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Our company first dates back to 1929, when the Wright Brothers and Glen Curtiss founded the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. Metal Improvement Company was established in 1946 and acquired by Curtiss-Wright in 1968.

Under the recent ‘One Curtiss-Wright’ initiative all the material surface treatment companies were brought together under the name of Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies, including Metal Improvement Company. These companies continue to trade under their existing company name and include:

* Metal Improvement Company
* E/M Coating Services
* Everlube Products
* Bolt’s Metallizing
* Component Coating and Repair Services
* F W Gartner Thermal Spraying
* IMR Test Labs
* Ytstruktur Arboga