North American Commercial Heat Treats For Sale
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" had an article entitled; "Why Are So Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing". in this article we mentioned the many and varied reasons why so many were closing, one reason was retirement by the owners. As it turns out recently, we have run across...
Furnace Controls Company Opens New European Location
Furnace Controls company "Super Systems Inc." (SSi) based in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA is pleased to announce that as of July 1/2025 they have a new location in Europe, "SSi Europe Sp. z o. o" in Poland. The announcement came through "Mr. Matt Cross", Managing Director of SSi, Europe. The new facility...
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]
Happy July 4th Everybody!
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Northern Heat Treat-A Profile
For years now "The Monty Heat Treat News" has worked on an occasional basis with a very interesting commercial heat treat in Northern Ontario, Canada by the name of "Northern Heat Treat". The firm was recently "profiled" in a publication by the name of "Canadian Fabricating & Welding"-we found...
European Auto Parts Supplier Accepts New Sealed Quench Furnaces
Dana Belgium, part of global auto parts supplier Dana Corp. has announced the successful completion of the first pre-acceptance in the Dana Belgium NV project. This project includes the following as Part I; 2 "ATLAS" Green furnaces. These sealed quench (batch IQ for our North American...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2025 Edition
The link below will take you to the July 2025 issue of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for over 30 years the largest source of heat treatment industry news in the world. A few of the stories we are covering include these; ▪ Why are so Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing? ▪ Furnacare...
Texas Heat Treater Appoints General Manager
National Heat Treat in Houston, Texas, USA is a smaller commercial heat treater which has been in business since 2013. It offers carburizing, gas nitriding and a few other processes-as recently as 2024 the company was for sale, however it doesn't appear to be on the market at this point in time....
Strong Heat Treat Sales Leads to Vacuum Furnace Install
Just one week ago "The Monty" had this news item “Top 52” Heat Treater Investing in New Equipment-little did we know that just a week later we would again be mentioning commercial heat treater "Stack Metallurgical" of Portland, Oregon, USA, this time for a new vacuum furnace install (details...
European Manufacturer Adds Nitriding System
"Kuźnia Jawor S.A., a European company specializing in the production of hot forged and CNC machined components for the automotive, machinery, mining, and piping industries, has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities through a substantial plant modernization. Located in the southwestern region of...
US Heat Treat Fire Blamed on Foreign Sabotage?
In almost 30 years of reporting news about the global heat treatment industry "The Monty Heat Treat News" has reported on many fires and whenever possible the cause. However this is the first time we have run across a fire in a heat treat department possibly being blamed on foreign sabotage-read on...
Michigan, USA Fastener Manufacturer to Install 3 Mesh Belt Lines?
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a Turkish company by the name of Norm Fasteners investing in a new fastener manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan. The original news item can be found below and as our readers can see we mentioned at the time that it would...
Metlab HT Closing Giving Gear Suppliers “Headaches”
The recent closing of commercial heat treater "Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA (the original news release can be found below) has had lasting ramifications on the gear industry in North America-let us explain. Metlab in size we would have considered to be "average" in terms of annual sales...
Crio, Mexico Top 5 Mexican Heat Treat
It has been 4 years since “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited commercial heat treater “Crio” ( https://www.criomx.com/ws/services.html) in Querétaro, Mexico and we welcomed the opportunity for another visit last week. What we found was a company which has invested heavily since then both in terms of...
Aerospace Company Completes Expansion Which Includes Vacuum Brazing
Aerospace company Barnes has just completed the expansion of a new facility in East Granby, Connecticut, USA. This facility boasts several vacuum brazing systems. "BRISTOL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Barnes Aerospace proudly announces the completion of its newly expanded Maintenance, Repair, and...