Surface Combustion, Inc. is a North American manufacturer of industrial furnaces and #heatTreating equipment headquartered in #MaumeeOhio, in the United States. The company was founded in 1915 and purchased by the #MidlandRossCorporation (a steel manufacturer) in 1959. Midland-Ross was acquired by the #privateEquity investment firm of #ForstmannLittleAndCompany in 1986, which spun off Surface Combustion to four long term employees in 1987. It was later sold to the Bernard family in 1999.