Curtis Metal

Curtis Metal Finishing Company applies engineered coatings on fasteners and small metal components at our two plants in Sterling Heights, Michigan and Machesney Park, Illinois. Utilizing our industry-leading coating technologies and advanced world-class processing capabilities, Curtis is recognized as an industry leader and a dominant provider for the application of engineered coatings for the fastener industry.  As heat treating is a prerequisite for coating, Curtis provides heat treating services through Curtis Thermal Processing in Illinois and Commercial Steel Treating Corporation in Michigan. Curtis’ metal finishing, heat treating and product development capabilities provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ solution for our customers that is unmatched by our competitors.

COMPANY HISTORY

Brothers Anthony and Ralph Hoensheid initially established CSTC in 1927 as a heat treat company principally serving the automotive industry.   The Hoensheid family proudly remain actively involved with management at CSTC.

Located in Detroit, Michigan, CSTC expanded from a ‘store front’ into a vertically-integrated post-production processor when it expanded into metal finishing in 1962, consolidating all heat treat and metal coating operations in Madison Heights (1987) and Sterling Heights (1988). In 1988, CSTC expanded its service region to Illinois by shipping product from its Michigan facilities.As business grew, the Company constructed a new coating facility in Machesney Park, Illinois in 1994 to offer dip/spin services to local customers. In 2008, Curtis Metal established an additional heat treat facility in Machesney Park within three minutes of its coating facility to fulfill the Company’s ‘one-stop shop’ value proposition to its Illinois customers. The Company continues to set industry standards in start-of-the-art technology, evidenced by the installation of the Reinhardt basket system  in February 2015.  Coupled with the shift from zinc electroplating to engineered coatings, Curtis’s growing reputation and steadfast dedication to excellence propelled the Company to become the largest applicator of Magni, NOF and PPG coatings. Management leveraged Curtis’s burgeoning reputation as a top metal coating applicator to form collaborative relationships with OEM engineers and key decision makers and began working with premier coating suppliers on product and process development. These technical partnerships enhanced Curtis’s competitive positioning, enabled the Company to co-author numerous OEM coating specification.  Curtis Metal has invested heavily in the latest application machinery and operates within four industry-leading facilities equipped with state-of-the-art processing technology that allows the Company to efficiently service the post-production processing needs of existing and future customers. The Company’s available capacity and capabilities, focus on early adoption and innovation, strong relationships with end customers and suppliers and significant opportunities in new markets and products will enable Curtis to achieve its near- and long-term growth objectives.

SUPERIOR EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSING CAPABILITIES

  Curtis has consistently made substantial investments into highly automated, state-of-the-art heat treating and coating equipment. This includes being the industry leader by introducing new dip spin coating technologies to North America.

THE COMPANY’S STATE-OF-THE-ART REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDIZER (“RTO”) SYSTEMS ENSURES CURTIS METAL COMPLIANCE WITH AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS 

Our company‘s operations are regulated under a number of federal, state and local environmental and health & safety regulations which govern the processing of industrial fasteners. Curtis Metal is not subject to any investigations and management believes the Company is in-compliance with all existing applicable EH&S statutes and regulations

CURTIS METAL SERVICES

Providing bulk processing and application of engineered coating systems for metal fasteners and other small metal components, serving for a wide array of industries.  Technical intermediation services are provided by working with our customer base to develop the best coating for particular applications

• Bulk processing barrel phosphate lines apply the required layer of zinc or manganese phosphate materials to the parts prior to coating. Mechanical blasting can also be used to provide pretreatment for certain finishes. Post treatments for lubrication and/or corrosion protection are the final steps in the computer controlled Phosphating process.
• Parts are immersed in a water-based solution containing coating material. The parts are electrically charged which causes the paint or coat to adhere. The production process parameters are established for each part, and the recipe is locked in through our proprietary system, ensuring repeatability on future orders.
• Bulk processing barrel phosphate lines apply the required layer of zinc or manganese phosphate materials to the parts prior to coating. Mechanical blasting can also be used to provide pretreatment for certain finishes. The production process parameters are established for each part, and the recipe is locked in through our proprietary system,