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]
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry Now this press release will certainly catch people’s attention in the global heat treatment industry- “Aichelin Acquires NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX” as explained futher down. The whole team at “The Monty Heat Treat News” and indeed many in the industry look…
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider From Heat Treat Australia, the largest commercial heat treater in the country we have this press release; “HTA Group is excited to announce the arrival of a second Rubig Plasma Nitrider at our Melbourne branch! With this addition, we now proudly operate two Rubig plasma nitriding systems in…
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales When posing the question of; “how is business these days” to most commercial heat treaters in North America elicits a typical response of: “OK, could be better could be worse” it is a breath of fresh air when one actually says; “business is great!” Such was the case though with “Darby Metal…
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study “B&D Cold Headed Products” “In 1969, Albert Doyle saw an opportunity to provide better value for businesses requiring high quality fasteners. So he began rolling parts in his garage in Detroit, MI. Soon his hard work and customer focus started paying off. Over the years the Doyle family…
Robotics in the Heat Treatment Industry-“Thermetco”
Robotics in the Heat Treatment Industry-“Thermetco” Yesterday we reported how a commercial heat treater in the UK, “Wallwork Group” recently invested in a robot for their vacuum brazing line. This prompted the team at “The Monty” to think about other examples of heat treaters investing in robots and automated systems-an example…
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
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…
Change in Management at Thermal Process Holdings
Change in Management at Thermal Process Holdings Thermal Process Holdings is ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” as one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America-find out their ranking at The Monty Heat Treat News – 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2022 | The Monty Effective March 30, 2023 the President and CEO of…
California, USA Heat Treater Closes Doors
California, USA Heat Treater Closes Doors “In Chatworth, California, USA we find a small commercial by the name of Thermal Technologies who summarize their company thusly; “Thermal Tech, Inc. (TTI) provides thermal processing of materials for a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive and medical. We strive to meet customer…
Furnace Manufacturer Delivers a Nitriding System in Turkey
Furnace Manufacturer Delivers a Nitriding System in Turkey Arslan Aluminyum recently added three new extrusion presses to its production, increasing the demand for nitriding dies and necessitating a large-capacity nitriding system for the biggest press. Because the plant was upgraded and a new nitriding system furnace was required to help double…
Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund February 13, 1957 – March 14, 2023
Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund February 13, 1957 – March 14, 2023 Longtime Metlab employee Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund of Philadelphia passed away suddenly at his residence last week. Bob was the beloved husband of Sharon, married for over 30 wonderful years. He was the loving father of Anthony and Brianna. He will be sadly missed by his…
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners, a US search firm which is known for being the only recruiting agency in the world working exclusively in the heat treatment industry, for many years now. In 2023, The Monty is pleased to announce that this relationship will continue with…
Colorado, USA Heat Treater Moves to Larger Building, Adds More Capacity
Colorado, USA Heat Treater Moves to Larger Building, Adds More Capacity We last mentioned commercial heat treater Metalex in Berthoud, Colorado, in June of 2022 when the company added a deep cryogenic system (the original posting is below). Since that time the firm has moved into a new 10,000 ft facility and added another cryogenic system, again…