Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility
Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility A report in the “Milwaukee Business General” is suggesting that commercial heat treating giant “Bodycote” has sold their New Berlin, Wisconsin facility. While details are scarce, the report says; “A longtime New Berlin industrial facility operated by Bodycote Thermal Processing has…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition Welcome to the May 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” featuring over 100 pages of the most up to date heat treatment industry news and trends combined with updated surplus heat treat equipment listings. This issue features these stories and lots more; AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace…
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]
Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America Now Has Single Owner
Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America Now Has Single Owner Earlier this week “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item entitled “Heat Treat 2025”-Things You Have to Know”. This news item featured a number of trivia points about the heat treatment industry which every heat treater worth their salt should know. A reader responded…
MTI Technical Standards Committee Advances Industry Initiatives at Nadcap Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA
MTI Technical Standards Committee Advances Industry Initiatives at Nadcap Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) Technical Standards Committee met in conjunction with the Nadcap meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to discuss critical issues shaping the future of technical standards and audit compliance across the…
Heat Treat 2025 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Heat Treat 2025 Detroit, Michigan, USA As we enter the third and final day of the largest North American heat treat event of 2025- “Heat Treat 2025” we have these photos from Day Two. Thermtech; On the gear side of the show we found one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America- “Thermtech” . Left to Right; Mike Sweeney, Sales,…
Commercial Heat Treater to Add Third SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace
Commercial Heat Treater to Add Third SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace “Shital Vacuum Treat, one of India’s leading metal heat treatment service providers, has ordered their third vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK . This time, the company has opted for a standard, high-pressure quench vacuum furnace , manufactured locally under the “Made in India”…
Heat Treat 2025-Detroit, Michigan, USA October 21-23
Heat Treat 2025-Detroit, Michigan, USA October 21-23 The ASM Heat Treat 2025 Exhibition being held in Detroit, Michigan, USA is now in “full swing” and Gord and Jordan Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” are in attendance. This 3 day event has started off with a “bang” with what would appear to be a record number of exhibitors and…
Oven Company Lands Record Breaking Order
Oven Company Lands Record Breaking Order “Carroll, OH – October 2025 – Phillips Corporation, Federal Division, in partnership with DELTA H® Technologies, has been awarded a significant U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to deliver 38 dual-chamber aerospace heat-treating systems that will enhance mission-critical aircraft maintenance capabilities at…
Hurricane Milton & SBS Corp
Hurricane Milton & SBS Corp Florida based SBS Corp. is known around the world for their air cooled quenched oil coolers. From George Smith, President of the company we have this report about two substantial orders the company just shipped and how the company weathered the recent hurricane. “On Monday we shipped 4 coolers to US and Canadian…
“Haerterei Technik” Ludenscheid, Germany
“Haerterei Technik” Ludenscheid, Germany Heat Treating doesn’t get much more “high end” than this-heat treating of components for Formula1 Race Cars. Commercial heat treater “Haerterei Technik” in Ludenscheid, Germany operates a top-notch shop catering to a variety of industries, one of which just happens to be heat treating of…
USA Commercial Heat Treat Facility to Close
USA Commercial Heat Treat Facility to Close “The Monty Heat Treat News” is seeing very unstable times around the world these days in the commercial heat treat industry with far more closures of plants than the normal attrition rate. A recent example would be in California, USA where we understand the “Bodycote” facility in Westminster will be…
Heat Treating as it Should Be-SFS Group AG
Heat Treating as it Should Be-SFS Group AG Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the absolute pleasure of visiting one of the finest examples of an “in house” heat treat department that we have ever seen- SFS in Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Lets start off with this summary of SFS; “SFS is a worldwide leading supplier of…
Cincinnati Radiator Brings Aluminum Brazing In-House with New Ipsen VAB Furnace
Cincinnati Radiator Brings Aluminum Brazing In-House with New Ipsen VAB Furnace Cincinnati Radiator, a leading American manufacturer of radiators and cooling products, has recently expanded its production capabilities at its Fairfield, Ohio facility with the addition of a new Ipsen Vacuum Aluminum Brazing (VAB) furnace. This investment enables…
New “Ipsen” Sealed Quench Installation
New “Ipsen” Sealed Quench Installation Three generations of “Montgomerys” at “The Monty Heat Treat News” have been seeing images such as this one and it never gets tiring. What you are looking at is a fairly new “Ipsen” XXL Model, Sealed Quench (Batch IQ for our North American readers) furnace line in Europe that we viewed just the…