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FEATURE A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 1 8 5 6 Every two years, the ASM Heat Treating Society Con- ference & Exposition team puts on a must-attend event for the industry. The 2017 meeting held in Columbus, Ohio, on October 24-26 was no exception. With nearly 6000 attend- ees, more than 100 oral and poster presentations, and 318 booths to visit, the opportunities to learn and network were in abundance. Planning is already in the works to provide another top-notch Heat Treat event in Detroit, to be held October 15-17, 2019. H T EAT 2017 HIGHLIGHTS 6 HEAT TREAT 2017: PHOTO GALLERY OF EVENT HIGHLIGHTS 2017-2018 ASM Heat Treating Society board and committee chairs. Roger Fabian, FASM, kicks off the George Bodeen Symposium highlighting Bodeen’s path to building the largest commercial heat treat network of plants in the U.S. Ronald Akers of Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp. gives introducto- ry remarks at the induction heat treating symposium in honor of George Pfaffmann. Ben Bernard, left, catches up with industry friends during the “Taste of Columbus” networking event. Lee Rothleutner, center, accepts the 2017 ASM HTS/Surface Combustion Emerging Leader Award fromHTS Immediate Past President Steve Kowalski and Bill Bernard, FASM, CEO and chairman of Surface Combustion Inc.