Lab ColorFlex EZ Model diffuse reflectance spectrophotometer.
Vice president of research and development Don Jordan noted, “We are continually looking for new ways to improve our processes and better serve our customers. Dorran’s wealth of research experience will be very helpful in this area. He will be a valuable asset to our team as we continue to lead the industry with innovation.” Mr. Schultz holds a B.S. in Ceramic Science Engineering from Penn State University and a B.S. in Physics from Lebanon Valley College. For more information, visit www.solaratm.com.
Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) is now an approved supplier of General Electric Aviation (GEA), UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) and Moog Corporation. These well-known companies were recently added to a rapidly growing list of prime contractors on the West Coast who have audited and approved Solar to meet their stringent quality specifications for vacuum heat treating.
Derek Dennis, president of Solar Atmospheres of California explained, “These significant achievements mark another step forward in our ongoing commitment to exceeding our customers’ quality and operational expectations. We will continue to expand our list of approvals and cultivate strong relationships with customers for which vacuum heat treating is a critical part of the supply chain. We are also rising to meet our customer’s growing requirements by adding capacity with new, state-of-the-art equipment and increasing our workforce. Throughout this evolution, our Quality Management System and its constant review facilitates our superior operations and leads us to new opportunities to better serve our customers.” For more, log on to www.solaratm.com.
