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Heatec makes, sells and services a broad line of heat- ers, liquid storage tanks and related products. These products are used mostly at facilities of producers and manufacturers. Key users are hot-mix asphalt (HMA) plants, asphalt terminals, emulsion terminals and concrete producers. Other key users include oil and gas producers, chemical producers, food produc- ers, roofing manufacturers, power plants, etc. Heatec is heavily involved in building new asphalt storage terminals and emulsion plants. The company does major mechanical design and electrical engineer- ing work for these facilities and builds much of the equipment. Heatec polymer blending systems are also used at numerous terminals for making Polymer Modified Asphalt Cement. The company also assists in on-site installation. Industrial heaters, unrelated to asphalt, make up a large share of the products Heatec produces. Customers for industrial heaters are mainly chemical and oil-gas industries. Heatec built and delivered a variety of large heaters for the gas and oil industry. Heatec is providing large convection heaters for wood pellet plants developed by Astec. Photos 1 Firestream® water heater for fracking. 2 Asphalt storage tanks at a HMA plant. 3 Helitank™ portable asphalt storage tank and thermal fluid header. 4 Thermecon® thermal fluid heater for inland waterway barge. 5 Firestorm® water heater at a food processing facility. Heatec, Inc. Industries Served: Infrastructure and Energy Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Asphalt Group Hot Oil Heaters Industrial Heaters Direct Contact Water Heaters Asphalt and Fuel Tanks Polymer Blending Systems Steam Generators Asphalt Terminals Asphalt Emulsion Plants 24 | Astec Industries, Inc. Infrastructure Energy