Largest US Privately Held Heat Treater To Add Location
In a story coming from an independent source but verified by Mr. Bill Jones, CEO of "Solar Atmospheres" (the largest privately owned commercial heat treater in North America) "The Monty Heat Treat News" has learned that "Solar Atmospheres" will be adding a seventh US location. The company recently...
Italian Company Adding More Heat Treat Capacity
For over 30 years "CITT Trattamenti Termici" has been offering both captive and commercial heat treating. Located in the town of Usmate Velate the firm has been part Colombo Special Fasteners since 2019 and over the past two years has made substantial investments in additional equipment and a new...
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]
Bruce Favors-The Industry Loses a Legend
It is with great regret that we mention the passing of Mr. Bruce Favors, an individual who helped shape the heat treatment industry in North America. Bruce started in the commercial heat treatment industry in Michigan in his early years and later moved to South Carolina where he worked alongside...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2025 Edition
"The Monty Heat Treat News" May 2025 Edition is now available by clicking on the link below. This 95 page issue offers the most up to date news and trends in the global heat treatment industry. Some highlights in this issue include; Heat Treat Industry Acquisition-“Monty Exclusive”! European...
Heat Treat Industry Supplier Announces Promotions
"Nitrex/UPC-Marathon announces the promotions of Kurt Willms to Sales Director, Americas and Asia, and Marcin Stoklosa to Sales Director, Europe–Middle East, as the company reinforces its commitment to in-person customer engagement and deep technical support. “These promotions are part of a larger...
Furnace Builders Jointly Exhibit at Defense Exhibition
May 1, 2 & 3 saw the 5th AeroDef India Manufacturing Expo 2025 in New Delhi, India-AeroDef is an exhibition and conference dedicated to Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing. Amongst those exhibiting was Hightemp Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. in partnership with VAC AERO International and SS Automation...
Major USA Heat Treat Acquisition Concluded
December of 2024 it was announced that "Aalberts" was acquiring "Paulo Products Company"-a "blockbuster" acquisition for the North American commercial heat treating industry; "Major Acquisition in the North American Heat Treat Industry". The acquisition was dependent upon regulatory approval-this...
Tariffs and the North American Heat Treat Industry
US Tariffs on imported auto parts has already had an effect on the North American Heat Treatment Industry. As an example a substantial US commercial heat treater recently temporarily closed their doors as a result of tariffs being applied on certain products coming from their Canadian customer. ...
Molybdenum Pricing Increasing
From Wikepdia we have this background on Molybdenum (Moly); “Molybdenum is a silvery metal with the sixth-highest melting point of any element, it can withstand extremely high temperatures and is highly resistant to corrosion. Molybdenum is mainly used as an alloying agent in stainless steel, and...
Nutec Group Announces Change of CEO
We are pleased to announce that a good friend of “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been appointed as the new CEO of Nutec Group. While Nutec has a number of different divisions we know them because of their Nutec Bickley division in Mexico which ranks as one of the largest furnace builders in the...
Industry Veteran Pete Kerbel Returns to Ipsen Family in New Role
Want to know more about Pete Kerbel of Ipsen? “The Monty Heat Treat News” interviewed Pete a couple of years back, an interview which can be found at Pete Kerbel, Vice President of Sales, Ipsen-The Video Interview | The Monty “Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 1, 2023) – Ipsen USA is excited to...
Busch Outlines Ambitions Plans for the Future | The Monty
"The Monty Heat Treat News" was recently invited to the Mississauga, Canada facility of Busch Vacuum Solutions (2nd largest of three sites in Canada). Busch Group (based in Germany) is one of the world’s largest suppliers of industrial vacuum solutions (pumps, systems, service) and during our visit,...
Furnace Builder Achieves Record Sales and Profit
“2022 was a difficult year for global geopolitics and the economy. Despite this, SECO/WARWICK, the first choice among manufacturers of metal heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy furnaces, can talk about an excellent year. The great results of the Group were influenced by several factors: the growth...
Aerospace Firm Installing Heat Treatment Department
Going way back to 2019 aerospace giant Pratt & Whitney announced a new facility in the Ashville, NC, USA area. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility was held November 16th, you can read the details here further down. As part of this investment oven and furnace builder L&L Special...