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]
Furnace Builder Hits 5,000 Mark
Furnace Builder Hits 5,000 Mark “The 5,000th technological solution has just rolled off SECO/WARWICK ’s production line, confirming the Group’s ongoing growth and global standing as one of the leading names in metal heat treatment. This symbolic moment is the result of decades of innovation, investment and global expansion. The five-thousandth…
Heat Treater Moves Up “HIP” Installation
Heat Treater Moves Up “HIP” Installation Over the years “The Monty Heat Treat News” has had the chance to visit commercial heat treater “Wallwork Heat Treatment” in the UK several times-everything you ever wanted to know about the company can be found at “Wallwork Group. Bury, UK” Today we have this press release from the company…
Heat Treat Acquisition-Africa
Heat Treat Acquisition-Africa A number of years back “The Monty Heat Treat News” , did a summary about the heat treatment market in South Africa, included in this summary was one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the country ” Harchris Heat Treatment” . It would now appear that the firm is under new management- “Erindale Holding” to…
Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America-Stop the Presses!
Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America-Stop the Presses! October 23, 2025 we had a news item entitled ” Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America Now Has Single Owner” in which we suggested that Queen City Steel Treating in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA was the oldest continuously running commercial heat treater in North America. Not so…
Quiet USA Heat Treat Acquisition
Quiet USA Heat Treat Acquisition In a very discrete, unpublished way it would appear that a Nadcap accredited captive heat treater in Phoenix, Arizona, USA by the name of “Joined Alloys” was recently acquired by a firm based in India. This is how “Joined Alloys” describes their heat treatment/brazing capabilities: “We specialize in furnace…
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace-“The Video”
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace-“The Video” September 3rd “The Monty” had the exclusive news story below about a Michigan, USA heat treater installing one of the “Largest Vacuum Furnaces in the US Midwest”. As an update to this story we have these notes from “Darby Metal Treating” and this video. “Today, DMT took…
Vac Aero International to Celebrate 65 Years in Business
Vac Aero International to Celebrate 65 Years in Business Thursday, September 26th, 2024 Vac Aero International is celebrating 65 years in business with an open house at their location in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The company was founded by Mr. Ross Pritchard in 1959 as Canadian Vac-Hyd Processing Ltd., a subsidiary of Detroit, Michigan-based…
Centorr Vacuum Furnace New “Used” Equipment Listing
Centorr Vacuum Furnace New “Used” Equipment Listing Very recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” added a rather unusual item to their “Used Equipment Listings” a vacuum sintering furnace with an operating temperature of 2530C (4586F). Manufactured by Centorr Industries of NH the furnace is still installed at a manufacturing facility…
Heat Treat Seminar Mexico
Heat Treat Seminar Mexico
Heat Treat Industry Supplier “Fluid Cooling Systems”
Heat Treat Industry Supplier “Fluid Cooling Systems” It is always interesting to visit the firms that form the backbone of the supply chain for the heat treatment industry so it was with eager anticipation that Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited “Fluid Cooling Systems” of Burton, Michigan, USA earlier this…
(COMPLETE LIST) “The Monty’s” 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024
(COMPLETE LIST) “The Monty’s” 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024 Since 1999 “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, our 2023 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/auto-draft-3/ Before we get into…
USA Commercial Heat Treater Makes Major Investments
USA Commercial Heat Treater Makes Major Investments Back in September of 2022 we had a story about commercial heat treater “Dependable Metal Treating” in Kendallville, Indiana, USA finding success through “standardizing”-read about is further down. As an update to this story Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited the facility…