“Top 52” Heat Treater Investing in New Equipment
Commercial heat treater "Stack Metallurgical" based in Portland, Oregon, USA is ranked as the 12th largest commercial heat treater in North America by "The Monty Heat Treat News"-"52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters". The company has just posted news that they are investing in new...
Ipsen USA CEO Patrick McKenna Steps Down; Group CEO Geoffrey Somary to Assume Role
Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (June 23, 2025) – Ipsen USA President and CEO Patrick McKenna has announced his decision to leave the company to pursue another opportunity. Ipsen Group CEO Geoffrey Somary will assume the responsibilities of Ipsen USA CEO in addition to his current role leading the global...
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]
Top Heat Treatment Industry News Items Week of July 16th/2025
From time to time we look back on our top ranked news items for the previous week-this is based upon reader feedback, website visitors and social media views. It would appear that the "Top 3" news stories for last week all generated a great deal of interest-certainly more than average. In particular...
USA Manufacturer Adding Heat Treat Capacity
Since 1968 "Haven Steel Products" of Haven, Kansas has been producing steel spring components for the agricultural industry (tillage components), the construction industry (landscaping and mowing components) and the trailer industry (leaf springs). The firm has always believed in "in-house" heat...
Botched Heat Treating Leads to Automotive Recall
"The Ford Motor Company has identified an issue affecting certain Escape, Bronco Sport, replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF cylinder heads, and replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF long blocks. According to the Dearborn-based automaker, suspect heads may have been produced with loose ball plugs. If any...
Texas Heat Treater Closing-“Why are so Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing”?
June 30th of this year will mean the closure of a small commercial heat treating firm by the name of "Katy Heat Treat" in Katy, Texas-just outside of Houston. We alluded to this closing June 9th, 2025 in an exclusive article by "The Monty Heat Treat News" entitled "Why are so Many North American...
Furnace Builder Announces Record Breaking 2024 Sales
(Editors Note; Sales figures in this press release are in PLN, which refers to the Polish złoty-the official currency in Poland. At current exchange rates the 2024 revenue figure quoted of PLN 712 million would equate to approximately $191 million USD. Also note that the company mentions that...
European Heat Treat Industry Supplier Enters Bankruptcy
Heat treating around the globe can generally be described as "blah" these days in terms of sales with most captive and commercial heat treaters describing business as being mediocre. However in Europe heat treat business conditions can be described as "bad" with most heat treaters down 20-30% in...
Circle City Heat Treat Acquired
January 18th, 2024 we announced that commercial heat treater Circle City in Indianapolis, IN had been acquired. We have a few more details to add to that story; “DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to...
AFC-Holcroft Closes Asian Sales Office
Furnace builder AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan, USA recently closed their sales office in Shanghai, China. The company has had a sales facility in China for many years but a change in direction by their parent company directed the closure. AFC-Holcroft was acquired by Austrian based Aichelin of...
Heat Treater Orders Second “HIP” Unit
In 2023 commercial heat treater “Wallwork” in the UK announced that they were making a very substantial investment in “Hot Isostatic Pressing” (the original press release can be found further down). According to this press release this investment has proven to be so successful that the company has...
Vac Aero International/Vesco
This press release makes for quite interesting reading for the North American vacuum furnace industry. Vac Aero International, a 65 year old manufacturer of vacuum furnace systems has signed a collaborative agreement with vacuum furnace service company Vesco of East Windsor, CT, USA. While this...
New Mesh Belt Furnace Almost Ready For Delivery
Last year we had a press release from furnace builder Ion Heat about a mesh belt carburizing line the company was in the process of building. What made the PR most interesting was the fact that Ion Heat is known throughout the industry for their Plasma (ION) Nitriders, not for mesh belts which made...
UK Heat Treater Adds Low Pressure Carburizing System
Titanium Heat Treat Services is a commercial heat treater in the UK who specalizes in heat treating components for the Motorsport Industry. Started and run by Pawel Danielewicz it appears to have done well over the past few years by adding new equipment and technologies. The firm is very proud of...