Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News”
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News” On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” informs the industry about individuals in the industry making career changes-promotions, retirements, changes in direction-these are the individuals who make our headline for Friday, June 19th 2026; Steven Sumner Retiring; Steven has spent most of his…
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an in-depth article entitled; “Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America?” . The story provoked such an avalanche of interest that we are providing regular updates on this…
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]
Acquisition in the Houston, Texas Heat Treating Market
Acquisition in the Houston, Texas Heat Treating Market (Editors Note; According to this press release “Houston Unlimited Inc.” , in Houston, Texas USA, a supplier of Salt Bath Nitriding “SBN” services amongst other offerings has just acquired “Nitretex” of Houston, also a supplier of salt bath nitriding and QPQ services. More on the SBN and QPQ…
Batch IQ Line a New Addition for Major USA Heat Treater
Batch IQ Line a New Addition for Major USA Heat Treater MAY 21, 2026. Earlier this year “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” looked closely at a rapidly growing commercial heat treater in Quakertown, PA, USA “The Monty” Visits USA Heat Treater Making Major Investments” . Our article covered the history of “Vacu Braze” , recent changes…
Truck Manufacturer Installs Rotary Hearth Furnace
Truck Manufacturer Installs Rotary Hearth Furnace A new AICHELIN rotary hearth furnace for the heat treatment of ring gears has been installed at the DAF-Trucks site in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The electrically heated system replaces a gas-fired furnace and is marking an important step toward modern, energy-efficient heat treatment technology….
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini Unfortunately, the global heat treatment industry is losing one of the “great” ones, an individual who is known to heat treaters around the world, Mr. “Mario Ciampini” . Currently Vice President, Strategic Projects and M&A, Bodycote plc Mario has announced that June30th, 2026…
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell”
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell” MAY 20/2026; Earlier this year we had a news item entitled “Be Very Glad you are Not a Heat Treater in the UK!” The story was about a UK based commercial heat treater by the name of “MTE Heat Treatment” which had been forced to close their doors after 70 years in business. As it turns out the story had a good…
Steve Cropper Retired?-Say it Ain’t so Steve
Steve Cropper Retired?-Say it Ain’t so Steve For over 30 years Mr. Steve Cropper has been involved in the global heat treatment industry, originally with furnace builder/rebuilder/salt distributor “Park Thermal” (Park closed their doors a few years back which was no loss to the industry), VP of furnace builder “Can-Eng” for a number of years,…
Ryan McLaughlin, “McLaughlin Furnace Group”-The Interview
Ryan McLaughlin, “McLaughlin Furnace Group”-The Interview Today we are excited to be speaking with Mr. Ryan Mclaughlin, General Manager of furnace builder “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA. Ryan it was back in December, 2023 that we last had a chance for an in-depth discussion, to refresh your memory that interview can be found…
Where Are They Now-Jeff Mays/SKF
Where Are They Now-Jeff Mays/SKF On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” likes to mention well known individuals in the heat treatment industry who have made changes in their careers, moved on from the industry or retired. “Jeff Mays” has spent his entire working career in the heat treatment industry, with most of his career spent as…
Auto Parts Maker Increases In house Heat Treating Through Acquisitions
Auto Parts Maker Increases In house Heat Treating Through Acquisitions Global auto parts supplier “Linamar” has always been known as one of the largest in-house heat treaters in North America as rated by “The Monty” “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America”. With their global reach they are also a very substantial in-house heat…
“Top 52 Largest Heat Treater” Makes Major Investments
“Top 52 Largest Heat Treater” Makes Major Investments With our exclusive list of the “Top 52 Commercial Heat Treaters-North America” -2026 progressing it behooves us to re visit some of the firms which made our list in 2025-one of these is “Vacu-Braze” in Quakertown PA, USA. “Vacu-Braze” has grown by leaps and bounds over the…
New Heat Treat Furnace Order the Result of Increased Defense Spending
New Heat Treat Furnace Order the Result of Increased Defense Spending “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been trumpeting a new trend in the global heat treatment industry-increased defense spending around the world is leading to massive new investments in new thermal processing equipment. Further down you can see at least three examples in previous…
USA Furnace Builder Sold?
USA Furnace Builder Sold? For some time now “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been aware of a smaller heat treat furnace builder in Michigan, USA being for sale. The prospectus has this to say about the company; “Established over 25 years ago, this company specializes in engineering, manufacturing, installing, and servicing industrial…