API Heat Transfer is one of the largest full service producers of industrial heat exchangers and heat transfer systems in North America. Operating from three manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe, API has also earned a strong reputation for high quality thermal solutions throughout Western Europe and around the world.

    Originally established in 1953 with the Basco brand of shell & tube heat exchangers, today API Heat Transfer employs over 600 people who provide sales, engineering, and manufacturing expertise to support our well known brands of heat exchangers that include Basco, Whitlock, Schmidt and Airtech. In some cases, these names have been providing industrial OEMs and End Users superior quality, cost effective heat exchangers for over 100 years.

    We serve a wide variety of industrial markets with an unmatched portfolio of heat exchanger designs. API provides application solutions in the Compressor, Air Dryer, Air Separation, Process, Power, General Industrial, Off-Highway, Truck & Bus, Food & Beverage, and Refrigeration Markets. Our heat exchanger designs include Standard Shell & Tube, Custom Shell & Tube, Extended Surface Plate Fin, Plate & Frame, Brazed Plate, Welded Plate, Semi-Welded Plate, and Brazed Aluminum Bar & Plate. We also supply complete thermal packages including Evaporation Systems, Pasteurizers/Aseptic Systems, Deaerators, and Dealcoholization Plants. So whether your application is liquid/liquid, liquid/gas, or gas/gas, API can select a cost effective, reliable design just right for the job.

    At API Heat Transfer, we strive everyday to provide our customers two very important qualities - Technology and Service. Technology means staying at the forefront of product design, software innovation and manufacturing efficiency. From in-house product development expertise, to propriety software tools, to Demand Flow Technology and robotic machinery, API invests heavily in our future as well as yours.

    Service means responsive, knowledgeable support from start to end. From our technically capable field sales representatives who service our customers at the local level, to dedicated teams of specialists at each factory, API knows that by providing superior service both before and after the sale, we further strengthen our opportunity to serve you again.

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