THE MONTY HEAT TREAT NEWS

Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2025 Heat Treat Show-Wiesbaden, Germany We at  “The Monty Heat Treat”  have always maintained that our favorite heat treat exhibition outside of the USA is the annual  “HK”  show held October of every year in Cologne, Germany (before Cologne it was held in Wiesbaden, Germany).  For a variety of reasons, the show this…

Meet The New “SSi Europe” Furnace Controls Team For many years USA based furnace controls team  “SSi”  of Cincinnati, Ohio has relied on a number of European agents (and an SSi division in the UK)  to handle their European sales, one of these agents was  [http://Avion Europa GmbH & Co. KG]”Avion Europa” [http://Avion Europa GmbH…

Reducing Costs During Heat Treating & Brazing Processes Written By Vesco Collins Aerospace is an American technology company and global leader specializing in advanced aerospace systems and avionics, serving commercial, business, military, space, and airport sectors. They design and manufacture avionics, flight control systems, and…

“The Monty” Visits Commercial Heat Treater “Byron Products” For several years now  “Byron Products”  of Fairfield, Ohio, USA has been making our list of the  “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”,  however until recently “The Monty” had never had the opportunity to visit this facility-we rectified this…

Acquisition in the German Heat Treat Industry Over the past few years commercial heat treater  ” HÄRTHA GROUP”   of  Alsdorf, Germany has been growing by “leaps and bounds” through acquisitions. This press release tells of the company recently making another acquisition, this one being a Dutch heat treater by the name of  “Pontus” . With this…

Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award “At the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) fall meeting, Bob Hill, President of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA and Michigan, received the prestigious Heritage Award—the highest honor presented by MTI. This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime commitment and significant contributions to…

Defense Industry Accepts Batch Oven “Wisconsin Oven is pleased to announce the shipment of one Inert Atmosphere Batch Oven with an atmosphere-to-water cooling system to a leading defense industry manufacturer. The oven will be used for processing stainless steel parts in a reduced oxygen environment to prevent scaling.    The maximum temperature…

Medical Industry Accepts Oven “Blue M®, a global industrial and laboratory ovens manufacturer, announced the shipment of a Class A safety oven to the medical industry.   Designed for ease of move-in and installation, this Blue M  Class A oven  was modified to an overall height of 79” and width of 45” to accommodate the ceiling height and doorway…

Nitrex Heat Treat Appoints General Manager Commerical heat treater “Nitrex” recently appointed a new General Manager for their Mason, Michigan, USA facility (to find out how Nitrex compares in size to other commercial heat treaters in North America we would suggest this…

Invitation to the 6th Technical Seminar of Super Systems Mexico Dear professionals and enthusiasts of the heat treatment industry from: Puebla, Edo. Mex, Cd. Mx, and Queretaro States, We are pleased to invite you to the 6th Technical Seminar of Super Systems Mexico, an exclusive event where you will share knowledge and experiences with experts in…

Commercial Steel Treating Company Auction Earlier this year ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” spoke about how heat treater Commercial Steel Treating would be closing their Madison Heights, Michigan, USA facility. This indeed happened and as it turns out the vast bulk of the equipment was purchased by a used equipment dealer and all remaining items…

Top Heat Treat News Items Week of August 12th Unfortunately, our “top 3” heat treatment news items for the week starting August 12th, are dominated by obituaries. Regular readers of “The Monty” will know that our “top 3” are selected by readership both on www.themonty.com and on social media and the passing of well known individuals in the…