Top Heat Treat News Stories Week of September
For the week starting September 2, 2024 the top 3 heat treatment stories globally as ranked by "The Monty Heat Treat News" include these; "Metals Technology Receivership Sale? August 12th of this year “The Monty” had a news item about the second largest commercial heat treater in the Chicago...
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Used Furnace And Equipment Listings
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Pharmaceutical Industry Supplier Orders Vacuum Furnace
"Adamus, a European manufacturer of punch tools and spare parts for tablet presses, capsule presses and blister machines used in the pharmaceutical industry, has ordered a Vector vacuum furnace to efficiently heat treat a wide range of punches used in tablet production. The Vector vacuum furnace on...
Ipsen Promotes Chris Martin to Regional Service Manager for the Southeast
"Ipsen USA announces the promotion of Chris Martin to Regional Service Manager for the Southeast United States. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for leading a team of seven that includes six Field Service Engineers and one Service Administrator. Since joining Ipsen in 2018, Martin has...
Roland Caminades, Avion Europe and the European Heat Treat Market
Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit heat treat industry supplier “Avion Europe” at their headquarters in Hagen, Germany-the end result was this article; https://themonty.com/avion-europe-a-growing-force-in-the-german-heat-treat-market-part-1-of-2/ We promised...
Metals Technology Receivership Sale?
August 12th of this year "The Monty" had a news item about the second largest commercial heat treater in the Chicago area, "Metals Technology Corp." entering receivership (the original story is further down). The story caught us off guard because this is a much larger than average commercial heat...
Gear Manufacturer Auctioning Vacuum Carburizing Furnaces
Bidding is now open for an auction being held in Vienna, Austria at Opel Gear Manufacturing. The now closed facility manufactured components for automotive transmissions and amongst the items for auction is a large amount of heat treatment equipment. This includes ECM 6-Chamber ICBP vacuum...
Captive Heat Treater Allied Locke Continues to Expand
Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA is one of the premier chain manufacturers in North America and one who firmly believes that heat treating is an integral part of the manufacturing process. Over the course of the past 2 years "The Monty" has mentioned several times about investments the firm is...
Injection Nozzle Manufacturer adds Nitriding Furnaces
DUAP AG a supplier of fuel injection nozzles in Switzerland has just added pit nitriding capacity. The company operates both as a manufacturer and as a commercial heat treater. The 2 Rohde supplied furnaces have working dimensions of 1500mm x 2000mm with a weight capacity of 3000 kg and a second...
Aluminum Parts Supplier Completes Furnace Install
Earlier this year a supplier of aluminum automotive parts completed the installation of a large Roller Hearth furnace line for a facility in Germany. The line was provided by Italian furnace builder IVR, who offers several solutions for heat treating of aluminum alloy products. In this case the...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
On a regular basis "The Monty Heat Treat News" keeps you up to date on personnel changes in the global heat treatment industry-here is this week's update; Glenn Ottinger, Vitesse Systems; Glenn Ottinger has just been appointed General Manager, USA West Coast at Vitesse Systems. Glenn spent 16...
Labor Day Holiday
In observance of Labor Day, WG Montgomery Ltd./"The Monty Heat Treat News" will be closed on Monday, September 2. We salute and acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all workers. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, September 3. Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend! Did you like...
Nitriding System in Operation
"Volkan Steels Powders Metal San. Tic ve Ltd. Şti. (V’Steels), a leading Turkish tool steels supplier based in Istanbul, has boosted its production capabilities with the installation of a new Nitrex nitriding/nitrocarburizing system. This addition aligns with V’Steels’ commitment to expanding its...
What is Heat Treatment?
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had two articles about the size of the global heat treatment market; https://themonty.com/global-heat-treatment-market-size/ and https://themonty.com/global-heat-treatment-market-size-2/ As "The Monty Team" pointed out, the most difficult part about coming...