about us
/ Introduction /
Originally founded in 1981 Mario Grenier, Pyromaître began by making kilns for pottery and enameled copper art pieces, before shifting focus toward building industrial ovens. Mr. Grenier had a true entrepreneurial spirit and under his leadership, the company made many important discoveries and advancements that helped craft Pyromaître’s reputation as a world class manufacturer of gas & electric industrial ovens, such as the fact that high-speed processing reduced treatment variations, effectively eliminating out-of-tolerance/scrap parts.
Mario’s sons and a key manager took over the company in 2018 and continue to operate the company with the same enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spark that began with Mario more than 4 decades ago while keeping a continuous focus on product innovation and customer service.
We invite you to learn more about the benefits of partnering with Pyromaître for all of your industrial oven needs!
We’re Here To Help You Succeed
Your satisfaction is our highest priority. Our experts work with each customer to help identify the best and most cost effective solution for their manufacturing requirements. Count on us to help you:
- Evaluate and select the ideal oven for your application.
- Expand on customizations for unique applications: When stock ovens do not meet your needs, our experts work with you to develop the perfect solution for your application
- Our team can help suggest the appropriate ancillary options to best fit production goals, such as cooling chambers, inlet/outlet chutes, loading/unloading equipment, etc.
Proven History
For over 40 years, Pyro has been a manufacturer of high-precision industrial stress relieving and tempering ovens for the automotive and agriculture, heavy-duty industries. We established our market presence with the development and commercialization of our high-speed stress relieving and tempering process, which effectively saves our customers time and money within their manufacturing process.
Our state-of-the-art designs and world-class engineering staff have enabled us to offer the highest precision heat transfer machines on the market. Over the past several decades, our products have gained recognition among industry leaders such as Airbus, Caterpillar, NTN Driveshaft, GKN, etc. Approved in 1997 by GM for valve springs, the “PYRO Process” is the acknowledged industry standard for precision automotive springs. It has also been successfully expanded to tempering applications and approved in 1999 by Ford for CV Joints, axle shafts, and transmission gears.
Widely Available Equipment
All equipment is designed and built at our headquarters in Quebec, Canada. Pyromaître installations span North & South America, Europe, Korea, India and China.
Pyromaître has a license agreement in India.
Reliable Training & Technical Support
When you purchase an oven from Pyromaître, you are also getting knowledgeable training for your staff, reliable spare parts & technical support, along with the assurance of a 24 hour emergency hotline.
- Training- Pyromaître will help your production team get acquainted with your new oven with a complimentary training session. This session is available via Teams Meetings. Pyromaître will also offer access to our Pyrograph software which allows you to simulate your processes to help determine the proper recipes to use during your tests.
- State of the Art Software- Our Pyrograph Simulation Software simulates the heat transfer in forced convection ovens during heat treatment of metallic parts and optimizes the process parameters based on the oven model and parts specifications. With the Pyrograph application, we can see just how much faster the heat treatment can be performed with a Pyromaitre Oven than with traditional heat treatment processes. It can also be used by existing Pyromaitre clients to find how to further optimize their process.
- Get Spare Part Quickly & Easily- Our unique customer portal allows you log in, view the parts associated with the serial number(s) of your oven, and quickly and easily order what you need. Should you need additional support, our friendly and knowledgeable team is always available to help!
- Emergency Support- We understand that maximizing the uptime of our oven is of the utmost importance. That’s why our Pyromaître service team is available 24/7 via our Emergency Hotline.
1980
1981
Pyromaitre becomes a registered company
1984
Full-time operations
Pyromaitre builds and sells paint- and varnish-curing ovens to ABP, Celco, ISE, Dutellier and Manchester Wood.
1986
First stress relieving oven
This was the first encounter with the spring industry. Liberty Spring, located in Montmagny, Quebec, was the first spring company for which Pyromaitre developed a stress relief oven.
1988
First gas ovens
Pyromaitre builds its first gas-fired oven, which became emblematic of Pyromaitre’s expertise.
1989
First in-line stress relief oven
During validation of the process, an important discovery was made: high-speed processing reduced dimensional variations. Moreover, out-of-tolerance and scrap parts were all but eliminated.
1990
1990
Getting known in the US market
Pyromaitre participates in the CASMI Spring World show in Chicago for the first time.
