NIGP 40075: Ovens, Annealing

NIGP 40075 Ovens, Annealing, an Item code, encompasses industrial annealing equipment that state and local governments procure for manufacturing, materials testing, and metalworking operations. Annealing ovens heat and cool metals and glass to alter their physical properties—reducing hardness, improving ductility, or relieving internal stress—and are typically sourced by state vocational and technical schools, community colleges, county workshop facilities, and municipal or state-operated manufacturing centers that support workforce training or in-house production needs. The equipment ranges from small laboratory-scale units to large industrial furnaces, depending on the end use and facility capacity. Issuing bodies under this code include state departments of education (for career and technical education programs), county school districts operating trade schools, and municipalities or special-purpose districts managing public workshops or manufacturing facilities.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under NIGP 40075 Ovens, Annealing. Without posted solicitations, geographic concentration and representative recent awards cannot be characterized.