ABP Induction, LLC and Pillar Induction Company, LLC, have combined their operations into ABP Induction, LLC (www. abpinduction.com)

Both companies are involved in induction melting and heating and are owned by CM Acquisitions, a Chicago-based investor.

Pillar and ABP have been working closely together for the past two years since ABP Induction was formed through CM Acquisitions’ purchase of ABB's (Asea Brown Boveri) Foundry Systems Business Unit in November 2005.

With nine locations globally, and an expansive service network, ABP offers a comprehensive selection of products and services in the field of induction melting and heating.

The company’s product offerings include: coreless induction furnaces, induction channel furnaces, holding furnaces, heated and unheated pouring furnaces with leading-edge control technology for ferrous and non-ferrous applications, induction heating equipment for forming, heat treatment and hardening, and comprehensive systems engineering, automation and project management.

Both companies have made, and ABP Induction continues to make, major contributions to the induction heating technology.

In 1903, for example, ABP – at that time still under the name of ASEA – manufactured the first induction channel furnace for the foundry industry.

In 1988, the ASEA group merged with Brown Boveri & Cie to become Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).

Pillar Induction, founded in the U.S. in 1966, developed the first solid-state power supply and followed it up with the first transistorized induction power supply. This technology is still important for induction melting and heating today.

With the announcement of this combination, the company passes another important milestone in its 100+ year history.