1992
First major oven contracts
Winning its first major oven contracts with international customers like Dowty Aerospace and Gec Alshtom was a major milestone for Pyromaitre.
1993
Pyrograph
Pyromaitre creates a heat transfer simulation software, the Pyrograph, helping customers develop and implement high-speed stress relieving methodologies and processes.
1997
Approved by General Motors
Pyromaitre gets its high-speed stress relieving process approved by GM for valve springs, thus establishing its place in the automotive industry.
1998
ISO 9001:2000 compliance
Pyromaitre acquires this certification and remains part of Pyromaitre’s commitment to quality.
1999
High-speed tempering
Pyromaitre develops high-speed tempering ovens for the Ford Motor Company, opening the market for processing CV joints and hot-wound coil springs.
2000
2001
Business award
Pyromaitre receives the Quebec SME award (for small and medium businesses).
2003
Pyromaitre travels to the Orient
Pyromaitre begins selling in India through a licencing agreement.
2004
High-speed stress relieving system sold in Japan
Pyromaitre sells its first high-speed stress relieving system to a Japanese spring manufacturer, Quality spring Togo.
2005
High-speed tempering
The first high-speed tempering system is sold to a Japanese manufacturer, NTN Driveshaft. Visteon follows the same year, purchasing high-speed tempering ovens for Ford F-150 axle shafts. Soon after, Shaeffler-LuK purchases multiple systems for stress relieving and warm forming of arc springs.
2006
Leaf spring tempering and arrival in China
Pyromaitre sells its first leaf-spring-tempering system to Triangle Suspension Systems. The same year, a licensing agreement is signed for selling, marketing and manufacturing Pyromaitre products in China.
2007
Market development
Pyromaitre expands its automotive-customer portfolio with systems sold to Caterpillar, Magna, Linamar, Arvin Meritor and Valeo.
2008
Innovating through the recession
Like most enterprises, Pyromaitre has to innovate and develop new product. A solar-panel-lamination project allowed the company to evolve.
2010
2011
PS series
The introduction of the new PS series was a turning point for Pyromaitre. This new design with its rounded features and integrated vestibule replaced the conventional hood, radically improving the efficiency of heat treatment.
2012
Market recovery
Pyromaitre emerges from the recession with a series of new orders, a testament of customers’ confidence and trust.
2013
Dynamic heat-loss-control
Pyromaitre delivers its first oven with a dynamic heat-loss-control system.
2014
Dynamic heat distribution
Pyromaitre delivers its first gas oven equipped with dynamic heat distribution system. They also introduce a removable hood concept in order to facilitate cleaning and maintenance.
2015
Focusing on customers’ needs and planning for the future
New members reinforce the management team as the company founder gradually retires. Focus is put on product standardization and manufacturing-process improvements. Pyro delivers its first oven with a standardized PLC control panel as a standard feature.
2016
Initiating succession
Key managers acquire a large part of the shares and control of the organization.
2017
Development of new and complementary features
While expanding its selection of industrial ovens, Pyromaitre also develops cooling systems, conveyors and other accessories, to improve the efficiency of heat-treatment operations. Pyromaitre also delivers its first electric oven equipped with a rapid cooling system.
2018
Business succession, R & D and business development
Management is successfully handed over to key managers and the next generation. Pyromaitre commits research and development to oven fluid-dynamics-analysis in order to improve the efficiency of its products. Pyromaitre boosts sales by more than 40%, confirming its market recognition.
2019
Intelligent Electronic Torque Limiter
Prevent damage of the conveyor and the gearbox in case of parts jamming up.
2020
Integrated suspension spring loading and unloading system
This simple and effective system uses a combination of gravity and automated axis to transfer the springs from the loading conveyor to the oven and from the oven to the unloading conveyor. This system with its insulated enclosure reduces the openings and the heat loss of the oven generating energy savings.
2021
Fan Monitoring
Sensors monitor current on each convection fan motors and detect convection fan failures.
2022
PyroCool stand alone as standard
Our famous forced room temperature flow cooling tunnel confirmed as a stand-alone product.
2023
P106E-BASIC
This new model features lower convection to prevent small springs from blowing.
2024
Manufacturer of the year
