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]
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…
Heat Treatment of “Rockbreaker” Steel Tools
Heat Treatment of “Rockbreaker” Steel Tools “Rockbreaker” is a trade name for a steel hydraulic hammer tool used in the construction, mining, quarrying and demolition industries to literally break rock and concrete. The name is owned by “Caldervale Group Ltd” ., of Airdrie, Scotland who manufacturers and ships the tools around the…
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA-“Update”
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA-“Update” August 19th of the year we had this news item about a new commercial heat treating facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA ” Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA”-we now have this update about the location achieving Nadcap Accreditation (Editors Note: while…
“The Monty” Visits Switzerland’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater
“The Monty” Visits Switzerland’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater As a “prelude” to attending HK24, Germany’s largest heat treatment exhibition of 2024 in Cologne, Germany Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” took the opportunity to visit a number of heat treaters in Switzerland, two of which we have already commented…
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Welcomes Charles Caldwell as Quality Manager
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Welcomes Charles Caldwell as Quality Manager Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles (Charlie) Caldwell as the Quality Manager for its new facility in Chesterfield. With over a decade of experience in the commercial heat treating industry, Charlie brings a wealth of…
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of September 30th
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of September 30th The most read heat treatment news items from “The Monty Heat Treat News” for the week starting September 30th according to our readers are these; “Charlie Hushek & Ceramic Diffusion Technologies”; Charlie Hushek is a 5th generation heat treater at family-owned commercial heat…
Manufacturer Successfully Combines Captive & Commercial Heat Treatment
Manufacturer Successfully Combines Captive & Commercial Heat Treatment September 3rd of this year we had a news item about DUAP AG, a Swiss manufacturer of fuel injection systems investing in more Heat Treating Capacity. Based upon this story Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited the firm in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland…
Swiss Heat Treat Preparing to Receive Vacuum Furnace
Swiss Heat Treat Preparing to Receive Vacuum Furnace With an estimated 22 or 23 commercial heat treaters in Switzerland Haerterei Niggli AG, based in the city of Sins would rank as one of the three largest in the country. Founded in 1949 the firm has approximately 25 employees at their main facility with a further 27 at a second location in…
Heat Treatment Switzerland
Heat Treatment Switzerland While Switzerland is known as a manufacturer of precise and “state of the art” manufacturing we very much doubt than anybody has ever taken a close look at the heat treatment associated with it-until “The Monty Heat Treat News” that is. Yesterday “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty” visited the largest commercial heat…