New Director of Sales for SECO/WARWICK USA
"We are pleased to announce that Tom Hart has been promoted to Director of Sales for North America at SECO/WARWICK, USA. With over two decades of experience serving the precision manufacturing and heat treatment technology sectors -- underscored by his leadership in industry groups, including the...
Manufacturer Explains “Why Low Pressure Carburizing”
Earlier this year furnace manufacturer "ECM" issued a "press release" about an order the company had received from gear supplier "SEW-Eurodrive" for a low-pressure carburizing (LPC) system. As a follow-up to that story we have this article from "SEW-Eurodrive" about why they invested in this...
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]
Where are They Now-Georg Cluse
In the German heat treat market few are not familiar with Mr. Georg Cluse because of his ever present enthusiasm and his commanding physical presence. For many years he has worked with industry suppliers such as "Ipsen", "SECO/WARWICK"and most recently with "Avion Europa". We lost touch with Georg...
“52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025”
Since 1999 in a heat treat industry exclusive “The Monty Heat Treat News”has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, last year's list can be found at "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024" Before we get to...
New Heat Treat Furnace at Stack Metallurgical
From commercial heat treater Stack Metallurgical in the US Northwest we have this press release. Find out how "Stack" Compares in size to other North American commercial heat treaters; "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters". "On June 23rd, we welcomed a brand-new McLaughlin furnace...
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder-Correction
For today, Thursday July 10, we start off with a small correction. Yesterday we had this news item; "New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder". In this item we mentioned that Mr. Djemel Dellouche was recently appointed as European Sales Manager for furnace builder "Codere"-this is correct....
German Auto Part Supplier to Receive New Furnace System
"Hirschvogel Group" of Germany is known as one of the world's largest manufacturers of forged and machined steel and aluminum components, primarily for the automotive industry-as such they have a great deal of in house heat treating capacity. The company recently accepted a double-flow chamber...
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder
Swiss furnace builder "Codere SA" has just appointed Mr. Djemel Dellouche as Sales Manager, Europe. Codere is a long-established furnace builder which is best known throughout Europe although we have seen their systems in North America and Asia. Late in 2024 their longtime Sales Manager, Mr. David...
SECO/WARWICK to Install Vacuum Furnace in Brazil
Commercial heat treater Nitrion do Brasil - the largest nitriding service provider in the region - has purchased another SECO/WARWICK Vector vacuum furnace. The solution will operate in a new production hall and will handle their increasing order volume. Nitrion do Brasil is another commercial heat...
Ipsen USA Welcomes Max Stormo to Souderton, PA
Ipsen welcomes Max Stormo as the new Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Operations Manager as the company streamlines its aftermarket services in Souderton, PA. Stormo comes to Ipsen after an extensive career working as a manufacturing operations leader in Texas, and a recent role as Vice President of...
Heat Treat Assets Auctioned Off
In 2023 MT Heat Treat in Mentor, Ohio, USA was forced to close with the assets ceased by the bank and sent to auction just last week (our original stories are below). With the auction now concluded we can give you an update. As expected all of the ancillary equipment which included a number of...
Nitrided Titanium Alloys vs Nitrided Stainless Steels Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski of Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Applications of stainless steel (SS) have been known for over a hundred years. Enhancing tribological properties of these alloys can be achieved by using nitriding [1, 2]. However, the standard nitriding process has limited abilities to improve corrosion resistance of SS unless it is used at very...
Avion Europe a Growing Force in the German Heat Treat Market
A recent visit by “The Monty Heat Treat News” to AVION Europa GmbH & Co., based in Hagen, Germany revealed to us a firm which is thriving as a provider of heat treating sales and services to the German heat treatment industry-both captive and commercial. Our hosts, co owners Mr. Roland Caminades...
Aichelin Enters Vacuum Furnace Market
Yesterday we had a press release from Austrian furnace builder Aichelin Group about the firm forming a joint venture with Turkish furnace builder Sistem Teknik to "produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe"...