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A Member of: The Asphalt Group 
Location: Chattanooga, TN
In 2008 Heatec achieved record sales of its heaters and storage tanks in the asphalt industry and also in industries unrelated to asphalt. The bulk of Heatec’s business continues to be products for the hot mix asphalt industry. Products for this industry are mainly asphalt heaters, storage tanks and polymer systems. Sales of these products have remained strong despite sharp declines in the national economy. The company is experiencing a renewed interest in its products for asphalt terminals. During 2008 and the two months preceding it, Heatec produced and delivered an unprecedented number of polymer blending systems for asphalt terminals. Moreover, 2009 sales of polymer systems and other Heatec products for terminals is very promising. The company introduced the Firestorm™ water heater into the concrete industry in 2006. Heatec built and delivered several of these heaters in 2008. They are used to heat mix water for concrete. Heated water enables a concrete plant to make concrete that is poured in cold weather, extending the plant’s work season. Firestorm heaters can be used to heat water for a wide variety of other business operations. Heatec plans to introduce this heater into new markets. The heater can provide a constant supply of hot water for cleanup operations and it can provide heated water needed in the manufacturing process of many products. Some industries where the heater may be used are as follows: ready-mix concrete, poultry, bottling, pharmaceutical, food, commercial laundries, car and truck washes, aquaculture, carpet and textile, chemical, railroads, and hotels.
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