52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-a “Monty Heat Treat News” Exclusive
52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-a “Monty Heat Treat News” Exclusive Tuesday June 30 “The Monty Heat Treat News” will publish our annual list of the 52 largest commercial heat treaters in North America for 2026, the only such list in the world. This year’s list will feature a number of changes as some companies expand, others…
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….
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]
USA Captive Heat Treater Changes Ownership
USA Captive Heat Treater Changes Ownership (Editors Note; Milwaukee Forge has a substantial in house heat treating department with the ability to offer Normalizing, Annealing, Quenching & Tempering in a wide variety of furnaces) “Milwaukee Forge , a 112-year-old company in Bay View , is being sold to a politically-connected ownership group…
Aerospace Heat Treat Good, Automotive Heat Treat Not So Good
Aerospace Heat Treat Good, Automotive Heat Treat Not So Good Commercial heat treater “Bodycote” , the globe’s largest commercial heat treater on Tuesday, released a report for the four months ending October 31, 2025. As a diversified, global heat treater their results mirror the entire heat-treating industry-it comes as no shock to us or indeed…
Ipsen Invests in Pyrometry Certification for Field Service Engineers
Ipsen Invests in Pyrometry Certification for Field Service Engineers Ten Ipsen field service engineers are completing Pyrometry II training through the Performance Review Institute (PRI), a national organization that focuses on certification for processes that need to meet Nadcap and AMS standards. These engineers are on track to be fully…
USA Heat Treater Continues to Invest in New Equipment
USA Heat Treater Continues to Invest in New Equipment (Editors Note; SWMT is ranked as one of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025” according to “The Monty Heat Treat News” ) “Fort Worth, Texas — November 17, 2025 — Southwest Metal Treating Corp (SWMT), a leading provider of precision heat-treating services and an…
Heat Treating Automotive Brake Rotors-“Paulo”
Heat Treating Automotive Brake Rotors-“Paulo” Back in 2009 furnace builder JL Becker, Co., (acquired by “Gasbarre” in 2011) working with commercial heat treater “Woodworth, Inc.” , in Flint, Michigan, USA revolutionized the automotive brake rotor sector by offering FNC (ferritic nitrocarburizing) in large tip-up furnaces. The…
USA Induction Heating Equipment Supplier Acquired
USA Induction Heating Equipment Supplier Acquired “Aluminium extrusion company Extrutec North America , has acquired Induction Professionals , leading to the formation of the new company Induction Professional Solutions (IPS). The acquisition will combine Extrutec’s energy efficient technology with Induction Professionals extensive experience…
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…