In March 1960, Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant successfully developed the "603" non-toxic carburizing agent using charcoal powder as the main raw material for liquid carburizing. It was the first domestic initiative and was promoted and applied nationwide, replacing Imported products. In 1978, the Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant’s medium-frequency heat treatment results for geological drill pipes won the National Science and Technology Conference Award. In November 1983, at the Third International Annual Conference on Materials Heat Treatment held in Shanghai, hundreds of Chinese and foreign experts visited the Shanghai heat treatment plant. In 1986, Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant obtained the first batch of heat treatment production licenses in Shanghai. In 1987, the precision gear chemical heat treatment project of Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant won the third prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award. In 1989, Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant was rated as a "National Second-Class Enterprise", the first in the same industry in the country. In 1990, the heat treatment results of the multi-layer coating nozzle of the induction film of the Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant won the first prize of Shanghai Revitalization Award. Since 2007, Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant Co., Ltd. has won 2 high-tech achievement transformation projects in Shanghai and 16 national invention patents and utility model patents. In 2009, the company was recognized as a Shanghai High-tech Enterprise and a Shanghai Science and Technology Little Giant Enterprise. In 2010, the "Enterprise Technology Center" of Shanghai Heat Treatment Plant Co., Ltd. was established, and was designated as a "specialized, high-quality" producer service enterprise by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.