German Heat Treat Treater Adds Sealed Quench Furnace Line
With 10 locations around Germany "Hot Group" ranks as one of the largest commercial heat treaters in all of Europe. Very recently the firm invested in a new "Sealed Quench" (Batch IQ for our North American readers) line provided by "Ipsen" of Kleve, Germany. The line consists of a hardening furnace...
Furnace Builder Makes Changes to North American Operations
"As part of the SECO/WARWICK Group's strategy for 2023–2026, the Group is merging its two American companies: SECO/VACUUM Technologies (SVT) and SECO/WARWICK (SWC). Both entities, located in Meadville, will now operate under one brand – SECO/WARWICK. Piotr Zawistowski, the current president of...
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]
North American Heat Treater Acquired
There is certainly a raft of changes happening in the North American commercial heat treatment industry these days-a quick search of our pages reveals that over 10 shops have closed in the past year with at least a half dozen acquisitions in just the past few months. The most recent acquisition...
Furnacare (TAV Vacuum Furnace) Appoints New Sales Manager
Furnacare, the North American division of TAV Vacuum Furnaces of Italy, responsible for Sales and Service in the USA, Canada and Mexico has just appointed Mr. Jay Jefsen as Director of Sales replacing Mr. Jan Massholder who is no longer with the company. Jay Jefsen brings with him a world of...
Acquisition in the Mexican Heat Treat Industry
Earlier this week, Monday June 2 to be exact "The Monty Heat Treat News" in an industry exclusive announced that one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Mexico had made a "Very Significant Acquisition". "Especialidades Termicas, S.A" (ETSA Group) is a family owned commercial heat treater...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2025 Edition
The link below will take you to the July 2025 digital edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News"-for almost 30 years bringing you the most up to date news and trends in the global heat treatment industry. In this issue you will find that the news mirrors the uncertain nature of the global economy-a...
𝐕𝐀𝐂 𝐀𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
"VAC AERO is proud to welcome M S Ganesh to our Furnace Manufacturing Division. Ganesh brings over 40 years of expertise in the vacuum furnace industry, along with a deep passion for delivering advanced material solutions to customers worldwide. He is the founder of 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, where...
Metal Forming Company Adds New Vacuum Furnace
Since 1961 "Precision Metal Forming Company" in Williamsport, PA has been offering custom flow formed metal parts and components for a variety of industry. The company has always believed in doing most operations in house and this includes heat treatment. When the company decided to add capacity to...
Heat Treater Brings New Vacuum Furnace on Line
In 2022 we had a posting about one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America investing in a new 6 bar vacuum furnace. We can now say that the furnace is up and running and we have these pictures showing the finished product. "2022 POSTING; Oregon, USA Heat Treater Orders New 6 Bar...
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Treats Record Load of Titanium
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently vacuum degassed 175,000 pounds of 6Al-4V titanium in their 48-foot-long vacuum furnace. The furnace load consisted of 154 sheets of titanium 40” wide X 240” long. It represented the largest and heaviest single load of titanium ever processed in Solar’s...
SSI Hosts Near Record Attendance Heat Treat Seminar
Controls company SSI of Cincinnati, Ohio hosted a one day heat treat seminar in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Tuesday May 2, 2023. The event featured Bob Fincken and Steve Duban of SSi who covered a wide variety of topics including Nadcap and CQI-9 updates, data logging as well as probe and...
“Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter”
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to work closely with “International Search Partners” the premium recruiting firm for the North American heat treatment industry. ISP has provided “The Monty” with regular articles about finding and hiring the best people in the industry, typical wages and...
Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?
“The Monty Heat Treat News” has an ongoing series of articles from furnace builder Aichelin about “CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry” which can be found at Articles & Interviews | The Monty. The most recent article was entitled “Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast...
Ipsen USA Increases Focus on Hiring and Leadership Development Initiatives
"To keep up with business growth, Ipsen USA has hired more than 50 new employees over the past year. With continued focus on customer service, hiring initiatives include expanding the parts department and increasing the number of field service personnel. In addition to ramping up its recruiting...