Aichelin Meets to Discuss Strategy/Nitrex Integration
The recent acquisition of furnace builder and controls company Nitrex by Austrian furnace builder "Aichelin" has been one of the top news stories in the heat treatment industry in 2025 "AICHELIN Group Completes Acquisition of NITREX Divisions". A big question for the industry is; "how will this...
Where Are They Now-“Bill Morie” & “HTSU”
For over 13 years "Mr. Bill Morie" was with the maintenance team at commercial heat treater "Braddock Metallurgical" in the US Southeast ending up as Maintenance Manager at the Daytona Beach, Florida location (Braddock Metallurgical is ranked as one of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat...
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]
Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2025 Heat Treat Show-Wiesbaden, Germany
We at "The Monty Heat Treat" have always maintained that our favorite heat treat exhibition outside of the USA is the annual "HK" show held October of every year in Cologne, Germany (before Cologne it was held in Wiesbaden, Germany). For a variety of reasons, the show this year which took place...
Meet The New “SSi Europe” Furnace Controls Team
For many years USA based furnace controls team "SSi" of Cincinnati, Ohio has relied on a number of European agents (and an SSi division in the UK) to handle their European sales, one of these agents was [http://Avion Europa GmbH & Co. KG]"Avion Europa"[http://Avion Europa GmbH & Co. KG] of...
Reducing Costs During Heat Treating & Brazing Processes Written By Vesco
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“The Monty” Visits Commercial Heat Treater “Byron Products”
For several years now "Byron Products" of Fairfield, Ohio, USA has been making our list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters", however until recently "The Monty" had never had the opportunity to visit this facility-we rectified this oversight this past week with a visit by Gord...
Acquisition in the German Heat Treat Industry
Over the past few years commercial heat treater "HÄRTHA GROUP" of Alsdorf, Germany has been growing by "leaps and bounds" through acquisitions. This press release tells of the company recently making another acquisition, this one being a Dutch heat treater by the name of "Pontus". With this...
Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award
"At the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) fall meeting, Bob Hill, President of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA and Michigan, received the prestigious Heritage Award—the highest honor presented by MTI. This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime commitment and significant contributions to advancing...
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
From commercial heat treater "Wallwork Group" in the UK we have this press release about how the firm recently added robotics to a vacuum braze line at the firm's Cambridge UK facility. This press release prompted the team at the "Monty Heat Treat News" to contemplate robotics in the commercial...
Heat Treating the World’s Largest Forging Ring-48′ Diameter!
A reader sent us a fascinating video of a Spanish company by the name of Iraeta Forgings manufacturing and heat treating the world's largest forging rings-here is the background; In 2019 and 2022, IRAEA successfully produced four seamless forged rings, each with a diameter of 16 meters. Now they...
Heat Treat Giant Touts Advantages of LPC
A recent case study by the "World's Largest Commercial Heat Treater Bodycote" touts the advantages of LPC (Low Pressure Carburizing), in this particular case in an automotive driveline application. Read on for all the details; "In 2023, Bodycote began work on a major new multi-year contract to...
New Managing Director for German Heat Treat Supplier
Earlier this year we had an unfortunate news item about German heat treat supplier "Avion Europa" entering "Bankruptcy Proceedings". One of the owners of "Avion", albeit in a small minority position was Mr. Sebastian Köchling. It would appear that "Sebastion" in now the Managing Director of heat...
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Adds More LPC Capacity
Bodycote Polska Sp. z o.o., a part of the global Bodycote Group - the world's leading provider of heat treatment services - has purchased a CaseMaster Evolution vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. This investment is another step in the development of the Bodycote branch in Siechnice to increase the...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”-August 2025 Edition.
The link below will take you to the August 2025 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for 30 years the globes most popular heat treatment publication. These are just a few of the stories included in this edition; US Manufacturer Commissions New Mesh Belt Furnace Line Bluewater Thermal Solutions...