THE MONTY HEAT TREAT NEWS

“The Monty Heat Treat News”-October/2025 Edition Good news for the entire heat treatment industry-the October/2025 Edition of  “The Monty Heat Treat News”  is now available! In this 93 page edition we cover the absolute latest (and in many cases exclusive) news stories and trends in the heat treatment industry including these stories;…

AICHELIN Group Completes Acquisition of NITREX Divisions August 14th of this year it was announced that “AICHELIN Group” of Mödling / Austria would be acquiring the NTS & UPC business units from NITREX Inc., a portfolio company of Novacap ” Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry”. This press release tells us that…

Size of the Commercial Heat Treat Market, SECO/WARWICK For years now  “The Monty Heat Treat News”  has commented on the size of the global commercial heat-treating market-we have always pointed out that this is extremely difficult to calculate as every estimate seems to use different criteria as to what exactly constitutes heat treating.    This…

What Is Going on at One of North America’s Largest Commercial Heat Treaters? For almost 30 years “The Monty Heat Treat News” has had an exclusive feature-a list of the  “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025”  .    A quick perusal of this list will show that in 17th position you will find a commercial heat treat group by…

Midwest USA Commercial Heat Treat Acquisition Amidst a sea of announcements about closures in the North American commercial heat treat industry it is a joy to see an acquisition. “Metal-Tek, Inc.”, a small privately owned commercial heat treater in Fridley, Minnesota was acquired earlier this week by a local company by the name of “INCERTEC”;   …

USA Manufacturer to Auction Off Heat Treat Furnaces October 22nd of this year Danfoss Engineered Solutions in Eden Prairie, MN, USA a manufacturer of hydraulic products and steering system components, will be having a major auction which will include what appears to be their entire heat treat department. It looks like everything is 1980’s vintage…

Bodycote enters production for increased HIP capacity in Southeastern US “Bodycote, the world’s largest thermal processing services provider, has begun production for its previously reported expansion of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. In recognition of the growing market for additive manufacturing and…

Super Systems Inc. (SSi) Will Be Holding Technical Seminars in Charlotte, NC & Atlanta, GA

Harry Hall-A Giant in the Commercial Heat Treating Industry Passes We regret to mention that Mr. Harry Hall, one of the best known individuals in the North American commercial heat treating industry passed away Saturday August 3, 2024. Harry was President and Owner of Aberfoyle Metal Treating in Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada from 1989-2015,…

Top Heat Treatment Industry News Items Week 31 Each week “The Monty Heat Treat News” looks at the Top 3 news items for the previous week based upon reader interest. For the week starting July 29th 2024 these were the top 3 news stories;   “World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Releases Interim Results; UK based “Bodycote” is without a doubt the…

German Firm Invests in Vacuum Sintering Furnace “Zimmer GmbH Kunststofftechnik, part of the Zimmer Group, Rheinau, Germany, has invested in an additional vacuum sintering and debinding furnace. By adding this furnace to its production facilities, the company reports that it is increasing its operational efficiency and expanding its Metal…

USA Oven Manufacturer Expanding/Moving to New Facility “S INC Thermal, a leading manufacturer of industrial melting furnaces and ovens, has announced that it will expand in O’Fallon, Missouri, investing $4 million and creating 25 new jobs. The company’s expansion includes the relocation of its sales, administrative, and manufacturing operations…