IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader
To go with this press release we have this photo taken at the HK 2024 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany October of 2024. We see (from the left) Gord Montgomery, Natasha Rohde, Joern Rohde and in the front row Konstantine Rohde. "In a historic move, Natasha Rohde was elected with a large...
New Nitriding Installation Mexico
In Mexico, commercial heat treater HT-MX has just added a new gas nitriding system provided by "Nitrex". Humberto Ramos of the company has this to say; "This equipment expands our capabilities for nitriding and FNC processes, with a load capacity of up to 2,600 lbs, as part of an investment close to...
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]
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding
In our recent "Industry Exclusive" list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" ranked by estimated 2025 sales we included for the first time ever a company by the name of "Vacu Braze" in Quakertown, PA, USA. After publishing the list, we learned that the firm has been making...
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a replacement Ipsen VFC-924 hot zone to a prominent U.S.-based global aerospace company. This customer performs thermal processing on a variety of critical aerospace components used across multiple aircraft platforms. John Hahn, Aftermarket Sales Manager at Solar...
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project
In 2024 commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada announced that they were closing down with all of the equipment going on to the used market. Cambridge always took great pride in their equipment and it showed-most of it was relatively new and in very good...
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry
Now is this real heat treating or not since it involves "on site stress relieving" ? You can certainly argue the point since it doesn't involve flames but at the end of the day "The Monty" Team voted to mention it; "NEDERLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Thermal Services (ITS), a leading...
“The Monty” Interviews “Jim Fairbairn”, “Bodycote” CEO
In an industry exclusive "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the very distinct privilege of interviewing "Mr. Jim Fairbairn", CEO of the world's largest commercial heat treater-"Bodycote". GM; “Hopefully Jim is OK, we North Americans tend to be fairly casual when it comes to the use of a first name....
Tom Flynn, Erie Steel Heat Treating 1948-2025
"Thomas P. Flynn "Gentleman Mr. Flynn" "Johnny Fights" 76 of Temperance, Michigan, passed away, Sunday, May 4, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. Tom was born on October 24 1948, in Flint, Michigan, and was the son of Philip and Helen (Koval) Flynn. Tom was a 1966 graduate from Central Catholic...
Heat Treating of Machine Knives-“The Knife Source”
Last week "The Monty Heat Treat News" was honored to be able to visit "The Knife Source" a manufacturer of machine knives for lumber, panel, wood chips and biomass processing companies. https://www.knifesource.com/ Located in Fountain Inn, SC, USA the company has used a tried and proven heat...
Insolvency Proceedings Initiated Against German Furnace Builder
In October of 2022 German furnace builder Linn High Therm GmbH., declared bankruptcy. It was very unfortunate as Linn has a very distinguished history in furnace building, a history which dates back over 50 years. The firm which is located in Eschenfelden (Bavaria) has always concentrated on 3 core...
Ipsen Announces 2023 Training Dates and Enhancements to Ipsen U Curriculum
"Ipsen’s comprehensive training course in vacuum equipment, Ipsen U, is returning in 2023 with some upgrades. Expanded course offerings will dig deeper into metallurgy, thermal processes, troubleshooting and furnace mechanics. The curriculum will also be tailored for each class based on attendees’...
Peter Callert March 15, 1961- February 17, 2023
The North American Heat Treat industry lost a very good man yesterday, Mr. Pete Callert of Shelby Township, Michigan, USA. For almost 30 years Pete was President of Heat Treat Reps, Inc., an independent manufacturers rep firm servicing the North American thermal treatment industry. If we had to sum...
L&L Special Furnace Delivers a Box Furnace
L&L Special Furnace has delivered a highly uniform box furnace to a distributor of equipment to maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities located throughout the world. The L&L Model XLB124 has working dimensions of 11” wide by 10” high by 22” deep. The furnace is capable of...
UK Heat Treater Investing in More Equipment
From one of the largest heat treaters in the UK we have this press release; "FEBRUARY 15/2023; Extra Nitriding Capacity added to Wallwork Birmingham. Increasing the total units to 8 for the group, this 940mm diameter x 1100mm deep unit will vastly increase capacity for the site and group, and help...