Over the years we have had reason to mention Texas commercial heat treater “
Robert Gutierrez” and his Houston company
“Worldwide Heat Treat” several times-most recently February of this year
(Further down).
Robert is gracing
“The Monty Heat Treat News” yet again for all the right reasons.
“Worldwide” is reporting a very strong start to 2025 so much so that the firm will shortly have 6 very large pit carburizing furnaces in operation-these units compliment their batch IQ furnaces, 40′ long car bottom system and boronizing capabilities. In what is a very interesting development the work is coming from as far afield as Singapore, Dubai, Canada and across the USA.
While no reason was given for this new business from overseas, we would have to assume that it has to do with the fact that there is limited capacity of the pit carburizing furnaces required for treating parts such as large gears and shafts. Our belief is that Robert sensed an opportunity in a portion of the market which was being under serviced and jumped at the opportunity to fill the void.
The attached photos show “Worldwide” as “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty” saw it in February of 2025. What you are looking at are the first two pit furnaces installed by the company-obviously it has changed substantially since then. Robert is shown third from the right in the one picture.
FEBRUARY 9/2025 POSTING “Texas Heat Treater Adding Second Location; Almost exactly one year ago “The Monty Heat Treat News” had this exclusive news item (below) about commercial heat treater “Worldwide Heat Treat” in Houston, Texas, USA;
“In 2018 Mr. Robert Gutierrez, a very well-known individual in the Texas commercial heat treatment industry started his own firm, “Worldwide Heat Treat” in Houston, Texas. Since day 1 the company has thrived by offering a number of different processes. The company has grown so much that they have just moved into a 40,000 square foot building (versus the previous one which was 9,000 square feet) and are adding more equipment. Two pit carburizing furnaces are in the process of being installed, each have working dimensions of 64″ diameter X 84″ deep and are equipped with SSi controls. Other recent or upcoming additions include a very large temper unit and a gas nitriding furnace.”
We can now announce that as of January 2025 the firm is in the process of adding a second location. The new facility, also in the Houston area is 18,000 square feet, sits on 4 acres of land and is equipped with a 10-ton crane. While the new plant will offer several different heat treat processes the focus is on “boronizing” of parts all the way up to 10 tons.
In addition to boronizing the location with have nitrogen generators and ammonia dissociated generators along with pit furnaces capable of handling parts up to 100″ in diameter X 144″ long with a weight capacity up to 10 tons (Editor’s note; last year commercial heat treater Metlab in PA closed depriving the North American market of a great deal of heat treating capacity for large gears. In our opinion this recent addition by Worldwide will help to fill a void for commercial heat treating of very large parts).
Future plans for the company include subzero treatment and a mechanical testing lab either at this location or perhaps in the form of an acquisition. “The Monty” looks forward to announcing all of these future projects as they occur.”
Over the years we have had reason to mention Texas commercial heat treater “Robert Gutierrez” and his Houston company “Worldwide Heat Treat” several times-most recently February of this year (Further down).
“In 2018 Mr. Robert Gutierrez, a very well-known individual in the Texas commercial heat treatment industry started his own firm, “Worldwide Heat Treat” in Houston, Texas. Since day 1 the company has thrived by offering a number of different processes. The company has grown so much that they have just moved into a 40,000 square foot building (versus the previous one which was 9,000 square feet) and are adding more equipment. Two pit carburizing furnaces are in the process of being installed, each have working dimensions of 64″ diameter X 84″ deep and are equipped with SSi controls. Other recent or upcoming additions include a very large temper unit and a gas nitriding furnace.”
