Horst Engineering has a very diverse and dedicated supply chain. Our supply chain partners help us deliver complete products to satisfied customers. Engineering products that require special processing and supply chain logistics are core strengths and we have access to a wide range of specialty subcontract processes.
Our major outsourced processes fall in four major categories. We manage the end to end supply chain for customer products that require special processes:
Heat Treatment
Austenizing
Austempering
Brazing
Carburizing
Carbonitriding
Core Hardening
Induction Hardening
Nitriding
Normalizing
Oil Quenching
Precipitation Hardening
Stabilizing
Stress Relieving
Tempering
Vacuum Annealing
Vacuum Hardening
Coatings & Surface Finishes
Black Oxide
Cadmium Plating
Conversion Coating (Alodine, Chemfilm, Iridite)
Chrome Plating
Copper Plating
Electro-Polishing
Gold Plating
Nickel Cadmium Plating
IVD Coating
Magnesium Coating
Painting & Priming
Phosphate Coating
Silver Plating
Tin Plating
Titanium Nitriding
Triboloy ®
Zinc Plating
Non-Destructive Testing & Metallurgical Testing
Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI)
Mechanical Testing (Tensile, Stress Rupture, etc.)
Pressure Testing (Air & Fluid)
Salt Spray Testing
Ultrasonic Testing
X-Ray
Specialty Grinding & Forming/Secondary Processes
Double Disc Grinding
Gear Grinding
EDM
Heading (Hot & Cold)
Lapping
Laser Cutting
Soldering
Shot Peening
Stamping
Thread Grinding
Waterjet Cutting
Welding
Our East Hartford, Connecticut, USA operations are in the heart of the Connecticut River Valley, which has one of the largest concentrations of precision manufacturing and special process companies in the world. Equally, our Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico operations are on a precision manufacturing corridor that extends from Phoenix, Arizona, USA to Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.
In addition to managing a supply chain to service the products that we produce, we handle purchased components and engineered items for a variety of customers in several industry sectors.
