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...
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]
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...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation
"Fort Worth, Texas – June 17, 2025 – Southwest Metal Treating Corp. (SWMT) is proud to announce it has earned Nadcap® accreditation for Heat Treating, marking a major milestone in its commitment to quality and precision in aerospace and defense manufacturing. Administered by the Performance Review...
VAC AERO International Opens First US Operation-Part II
May 14th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted this rumor about commercial heat treater and vacuum furnace builder “VAC AERO International” entering the US market “Vac Aero Expanding Into The USA?” The rumor did of course prove to be true and below you will find the formal press release...
Metex Heat Treating Ltd. Announces a Strategic Acquisition of Exactatherm Limited
Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” alluded to a substantial acquisition within the Canadian commercial heat treat industry, we are now in a position to print this press release. To this press release we will add that Metex Heat Treat is ranked as one of the 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in...
Chinese Heat Treater Expands
While “The Monty Heat Treat News” hasn’t posted any items about the growing heat treatment market in China we do keep in touch with a number of individuals heavily involved in that market including Mr. Byron Stewart. Bryon is an Australian fellow who followed in his father’s footsteps, Tom Guler who...
What is Case Hardening? Written By Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Case hardening heat treatments, which includes nitriding, nitrocarburizing, carburizing, and carbonitriding, alter a part’s chemical composition and focus on its surface properties. These processes create hardened surface layers ranging from 0.01 to 0.25 in. deep, depending on processing times and...
Furnace Builder Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Vacuum furnace builder G-M Enterprises which is part of the Nitrex group of companies has just appointed a Regional Sales Manager for the US Southeastern area. Mr. Jay Jefsen has a long history in the North American commercial heat treatment industry and as of January 2024 he has switched direction...
Say it Ain’t So Bill! Bill St. Thomas
It is hard to believe but a living legend in the North American heat treat industry is retiring. Bill St. Thomas has been selling new heat treat furnaces for 55 years for companies such as Aichelin, AFC-Holcroft, ECM, Seco and a host of others with his career starting and ending with Lindberg...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” June 2023 Issue
The link below will take you to the June 2023 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News”. For almost 30 years “The Monty” has been offering more news and trends about the global heat treatment industry than any other news source in the world. Our reach is global and most of our news is exclusive, meaning...