Kanthal inaugurates service centre in North Carolina
HALLSTAHAMMAR, Sweden, March 19, 2026: Kanthal, a company focused on industrial heating technology and resistance materials, said it has inaugurated a new service centre in Concord, North Carolina, intended to support customers requiring high-temperature electrification technologies across manufacturing sectors. Making the announcement through a Press Release, Kanthal said the facility forms part of efforts to expand its production capacity for Globar silicon carbide heating elements.
Kanthal said the heating elements are used in high-temperature industrial processes. The company added that the elements are designed to operate at temperatures of up to 2,950 degrees F (1621.1 degrees C) and are applied in sectors such as electronics, glass and steel manufacturing.
Kanthal said the expansion reflects increasing demand for high-temperature electric heating technologies from manufacturers exploring alternatives to combustion-based heating processes. The company added that the new service centre will support customer service operations and help improve delivery lead times for customers in the United States.
Kanthal said combustion emissions from the manufacturing sector account for approximately 573 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, representing around 75% of the sector’s total emissions, citing the Congressional Budget Office.
Robert Stål, President, Kanthal, said: “We have served the U.S. market since the 1930s. We are already supporting our customers from Concord with a broad portfolio, and adding Globar to the mix allows us to leverage existing infrastructure. The opening of our Concord service center is the next step in strengthening our local presence in the region which is experiencing a surge in advanced manufacturing.”
Kanthal said the service centre forms part of an investment of approximately USD 11 million that also includes an expansion of its primary production facility in Perth, Scotland. The company added that the expansion in Scotland involves the addition of around 19,000 ft2 of manufacturing space along with new equipment, revised production layouts and expanded warehousing capacity.
Kanthal said the combined developments are expected to increase production capacity by approximately 40%. The company added that the Concord facility manufactures several products, including metallic heating elements, Tubothal heating elements, high-temperature tubes and Fibrothal heating elements.
Kanthal said, prior to the expansion, Globar heating elements supplied to U.S. customers were produced at the company’s facility in Perth. The company added that it consolidated production from three U.S. locations into a single manufacturing and distribution centre in Concord in 2022.
Simon Lile, President, Heating Systems Business Unit, Kanthal, said: “This is not just a new service center. We have implemented technology improvements in Concord that allow us to adapt product configurations based on customer furnace setups and order cycles. The result is a more responsive operation, faster to quote, faster to ship, and better aligned with U.S. customer needs.”
Kanthal said it traces its origins to the discovery of an iron-chrome-aluminium alloy by Hans von Kantzow in 1916. The company added that the patent for the alloy was approved in 1926 and that the business was established in 1931.
Kanthal said it expanded its technology portfolio through acquisitions, including the Globar trademark for silicon carbide heating elements in 1994 and several heating element and materials companies in North America. The company added that it operates today as part of the Alleima group, which was separated from Sandvik in 2022.