Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News”
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News” On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” informs the industry about individuals in the industry making career changes-promotions, retirements, changes in direction-these are the individuals who make our headline for Friday, June 19th 2026; Steven Sumner Retiring; Steven has spent most of his…
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an in-depth article entitled; “Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America?” . The story provoked such an avalanche of interest that we are providing regular updates on this…
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]
New Design Cryogenic Unit Enters Production in the USA
New Design Cryogenic Unit Enters Production in the USA “Stack Metallurgical Group” based in Portland, Oregon, USA is a company that firmly believes in the value of publicity-the company has been making tremendous investments in new heat treatment equipment in 2025 and every single investment has provided a new press release. Today’s press…
Solar Manufacturing is Growing – Join Our Engineering and Service Teams
Solar Manufacturing is Growing – Join Our Engineering and Service Teams Solar Manufacturing is hiring for two critical positions— Senior Mechanical Engineer and Field Service Technician —for the design and support of high-performance vacuum furnaces used across the aerospace, defense, and commercial heat-treating industries. Now Hiring: Senior…
USA Based Furnace Controls Company Enters Into Agreement With German Partner
USA Based Furnace Controls Company Enters Into Agreement With German Partner Furnace Controls Company “SSi” based in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA has entered into a sales agreement through their “SSi Europe” division in the UK to work with “AVT GmbH” in Germany to sell their products in Germany and the Netherlands. “AVT GmbH” was founded in 2019…
Darius Szczekocki, “Hestia Heat Treat”
Darius Szczekocki, “Hestia Heat Treat” It is with true shock that we are reporting the very unexpected passing of Mr. “Darius Szczekocki”, owner of “Hestia Heat Treat” in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. “Darius” was a long time heat treater having worked with commercial heat treat firms such as “Bodycote” and “Bluewater Thermal” before…
USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations Recently the North American commercial heat treat industry has seen a wave of consolidations/closings-a recent example features “Atmosphere Group Inc” in Michigan, USA ” USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations”. Another example (although this has not been publicly announced) concerns …
Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating”
Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating” Last week we had a news item entitled; ” Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales”, at that point in time we promised to provide our readers with more details about the firm; “In 2012, Tom Darby, owner of aerospace components manufacturing company…
“The Monty Heat Treat News”, May 2023 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News”, May 2023 Edition The link below will take you to the May 2023 issue of “ The Monty Heat Treat News ”. For almost 30 years “ The Monty ” has offered the most up to date news and trends in the global heat treatment industry. This issue includes these news items which span the globe; We interview Mr. Christian…
Why do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment In House-Part II
Why do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment In House-Part II April 30th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted a news item entitled “Why do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment In House-Castool”. In this news item we pointed out that generally the reasons to bring heat treatment in house have little to do with the actual cost of heat…
Heat Treater Brings New Vacuum Furnace on Line
Heat Treater Brings New Vacuum Furnace on Line In 2022 we had a posting about one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America investing in a new 6 bar vacuum furnace. We can now say that the furnace is up and running and we have these pictures showing the finished product. “2022 POSTING; Oregon, USA Heat Treater Orders New 6 Bar…
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Treats Record Load of Titanium
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Treats Record Load of Titanium “Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently vacuum degassed 175,000 pounds of 6A l- 4V titanium in their 48-foot-long vacuum furnace. The furnace load consisted of 154 sheets of titanium 40” wide X 240” long. It represented the largest and heaviest single load of titanium ever processed…
SSI Hosts Near Record Attendance Heat Treat Seminar
SSI Hosts Near Record Attendance Heat Treat Seminar Controls company SSI of Cincinnati, Ohio hosted a one day heat treat seminar in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Tuesday May 2, 2023. The event featured Bob Fincken and Steve Duban of SSi who covered a wide variety of topics including Nadcap and CQI-9 updates, data logging as well as probe and…
“Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter”
“Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter” “The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to work closely with “International Search Partners” the premium recruiting firm for the North American heat treatment industry. ISP has provided “The Monty” with regular articles about finding and hiring the best people in the industry, typical wages and salaries and tips on…