Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility
Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility A report in the “Milwaukee Business General” is suggesting that commercial heat treating giant “Bodycote” has sold their New Berlin, Wisconsin facility. While details are scarce, the report says; “A longtime New Berlin industrial facility operated by Bodycote Thermal Processing has…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition Welcome to the May 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” featuring over 100 pages of the most up to date heat treatment industry news and trends combined with updated surplus heat treat equipment listings. This issue features these stories and lots more; AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace…
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]
Midwest USA Commercial Heat Treat Acquisition
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
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…
Two More USA Commercial Heat Treaters to Close
Two More USA Commercial Heat Treaters to Close 2025 has seen an unusually high number of commercial heat treaters in the USA closing their doors, “The Monty” now has word that two more, medium sized facilities in the US Midwest will be closing down for good, one almost immediately, the other over the course of the coming year. As more details…
And Speaking of Heat Treating in Greenville, SC, USA
And Speaking of Heat Treating in Greenville, SC, USA Just yesterday we had this news item; ” USA Captive/Commercial Heat Treat Adding More Equipment” which broke the story about the brand new “VAC AERO” facility in Greenville, South Carolina, USA adding the second of four vacuum heat treat furnaces. It is rather a coincidence that courtesy…
ECM USA discusses Robotics in the Heat Treat Industry
ECM USA discusses Robotics in the Heat Treat Industry Recently “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” had a series entitled; “Robotics & Automation in the Heat Treat Industry”-this series can be found at the links below-each of which features a different company. “ Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry-Wallwork Group ” “ Robots in the Heat Treatment…
USA Captive/Commercial Heat Treat Adding More Equipment
USA Captive/Commercial Heat Treat Adding More Equipment May 14th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a two part series about commercial heat treater and vacuum furnace builder “VAC AERO” opening their “First US Operation in Greenville, SC, USA” . As envisioned in the original plan this facility is continuing to expand with the…
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Releases Interim Results
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Releases Interim Results UK based “Bodycote” is without a doubt the globe’s largest commercial heat treater, the firm just released their interim financial results for the six months to 30 June 2024. While the full details are available at https://www.bodycote.com/investors/ Bodycote Investors -…
Supplier Named in Faulty Heat Treating of Ball Studs
Supplier Named in Faulty Heat Treating of Ball Studs Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted a news item entitled “Experimental Heat Treatment Leads to Recall” https://themonty.com/experimental-heat-treatment-leads-to-recall/ While it served as yet another reminder of how important heat treating is to the manufacturing process it was rather…
Top Heat Treatment News Stories for the Week of July 22/2024
Top Heat Treatment News Stories for the Week of July 22/2024 ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” Team constantly monitors the levels of interest for each of our news items, through our website and monthly magazine and also views on social media. Based upon this we are able to tell you, our readers, the most popular news items for each week. For the…
American Axle & Manufacturing-15 Largest Captive Heat Treats North America
American Axle & Manufacturing-15 Largest Captive Heat Treats North America “The Monty Heat Treat News” is rather proud of the fact that for a number of years now we have been offering a heat treat industry exclusive in the form of an annual list of the largest single location captive (in-house) heat treaters in North…
Aluminum Extrusion Supplier Expands Nitriding Department
Aluminum Extrusion Supplier Expands Nitriding Department “Nitrex successfully completed a second nitriding system installation with Balexco , a leading aluminum extrusion company based in Bahrain. This marks a significant achievement in our enduring partnership, which began in 1995 when Balexco became our very first aluminum extrusion customer…
New Hot Isostatic Press Order?
New Hot Isostatic Press Order? For many years Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) occupied a fairly small but stable portion of the heat treatment market-when we think of the process, we think of castings for the aerospace industry. “Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a proven process for heat treatment, consolidation of powder, densification of products –…