Heat Treating Cuba
Last year Gord and Dale Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited Cuba in a desperate hunt to find a heat treating facility in this Caribbean country. Alas we were unable to find one although we did hear rumors about an installation. As it turns out the rumors were correct and we can now...
SSI Travelling Road Show
Furnace controls company SSi of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA has always strongly believed in the value of hosting small, one day technical seminars all around North America-hence our term "Travelling Road Show". These seminars typically attract from 20 to 60 attendees from both captive and 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]
Brazilian Heat Treater Adding Vacuum Furnace
Today we go to Brazil for a news item about a commercial heat treater adding a new vacuum furnace-read on; "Isoflama is expanding its hardening plant and has ordered a new and modern Vector vacuum furnace, which will be connected to the superior production system, significantly streamlining the...
US vs: European Heat Treating-One of the Differences
Over the years the team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" has visited literally hundreds of captive and commercial heat treats around the globe and we are constantly asked: "Does heat treatment differ much around the world"? The answer is that except for small differences heat treating is heat treating...
Voestalpine Fastening Systems Adds Furnace Capacity
"voestalpine Fastening Systems" a supplier to the railway industry, is adding hardening capacity of steel parts with a technological line consisting of multiple furnaces and washers. The process will be carried out in a protected nitrogen atmosphere with temperatures up to 1742°F (950°C) on parts to...
Counting Down to the “Top 50” Heat Treats For 2025
Since 1999 “The Monty Heat Treat News”has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, last year's list can be found at "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024" Before we introduce our 2025 list in 2 weeks we will...
Tariffs and the Heat Treat Industry
The hottest topic in the world these days and by extension the hottest topic in the heat treat industry is tariffs. How are they affecting the industry-Mark Hemsath, President, Nitrex / UPC-Marathon / G-M Enterprises offers these thoughts; "Hi Gord, in answer to your question on how global...
Where Are They Now-Tony Schaut
For years-22 to be exact Mr. Tony Schaut worked with commercial heat treater Bodycote in Upstate NY. The bulk of that time was with the Rochester NY facility; however he ended up as Senior General Manage overseeing both the Syracuse and Rochester locations-the Rochester location was eventually...
North American Tooling Supplier Opens Multi Million Dollar Heat Treating Facility
Back in early 2021 “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted a rumor about a North American manufacturer placing an order with several furnace builders for what amounted to a multi million dollar investment. Subsequently we posted the news that the company in question is the Castool division of Exco...
Happy Thanksgiving!
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“Terry” Profughi, HI TecMetal Group, Obituary
Yesterday we mentioned the very unfortunate passing of Mr. Terry Profughi, founder of " HI TecMetal Group". What follows is his obituary and details about the service https://www.marcfburrfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Terry-Profughi/#!/Obituary "Terence C. Profughi, age 76 of Chardon passed away Nov....
Aluminum Extruding Company Adds Second Nitriding System
Aluplast - ZTG, an Altest company, recently expanded its production capacity with a second Nitrex nitriding system. The Bulgarian aluminum extruder experienced a big manufacturing boost after installing new extrusion presses to meet customer demand for its extrusion profiles used in residential and...
German Heat Treater Orders New Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace
"Oetzbach Edelstahl, a commercial heat treating facility that has been providing metal heat treatment services for almost one hundred years, has purchased another furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The system on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas hardening and the option of...
Terry Profughi/HI TecMetal Group-A Giant in the HT Industry
We understand that this past Sunday, November 20th, 2022 the North American heat treat industry lost a giant-Mr. Terry Profughi, Chairman of the Board of HI TecMetal Group. A very colorful and well known member of the industry Terry founded commercial heat treater HI TecMetal Group (HTG) a...