USA & European Furnace Builders Enter Licensing Agreement
"St. Marys, PA — January 2026 — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) announced a licensing agreement with SOLO Swiss SA (Porrentruy, Switzerland) granting Gasbarre exclusive rights to promote, sell, and manufacture the SOLO ProfiTherm® heat treating system in North America. ProfiTherm is...
John Hillenbrand Joins McLaughlin Furnace Group as Sales Manager
"McLaughlin Furnace Group" of Avilla, Indiana, USA is very pleased to announce that Mr. John Hillebrand recently joined the company as Sales Manager. In this position, John will be responsible for the firm's sales efforts around the world. John brings a wealth of experience to the company having...
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]
Bodycote Acquires Spectrum Thermal Processing of Rhode Island, USA
(Editors Note; For more recent news about Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater we would suggest these recent updates courtesy of "The Monty Heat Treat News" “Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes", "Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment...
Grand Opening for Fastener Manufacturer Which Features a New Heat Treat Department
(Background; Back in October of 2024 in a heat treat industry exclusive "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced that fastener manufacturer "Simpson Strong-Tie" would be setting up a manufacturing facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, USA which would include a new heat treat department. Details of the new...
Self-Cleaning Vacuum Furnace?
According to Solar Manufacturing of Sellersville, PA, USA they have a self-cleaning vacuum furnace-read on; "Before any vacuum heat treatment can begin, components must be thoroughly cleaned to remove both organic and inorganic contaminants. Standard cleaning methods—such as solvent immersion,...
Luke Glendening Joins Grammer Vacuum Technologies, Inc.
"Grammer Vacuum Technologies" of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA has been around for many years as a manufacturer's representative to the heat treatment industry and also as a growing supplier of Molybdenum products. Recently the company announced that they has hired Luke Glendening to assist in all...
“Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes
The world's largest commercial heat treater and the only truly global one with 165 facilities across 22 countries is UK based "Bodycote". "The Monty" has long said that if you want to know how the heat treat industry is doing overall, which markets are growing and shrinking and which manufacturing...
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier
SECO/WARWICK will supply a Vector vacuum furnace to the Marle Group, a global manufacturer of orthopedic prosthetics headquartered in Europe. The equipment will be installed in France at Marle Nowak’s facility, which specializes in the production of orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, spinal...
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA-“Update”
August 19th of the year we had this news item about a new commercial heat treating facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA "Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA"-we now have this update about the location achieving Nadcap Accreditation (Editors Note: while vacuum carburizing is not...
Heat Treatment of Fasteners-“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Department
60 Years ago "Clyde Fasteners" of East Kilbride, Scotland set out to produce fasteners for a variety of industries including oil & gas, defense, and heavy equipment. From day 1 in house heat treatment was considered a crucial part of the firm's success-the end result is that the company...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Looks at Heat Treating in “Scotland”
The team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" constantly looks at heat treating around the world-our latest efforts take us to Scotland where the team visited several captive heat treaters. Detailed profiles of these firms will follow but we can share with our readers these photos of two different in...
Furnace Builder Hits 5,000 Mark
"The 5,000th technological solution has just rolled off SECO/WARWICK’s production line, confirming the Group’s ongoing growth and global standing as one of the leading names in metal heat treatment. This symbolic moment is the result of decades of innovation, investment and global expansion. The...
Heat Treater Moves Up “HIP” Installation
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had the chance to visit commercial heat treater "Wallwork Heat Treatment" in the UK several times-everything you ever wanted to know about the company can be found at "Wallwork Group. Bury, UK" Today we have this press release from the company stating...
Heat Treat Acquisition-Africa
A number of years back "The Monty Heat Treat News", did a summary about the heat treatment market in South Africa, included in this summary was one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the country "Harchris Heat Treatment". It would now appear that the firm is under new management-"Erindale...