USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors
USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors Earlier this week, Phoenix Metal Treating, located at W190 N11350 Carnegie Drive in Germantown, Wisconsin, officially closed down. This 40 year old family owned company operated several medium sized Beavermatic and Ipsen batch IQ furnaces and catered largely to the local automotive parts suppliers….
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace (Editor’s Note; In this press release Maciej Korecki, Vice President of the SECO/WARWICK Group’s Vacuum Segment states; “This order will support the production of components for gas turbines”. Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” published an article entitled, ” AI Data Centers Spiking…
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]
Rich Gagnon, 1949-2026
Rich Gagnon, 1949-2026 Probably few people in the heat treatment industry still remember Rich as he has not been active for quite a few years but he had a long and distinguished career in the industry. For many years he worked with Detrex Furnaces which ultimately was acquired by AFC-Holcroft which in turn was acquired by Aichelin of Austria….
Aerospace Vacuum Brazing Specialist Achieves Rolls Royce Approval
Aerospace Vacuum Brazing Specialist Achieves Rolls Royce Approval “The Manchester (Bury), UK site of aerospace thermal processing specialists, Wallwork , has secured Rolls Royce approval of their recently opened vacuum brazing development laboratory and assembly area. The site has a high concentration of modern vacuum heat treatment furnaces of…
Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes
Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes “London, UK – [December 16 2025] – Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of advanced heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has achieved independent validation by Bureau Veritas for its proprietary product carbon footprint (PCF)…
Wingens Consultants Welcomes Mark Hemsath
Wingens Consultants Welcomes Mark Hemsath “Mark Hemsath joins our team as a distinguished leader in aerospace heat treating and advanced furnace technologies. With more than 30 years of experience driving innovation in vacuum systems, nitriding processes, and high-performance thermal equipment, Mark has shaped the industry through both his…
Where Are They Now-Mark Hemsath
Where Are They Now-Mark Hemsath Over the years Mr. Mark Hemsath has held a variety of high-profile positions in the global heat treatment industry-making his a very well-known name in the industry. Most recently he was President, “Nitrex/UPC-Marathon/GM Enterprises” before parting ways with the company earlier this year after Austrian furnace…
New USA Heat Treat Officially Opens
New USA Heat Treat Officially Opens New Commercial Heat Treater located in Tennessee Vulcan Thermal has officially opened a new commercial heat treating operation in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, expanding capacity and shortening turnaround times for manufacturers across Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding region. The facility is located at 390…
Nitrex Lands Order From Aluminum Extrusion Supplier
Nitrex Lands Order From Aluminum Extrusion Supplier “Enhancing Automotive Aluminum Extrusions with Nitrex System; To meet the automotive industry’s growing demand for high-quality extrusions, a European manufacturer specializing in profiles for the automotive sector has integrated a Nitrex nitriding system into their production process. This…
World’s Most Popular Internal Quench Vacuum Furnace?
World’s Most Popular Internal Quench Vacuum Furnace? Furnace builder Ipsen, the “Largest New Furnace Builder” in North America is quite rightly very proud of the fact that their popular “Turbotreater” line of vacuum furnace iss celebrating 40 years of production. This piqued the interest of the team at “The Monty” and prompted us to find…
Nitrex Names New Plant Manager
Nitrex Names New Plant Manager Commercial heat treater Nitrex who regularly appears on “The Monty Heat Treat News” list of the “50 largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America” has just named a new Plant Manager for their facility in Franklin, Indiana, USA. Mr. Zach Cooney joined Nitrex Heat Treating Services in 2013 and since then he has…
Furnace Builder Can-Eng Announces Promotions
Furnace Builder Can-Eng Announces Promotions Can-Eng Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is excited to announce the promotion of two long-standing, highly valued employees to new leadership roles in 2025. These promotions reflect CAN-ENG’s continued commitment to strengthening its leadership team, with a focus on advancing state-of-the-art…
Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New Facility
Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New Facility Aalberts Surface Technologies, the second largest commercial heat treater in North America as ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” is making very substantial investments into their North American facilities these days, this does not include their recent planned acquisition of Paulo Products late…
Heat Treat Fixturing-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
Heat Treat Fixturing-“The Heat Treat Podcast” In this exciting episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” our distinguished and very articulate host Mr. Carlos Torres talks heat treat fixturing with a personal friend of ours Mr. Jim Wilbur of Wm. Wright & Associates. Jim talks heat treat fixturing in general, delves into some specifics…