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...
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 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...
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"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...
MNP Heat Treat Acquired
Based in Michigan, USA “MNP Corporation” is one of North America’s largest fastener manufacturers and as such has very substantial in-house heat-treating capacity mainly at their MNP Heat Treat division in Redford, Michigan. According to this press release the company has just been acquired by...
More North American Pit Carburizing Capacity Added
May 15 of this year we had the news item below about how a North American commercial heat treater was "Adding Pit Carburizing Capacity" . Well that capacity is now in production as you can see in this video. "MAY 15, 2025; Heat Treater Adding Much Needed Pit Carburizing Capacity; When US...
Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO, Aichelin Group-The Interview
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is very excited to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO of furnace manufacturing firm Aichelin based in Moedling, Austria. Christian-I hope it’s OK to call you by your first name, I generally like to start each interview with some...
Why Do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment in House-Castool
In 2022 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced one of the largest new furnace orders in North America, an investment by Castool Tooling Systems which included numerous vacuum and nitriding furnaces (a summary can be found below). This investment begs the question; "Why invest millions in bringing...
Heat Treating a 47,000 Pound Gear
How to Carburize a 47,000 Pound Gear Destined for a Rolling Mill in a Steel Mill-From, Mark Podob, President, Metlab “With the largest pit carburizing furnaces in North America, no one does it better than we do – we quenched this fabricated 47,000-pound gear yesterday afternoon. It was the reverse...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT, Part II
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has visited some of the largest captive heat treaters in the world, one which we mentioned yesterday was tractor supplier AGCO/FENDT in Germany. Today in Part II we over some more details about this truly impressive in-house heat treater. "APRIL 2020; In...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT
From time to time we search through our archived pictures of heat treat facilities around the world and present some of the more memorable ones. Today we look at one of the more memorable ones we have come across tractor builder AGCO/FENDT in Marktoberdorf, Germany. AGCO/FENDT is memorable for the...
Bodycote Greenville, SC, USA Continues With Investment
Going back to late 2021 heat treating giant Bodycote announced that they were investing in Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability at their facility in Greenville, SC, USA. This is the original press release; "November 2021; Bodycote increases Hot Isostatic Pressing capacity in the USA; Bodycote,...