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]
“Top 52 Commercial Heat Treater” Appoints Plant Manager
“Top 52 Commercial Heat Treater” Appoints Plant Manager “Lark Heat Treating” in Houston, Texas has consistently made “The Monty Heat Treat News” list of “The 52 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America”. As a matter of fact we profiled the company just last year-a profile which can by found at …
Heat Treating in Germany-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
Heat Treating in Germany-“The Heat Treat Podcast” In this episode of The Heat Treat Podcast, we sit down with Philip Reese to explore the landscape of commercial heat treating in Germany. From operational strategies to the technical challenges of managing a plant abroad, Philip shares valuable insights and lessons for anyone in the…
Fastener Manufacturer Inaugurates In-House Heat Treat Department
Fastener Manufacturer Inaugurates In-House Heat Treat Department Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an exclusive story about a Michigan, USA supplier of fasteners planning on bringing their heat-treating requirements in house “Fastener Manufacturer to Bring Heat Treat In-House” While there were a number of reasons behind this…
UK Commercial Heat Treater Enters Bankruptcy Protection
UK Commercial Heat Treater Enters Bankruptcy Protection It would appear that North America and the EU Zone are not the ony areas proving to be challenging for commercial heat treaters these days. In this story we see that “GTB Components” , a commercial heat treater and supplier of powdered metal components has entered bankruptcy protection…
Dr. Karl Busch, Busch Group Co-Founder (1929–2025)
Dr. Karl Busch, Busch Group Co-Founder (1929–2025) “Dr. Karl Busch, the Busch Group co-founder and co-owner, died on July 17, 2025. He was 96. The engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur was born on April 20, 1929, in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, and grew up in Zell im Wiesental. In 1949, he began his mechanical engineering studies at the Technical…
20 Years & 1 MILLION Loads with ECM Vacuum Furnace Technology
20 Years & 1 MILLION Loads with ECM Vacuum Furnace Technology “Pleasant Prairie, WI – July 24th, 2025 – ECM USA is excited to celebrate a fantastic milestone with one of our automotive parts manufacturing customers! 20 years ago, their ECM FLEX vacuum furnace systems started processing loads 24/7 – recently, they surpassed the 1,000,000 LOAD…
German Heat Treater Enters Bankruptcy Protection
German Heat Treater Enters Bankruptcy Protection Very unfortunately one of the larger German commercial heat treaters, HTU Härtetechnik GmbH https://www.htu-haertetechnik.de/ in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany entered insolvency proceedings February 17, 2023. Plans are that the company will remain in business, pay employees and suppliers and…
Aalberts surface technologies-Garlington facility
Aalberts surface technologies-Garlington facility Recently ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” profiled two Aalberts surface technologies HIP | braze | heat treatment locations in the Greenville, SC, US area, including the Pelham Road and Fairforest (formerly Ionic Technologies) facilities. Today we move on to a third location in the area, Aalberts…
Industrial Automation Firm to add SECO/WARWICK Furnaces
Industrial Automation Firm to add SECO/WARWICK Furnaces An international organization in the field of industrial automation has ordered a SECO/WARWICK heat treatment system with the goal of establishing a captive hardening plant within their machine park. This comprehensive technological line for hardening applications will consist of two…
Acquisition in the Vacuum Pump Repair Industry
Acquisition in the Vacuum Pump Repair Industry Effective February 8, 2023 Standard Vacuum Pump Services (SVPS) of Holbrook, New York, USA was acquired by Trillium US Inc. (Trillium) of Clackamas, Oregon, USA. “About Trillium; Trillium specializes in providing world-class vacuum pump repair, new and refurbished pumping systems, as well as…
John Ludeman has been promoted to Vice President of Operations at Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
John Ludeman has been promoted to Vice President of Operations at Advanced Heat Treat Corp. “Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions , announced the promotion of John Ludeman to Vice President of Operations . Ludeman has been employed at AHT since 2014 and most recently held the role…
Gas Nitrider Installed in Peru?
Gas Nitrider Installed in Peru? It is very seldom (well almost never) that we hear about heat treating in Peru so this press release about a new gas nitriding system being installed in Peru makes for interesting news. To the best of our knowledge this is the only gas nitrider installed in the entire country, however we know from personal…