“Hi-Tech Steel Treating” Invites “The Monty” to Tour Their Plant
Recently "Mr. Kevin Stone" of commercial heat treater "Hi-Tech Steel Treating" in Saginaw, Michigan, USA invited "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for a tour of his facility, a tour which took place Thursday August 14, 2025. Founded in 1983 the firm is located in the heart of the...
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys!
Timken Bearings is auctioning off a great deal of equipment at two North Carolina, USA facilities later this month-the auction includes a number of heat treat furnaces-if it didn't include heat treat furnaces the auction mention would not grace the pages of "The Monty Heat Treat News". As you can...
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]
Darius Szczekocki Obituary
Last week we mentioned the very surprising and upsetting passing of Mr. Darius Szczekocki, a very well-known figure in the North American heat treat industry-below is his obituary. "Darius Szczekocki Obituary; With heavy hearts and deep love, we announce the passing of our beloved husband and...
New Design Cryogenic Unit Enters Production in the USA
"Stack Metallurgical Group" based in Portland, Oregon, USA is a company that firmly believes in the value of publicity-the company has been making tremendous investments in new heat treatment equipment in 2025 and every single investment has provided a new press release. Today's press release...
Solar Manufacturing is Growing – Join Our Engineering and Service Teams
Solar Manufacturing is hiring for two critical positions—Senior Mechanical Engineer and Field Service Technician—for the design and support of high-performance vacuum furnaces used across the aerospace, defense, and commercial heat-treating industries. Now Hiring: Senior Mechanical Engineer Solar Manufacturing is seeking a Senior Mechanical...
USA Based Furnace Controls Company Enters Into Agreement With German Partner
Furnace Controls Company "SSi" based in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA has entered into a sales agreement through their "SSi Europe" division in the UK to work with "AVT GmbH" in Germany to sell their products in Germany and the Netherlands. "AVT GmbH" was founded in 2019 by "Marc Angenendt" (an ex president...
Darius Szczekocki, “Hestia Heat Treat”
It is with true shock that we are reporting the very unexpected passing of Mr. "Darius Szczekocki", owner of "Hestia Heat Treat" in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. "Darius" was a long time heat treater having worked with commercial heat treat firms such as "Bodycote" and "Bluewater Thermal" before...
USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
Recently the North American commercial heat treat industry has seen a wave of consolidations/closings-a recent example features "Atmosphere Group Inc" in Michigan, USA "USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations". Another example (although this has not been publicly...
Michigan, USA Commercial Heat Treater Sold
Effective May1, 2024 East Lind-Lind Heat Treat Inc., in Madison Heights, Michigan has new ownership. This is how the firm describes themselves; "East-Lind is an ISO certified, family-owned and operated heat-treating service located in Madison Heights. We have been servicing metro Detroit's tool...
Top Heat Treatment News Stories for the Week of September 16th
Each week "The Monty Heat Treat News" looks back on our news stories from the previous week and based upon reader feedback, website anlaytics and social media "views" arrives at 3 heat treatment stories that most interested our readers. For the week starting September 13th here they are from the...
US Furnace Builder Reports Record Breaking 2024
Earlier this year we reported that furnace builder "Aichelin" of Austria had a record breaking 2023 sales year and that the company was very optimistic that 2024 would follow suit https://themonty.com/aichelin-group-sales/. Not to be outdone "SECO/WARWICK" based in Poland also announced earlier this...
Vac Aero International to Celebrate 65 Years in Business
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 Vac Aero International is celebrating 65 years in business with an open house at their location in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The company was founded by Mr. Ross Pritchard in 1959 as Canadian Vac-Hyd Processing Ltd., a subsidiary of Detroit, Michigan-based Vac-Hyd...
Centorr Vacuum Furnace New “Used” Equipment Listing
Very recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" added a rather unusual item to their "Used Equipment Listings" a vacuum sintering furnace with an operating temperature of 2530C (4586F). Manufactured by Centorr Industries of NH the furnace is still installed at a manufacturing facility and has been used...
