ABP Induction, LLC and Pillar Induction Company, LLC, both induction melting and heating companies, have combined their operations into ABP Induction, LLC. (www.abpinduction.com).

Both companies are owned by CM Acquisitions, a Chicago-based investor, and have been working together since ABP Induction was formed through the acquisition of ABB’s (Asea Brown Boveri) Foundry Systems Business unit in November 2005.

The company said the combination creates one of the world’s leading induction companies. It has nine locations globally, and an expansive service network, and produces a wide selection of products and services in the field of induction melting and heating, including coreless induction furnaces, induction channel furnaces, holding furnaces, heated and unheated pouring furnaces.