THE MONTY HEAT TREAT NEWS

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…

Bodycote Merging Two Michigan, USA Facilities The world’s largest commercial heat treater,  “Bodycote”  is planning on merging two Michigan, USA facilities according to what multiple sources have told  “The Monty” .   The “Bodycote”, Livonia location in Michigan has always had a strong focus on vacuum carburizing of automotive transmission…

Let’s Talk About Vacuum Heat Treat Furnaces-“Jay Jefsen” We are honored today to be talking “Vacuum Furnaces” with “Mr. Jay Jefsen”, Director of Sales for “Furnacare Inc.” (TAV), of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Jay is a veteran of the North American heat treat industry and his comments today about vacuum furnaces in…

Roger A. Jones “Roger A. Jones, of Perkasie, PA, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at the Community at Rockhill, Sellersville, PA.  He was 69.   He was the loving husband of Patti A. (Renner) Jones.  The couple celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on March 8, 2024.   Born in Abington, PA, he was the son of William R. and Myrtle E….

Now That’s a Furnace-Americarb CFC furnace fixturing has always been quite popular in Europe for a number of reasons including its light weight, lifespan and the fact that it doesn’t distort, however it has never caught on to the same extent in North America although it is slowly growing.   The fact that it is growing lead us to accept an…

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Roger Jones Solar Atmospheres-a Giant in the Industry It is with incredible regret that we mention the passing of a giant in the North American heat-treating industry, Mr. Roger A. Jones of Solar Atmospheres. While we have few details at this time we do have this brief history of his career in the heat treatment industry;   “A 1974 graduate of…

CAN-ENG Furnaces International, Ltd., Plant #2 Expansion “CAN-ENG Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG), Niagara Falls, Ontario, announces that it has made a major investment in their Plant #2 Operations, St. Catharines, Ontario. The expansion will consist of adding 45,000 ft 2 of modern manufacturing space and 18,000 ft 2 of future office…

USA PM Firm Places Order for 6 New Vacuum Sintering Furnaces “SECO/VACUUM has only existed since 2017, but its legacy goes back a lot further than that.  Parent company SECO/WARWICK had been building a variety of  CAB, aluminum, atmosphere and vacuum furnaces for decades, but by 2017 it was apparent that vacuum heat treating had become so…