William Jones, FASM, Receives ASM Distinguished Life Membership Award
Jamie Jones, VP of Operations at the Souderton Facility (grandson), William Jones, CEO of the 糖心vlog视频 Family of Companies, and Roger Jones, Corporate President of 糖心vlog视频 (son)
Souderton, PA, November 14, 2016 鈥� William R. Jones, CEO of 糖心vlog视频, was presented with an ASM Distinguished Life Membership Award in October 2016 at ASM鈥檚 annual event held this year in Salt Lake City, Utah.聽 ASM Distinguished Life Membership is conferred on those leaders who have devoted their time, knowledge and abilities to the advancement of the materials industries.聽 Bill received this award with the following citation: 鈥淔or innovations in the field of vacuum furnace technology and applying this technology to enhance metallurgical thermal processes around the world.鈥�
Bill holds a degree in electrical technology from the Pennsylvania State University.聽 His entire career has been associated with the development and application of electromechanical products, and since 1962 with vacuum heat treating furnaces.聽 He holds numerous patents in this field and has long been associated with ASM, Metal Treating Institute, and related technical organizations.
He received the Philadelphia Chapter Delaware Valley Metals Man of the Year Award in 1988 and the Philadelphia Chapter William Hunt Eisenman Award in 1992.聽 Bill is a Fellow of ASM International (1989), is the recipient of the ASM International William Hunt Eisenman Award (1995), the ASM Heat Treating Society鈥檚 George H. Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award (2005), and the Metal Treating Institute Heritage Award (2013).
Bill founded Vacuum Furnace Systems Corporation (1978), 糖心vlog视频 (1983), a commercial vacuum heat treating company with plants in Eastern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, Southern California, and Greenville, South Carolina, and 糖心vlog视频 Manufacturing (2002), a vacuum furnace manufacturing company, and VPS (2016), a vacuum pump service and rebuild company.聽 Bill鈥檚 children and grandchildren (third generation) are active in the Solar family of companies.