Caterpillar, Inc., Waco, Texas, USA

Caterpillar, Inc., Waco, Texas, USA

Back in February of 2018 Caterpillar announced that they would be closing their Work Tools facility in Waco, Texas-a facility which made buckets, couplers, and hammers. The plant did indeed close with production moved to a Caterpillar location in Wamego, Kansas or...
National Heat Treat, Houston, Texas, USA

National Heat Treat, Houston, Texas, USA

In keeping with our top news item today about Caterpillar in Texas we also have this news item from Texas. National Heat Treat is one of the larger commercial heat treats in the area and boasts a number of different processes. Recently the company has been adding...
The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

Well it’s not quite the edge of the world but you can certainly see it from here. During a recent trip to Chile which involved some heat treat related business Dale and Gord Montgomery of “The Monty” had the chance to visit Ushuaia, Argentina at the...
Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

During our visit of heat treats in the South American country of Peru Dale and Gord Montgomery were able to take a couple of side trips around the country. While this has absolutely nothing to do with heat treating the Atacama desert is quite a sight to...
SECO/WARWICK, Meadville, PA, Doug Glenn

SECO/WARWICK, Meadville, PA, Doug Glenn

From the “Meadville Times” in Meadville, PA, USA we have this news item about furnace builder SECO/WARWICK https://www.meadvilletribune.com/”Worldwide changes in the industrial furnace industry has caused SECO/Warwick Corp. to halt manufacturing...