A HISTORY OF
METAL PROCESSING
INNOVATION

In Business For Over a Century

Ever since AJAX Metal Processing, Inc. opened for business, the company has been dedicated to developing highly specialized metal processing services for virtually every industry. What began with a single customer has grown into a stellar reputation for quality best defined by our diverse global customer base. AJAX is built on a foundation of years of optimum efficiency through the utilization of state-of-the-art equipment, materials, and personnel.

1914

Ajax began under the name Mclean-Heames Company

1921

The Stevens family assumes ownership and renames organization to Ajax Bolt & Screw Company

1967

AJAX Wire Division begins annealing operations in Warren, MI

1974

AJAX Division begins operations in Detroit, MI

1974

Ajax Bolt & Screw Company becomes Ajax Metal Processing and focuses on secondary process services

1977

AJAX Heat Treat Division begins operations in Detroit, MI

1987

AJAX Locking & Sealing Division begins operations in Detroit, MI

1988

AJAX Co-Generation Powerhouse begins providing steam & electricity to Detroit, MI facilities

AJAX Locking & Sealing Division receives first combined LocTite & 3M application licenses

1991

AJAX Laboratory Services receives A2LA accreditation

1993

AJAX High Spherodization batch furnaces begin operation in Warren, MI Wire Processing facility

1998

Ajax Metal Processing Opens the Indiana Heat Treatment Division with two mesh belt furnace systems

2003

AJAX Heat Treat Division capacity reaches 250,000,000 pounds per year

2004

AJAX Plating Division begins production with first continuous plate, bake, & coating line

2013

AJAX Locking & Sealing Division receives Precote® USA application license

2014

Ajax Metal Processing Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary

2016

Ajax adds a new dip spin and cure top coating work center

2017

Ajax Laboratory Services opens our ISO 17025 satellite laboratory in Fremont Indiana

2017 cont.

Ajax expands one zinc nickel work center to include new transfer shuttle and secondary plating tank for increasing production output

2019

Ajax adds 6,000 lb./hr. mesh belt furnace to the Fremont Indiana campus

2020

Ajax adds a new 12-station zinc nickel plating line, its fourth production work center

2021

Ajax installs new state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility to the Detroit campus

2024

Ajax adds 6,000 lb./hr. mesh belt furnace to the Fremont Indiana campus

2024 cont.

Ajax adds two new box-style spherodize annealing furnace systems to the Warren campus