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...
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]
Mr. Piotr Zawistowski, President of SECO/WARWICK USA-The Interview
Today we are excited to offer an interview with Mr. Piotr Zawistowski, President of furnace builder SECO/WARWICK USA. Piotr, the marketing team at SECO/WARWICK provided “The Monty Heat Treat News” with some background information about what you have been up to in the past year-I have to say you have...
IWT Celebrates 75 Years
In North America the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) is the organization representing the commercial heat-treating industry, in Germany we have the IWT. The organization just celebrated 75 years with an event which we understand was a tremendous success. We have this photo from the event, a photo...
Heat Treat Furnace Commissioned in Qatar
"Doha, Qatar — DELTA H® and Phillips Federal Division have commissioned a state-of-the-art Defender Series heat treating furnace at Al Udeid Air Base, providing the U.S. Air Force with mission-critical capability to heat treat all aviation-grade metals used in aircraft maintenance. The...
Ipsen USA Welcomes Summer Interns
Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (June 26, 2025) – Ipsen USA launched its 2025 Summer Internship Program, welcoming seven interns from regional universities to its Vacuum Technology Excellence Center. The interns - Payton C., Elija S., Logan A., Eli D., Ella C., Kennedy B., and Abigail J. - are engaging in...
SBS to Enter Vacuum Furnace Cooling System Market?
Few heat treat industry suppliers have the name recognition that SBS Corporation of Sarasota, Florida, USA have. Since 1974 the firm has been supplying fluid cooling, heating, filtering and controlling of quench oil-the best known of their products being "Quench Airs", an air cooled system for...
Artificial Intelligence & The Heat Treat Industry
In this episode of "The Heat Treat Podcast" our charming host, Mr. Carlos Torres speaks with "Mr. Sefi Grossman" of "Combustion OS" about Artificial Intelligence & the Heat Treat Industry. Past Episodes of "The Heat Treat Podcast" can be found at "The Monty Heat Treat News-Magazines &...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Successfully Relocated to Chesterfield
"Chesterfield, MI, April 1, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres of Michigan has successfully relocated from the old Fraser and Warren facilities to a new, state-of-the-art location in Chesterfield, Michigan. All ten furnaces (both new and existing) are fully operational at the Chesterfield plant, heralding a...
96 Year Old Heat Treat to Close
It is with genuine regret that we mention the upcoming closing of one of the oldest commercial heat treats in North America, Metlab Heat Treat of Wyndmoor, PA, USA; "Metlab was founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aircraft components. As part of the manufacturing process, Metlab created an in-house...
Top 10 Furnace Builder Appoints Manufacturing Manager
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" published a ranking of the 10 largest North American furnace builders and in second place on that list you will find AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan. With this preamble out of the way we can say that the company has just appointed a new Manufacturing...
Vacuum Heat Treating Mexico
As business investment in the Mexican manufacturing sector continues to grow by leaps and bounds heat treatment in the country both captive and commercial also continues to grow. We will qualify this statement by adding that the vast bulk of this heat treatment is in "atmosphere" heat treating and...
Largest Vacuum Furnace in Turkey Commissioned
December of 2023 "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted a news item about the installation of what has been promoted as the largest vacuum furnace in Turkey, this item can be found below. We can now finish this story by adding that the furnace has entered production and that it has working dimensions of...
New Heat Treat For Tennessee, USA
It has been announced that Surgoinsville, TN, USA will be the future home of a new commercial heat treat by the name of Vulcan Thermal. Vulcan has declared that they will be investing $5 million USD in a 15,000 square foot facility at 390 Phipps Bend Road in Surgoinsville which will create about 30...