World’s Largest Nitrider?
Recently the commercial heat treating division of "Nitrex" had a press release about installing what is quite possibly the " Largest Nitriding Furnace in North America", a picture of which can be found here; With working dimensions of 4.5 meters (13.5') in diameter X 3.5 meters (10.5') in depth...
“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Featuring “Roller Hearth Furnaces”
Our previous news item for today, Monday, March 24 referenced a company by the name of "T.T.N." the largest commercial heat treater in Italy, this news item summarizes the second largest commercial heat treater in the country, "PROTERM Trattamenti Termici" . Founded in 1973 the company over the...
Used Furnace And Equipment Listings
“The Monty” has one of the largest listings for used heat treating equipment in North America. Below you will find our two most recent additions and also a categorized listing by furnace type. If you don’t find what you are looking for let us know and we will find it for you. Have equipment to sell? We are here to find you a buyer, just drop a line to [email protected]
“The Monty” Visits One of the World’s Largest Furnace Builders
Next week "The Monty Heat Treat News" will have a number of very interesting news items from around the world including a mention about another USA commercial heat treat closing, a story about one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Italy and an in depth report about a visit "Gord...
A Look Back at our List of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treaters-North America-2024”
"15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America. Each year we are proud to present an industry exclusive, a list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America” as compiled by “The Monty Heat Treat News“. We look back a year to our list in 2024; In 2022 “The Monty Heat Treat News” published...
Don’t You Love Gear Heat Treating? SIAP/Ipsen International
For sheer variety, complexity, "high end" heat treat technology and tight tolerances you would struggle to beat the heat treating that goes into gears-any form of gears for that matter. A prime example of this would be "SIAP SPA", a member of the "Carraro Group" based in Italy-our focus today is...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Shows “The Monty” In House HT Department
"Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity just yesterday, March 18th, 2025 to see a really impressive captive/commercial heat treating facility in Dravogradu, Slovenia. Let's start at the beginning of our story; Family owned "Miheu d.o.o." located in the town...
What’s It Worth? Used Furnace Pricing/North America
From time to time "The Monty Heat Treat News" plays the "What's It Worth" game where we give our readers an honest and unbiased idea about what used heat treat furnaces are selling for these days. It is a very tired cliche to say that we live in troubled times and that the future is uncertain-we...
Top 3 Global Heat Treatment News Stories For the Week of March 10th 2025
Each week "The Monty Heat Treat News" looks back on our previous weeks heat treatment news stories to see which were the most popular-this is based upon feedback from our readers, traffic on our website and social media views. What makes this interesting is that even after almost 30 years of...
World’s Largest Heat Treater-2024 Financial Results
The globe's largest commercial heat treater", UK based "Bodycote" has released their financial results for 2024, the complete results can be found at "Bodycote Results" and a brief summary from "London East Side" can be found below. We are always fascinated by "Bodycote's" financial results as it...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Installs “First of it’s Kind” Furnace Line
"Cieffe Thermal Systems" of Colle Umerto, Italy is one of the best-known brands in Europe for thermal processing systems. Recently Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the chance to spend some time with the company and this included visits to some of the firm's customers with one visit...
Heavy Equipment Component Supplier Invests in New Heat Treat Department
It is always really "cool" to see manufacturers treat heat treating with the respect it deserves as a crucial part of the manufacturing process-let us introduce you to I.M.G. S.p.A. (INDUSTRIA MECCANICA GIRARDELLO) in Italy, a company which believes in the value of quality heat treating. IMG...
Annealing Oven For Aluminum Cable Supplier
"NUTEC Bickley has just manufactured and installed an annealing oven, custom designed for processing reel-mounted compact aluminum cable. The client for this contract operates numerous plants across North, Central and South America and has a portfolio of products supplied to organizations involved...
Lamborghini Gear Supplier Brings Heat Treatment in House
In 1988 gear supplier Tecno-ingranaggi S.r.l., in Capriano del Colle, Italy was founded as a premium supplier of cutting-edge spur gears and transmission parts. Over the years the firm's customer base has grown to include such well-known names as Lamborghini, Dana, Caterpillar and Case New...
Vacuum Heat Treater Finds Business to Be Strong
Founded in the 1970's commercial heat treater "Vacuum S.P.A." in Verdello, Italy has survived recessions, foreign wars and the ups and downs that effect all businesses and at the end of the day has continued to grow and prosper. In 2023 the company was acquired by Germany based "Haertha Hardening...