Last week alloy supplier Steeltech in Grand Rapids, Michigan suffered a serious fire as “The Monty Heat Treat News” reported. We now have this update from the company.
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
In Germany we see that furnace builder Nabertherm is finding business good enough to add more manufacturing capacity as you can see in the press release below. Nabertherm last made our news section in 2019 when they appointed a new Managing Director Timm Grotheer who can be seen in the one photo below.
“April 18/2019 Press Release; Nabertherm GmbH, Bremen, Germany, has announced the appointment of Timm Grotheer as its new Managing Director. Grotheer, who previously served as Managing Director of shipbuilding group Lürssen, succeeds Friedrich-Wilhelm Wentrot, who has served as Managing Director of the company for eighteen years. Under Wentrot’s direction, Nabertherm reported that it has seen global success, employing more than 500 staff and achieving a turnover of more than €60 million ($68 million). A key element in Wentrot’s strategy has been the consistent internationalisation of the business, which now has an export share of 70%, selling its furnaces and plants around the world. As a shareholder and board member, Wentrot will continue to his involvement with Nabertherm for the foreseeable future. It is now expected that Grotheer will guide the company in continuing its worldwide growth and development. https://www.nabertherm.com/“
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
“The Monty Heat Treat News” has been asked to help in finding a new owner for a small vacuum pump service company located in the USA. The company is long established and is profitable. Their product mix consists of new vacuum pump sales, selling rebuilt pumps, rebuilding customers pumps, helium leak detector sales and sales of parts and accessories. If interested please contact Gord Montgomery [email protected] for more details.
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
Photo was taken by Solar
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to be presenting on a weekly basis “The Heat Treat Podcast”, a series of discussions with some of the most knowledgeable individuals in the global heat treatment industry. These individuals represent the captive heat treating industry, industry suppliers and commercial heat treaters. Past discussions include Mr. “Chip” Keough, quite possibly the world’s leading expert on the ADI process, Mr. John Hubbard, the world’s most successful commercial heat treater and Mr. Jim Oakes, President of furnace controls company SSi. Future discussions will include industry suppliers from Europe, Metex Heat Treating, Canada’s largest commercial heat treater, Stack Metallurgical in the US Northwest, one of the leading heat treat consultants in North America and many, many more. If you are interested in taking place in a future discussion please let us know, Jordan Montgomery, [email protected] Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently took occupancy of a brand new 15,000 square foot “connector” building. This building joins the existing 80,000 square foot workspace, which houses some of the largest vacuum furnaces in the world, to its current 10,000 square foot Nadcap laboratory, testing building and vacuum oil quenching building. The primary purpose of this new building is to create a clear and defined flow of work using a pull/push system, rather than having incoming and outgoing jobs co-mingled in front of heat treating equipment. All incoming jobs will now be “pulled” from this building and completed jobs will be “pushed” back to a designated outbound area. This new space will serve as a conduit for transfer of materials from production to final testing. Finally, the four new loading bays will allow for the loading and unloading of multiple trucks at one time. A drive through feature will allow all flatbed trucks to load/unload indoors, thus keeping shipping personnel and equipment out of the harsh winter elements.
Wes Hoffman, Shipping Manager states, ”Material handling is now thoughtful and organized throughout our 100,000 plus square foot facility. The new building has already proven to eliminate wasteful movement of material. This addition has also enhanced our overall safety. Instead of large trucks navigating our entire campus internally, we can now isolate trucks and drivers to the outer perimeter of the property. This improvement prominently positions Solar for continued growth well into the future.”
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA we find Steeltech Limited, a company which for almost 100 years has been providing heat and corrosion resistant products. In other words the company makes base trays, cast baskets, radiant tubes and all those other items which go into heat treatment furnaces. This past Friday the company suffered what at first glance appears to be a serious fire. We have no idea how this will effect the company but we hope that any damage is quickly rectified.
“GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – Investigators in Grand Rapids are trying to determine the cause of a fire that damaged a building owned by Steeltech Limited. Crews from the Grand Rapids Fire Department were called to the fire in the 1200 block of Phillips Avenue near Hall Street and Buchanan Avenue SW around 1 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, flames were shooting through the roof of the building. Approximately 40 firefighters on the scene when News 8 arrived brought the fire under control in about an hour. Some nearby buildings that housed chemicals were in danger of catching fire, but ultimately were not damaged. A power pole fell during while firefighters were battling the blaze. GRFD contacted Consumers Energy to cut power to nearby electrical lines that were near the fire that posed a threat to firefighters.”
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
In San Antonio, Texas, USA we have learned that Spirit AeroSystems Inc. will be auctioning off some heat treat equipment due to the company consolidating operations. There are a few odds and ends but what is rather interesting is an Ajax Electric Salt Bath System. Typically these are not big sellers but this one looks to be in very nice condition and our guess would be that it will find a home. The auction will be held March 23 of this year.
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
East Carolina Metal Treating Inc., in Raleigh, NC, USA is a very impressive, family owned commercial heat treat which just narrowly missed making our list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America in 2020 https://themonty.com/project/l
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
UK based Bodycote is known around the globe as the world’s largest commercial heat treater so it is rather odd to think that they indirectly helped in the development of the BioNTech/Pfizer RNA vaccine BNT162b2 for preventing COVID-19 infections-we will tell you how. In 2007 with the help of “The Monty” the company purchased a commercial heat treater in Munich, Germany by the name of Nitrion which at the time was owned by an individual by the name of Michael Motschmann.
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/
This week the “Heat Treat Podcast” speaks with Heather Falcone, President of Thermal-Vac Technologies in Orange, CA, USA. To find out how large Thermal-Vac is in terms of sales we would refer you to Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2020 | The Monty
Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/