A Look Back at a US Heat Treat Acquisition
Almost exactly one year ago it was announced that "Kittyhawk" had Acquried the Albany, Oregon "HIP" division of Stack Metallurgical in the US To commemorate the one year anniversary Kittyhawk issued this update about the acquisition and the individuals responsible for this successful facility; ...
Auto Parts Maker Orders 15th “Controlled Atmosphere Brazing” Line
An important Asian Partner has ordered the fifteenth CAB furnace line for aluminum brazing from SECO/WARWICK. The partnership began in 2010, and the existing solutions are used in heat exchanger production for trucks, passenger cars and new energy technologies. The latest furnace will operate in...
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]
Furnace Builder “TAV” Lands Order# 1,001-“The Monty” Visits
March 10th, 2025 "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a story about vacuum furnace builder "TAV" landing an order for their "1,001st New Vacuum Furnace"-we learned this very interesting fact during a visit to the firm's headquarters in Bergamo, Italy (close to Milano, Italy). During a very interesting...
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater Still Under Investigation
February 19th of this year manufacturer and captive heat treater SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA suffered a "Devasting Fire" . The question on everybody's lips in a case like this is what was the cause of the fire? According to this story from "WHYY" News the cause has still not be determined...
European Heat Treater Installs Plasma Nitriding System
March 11th of this year "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit commercial heat treater "Vacuum S.P.A." in Verdello, Italy-the visit resulted in an article entitled; "Vacuum Heat Treater Finds Business to Be Strong". Just after this visit the company issued this...
“Substantial” US Heat Treater to Close April 1/2025
Commercial heat treater "American Steel Treating" of Perrysburg, Ohio, USA has been included on our list of the "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" a number of times over the years. Very unfortunately the privately owned firm will join a long list of North American commercial heat...
Furnace Builder “Thrives” Over the Past 8 Years
Founded in 2015 by 3 individuals with a lifetime of experience in the heat treat industry, furnace builder "MEAPFORNI" of Fontanafredda, Italy has thrived over the years. The firm delivered it's first furnace in 2017 and can now boast that it has installed over 100 furnaces in the past 8 years with...
World’s Largest Nitrider?
Recently the commercial heat treating division of "Nitrex" had a press release about installing what is quite possibly the " Largest Nitriding Furnace in North America", a picture of which can be found here; With working dimensions of 4.5 meters (13.5') in diameter X 3.5 meters (10.5') in depth...
Automatic Disconnect Switch Added to Car Bottom Vacuum Furnace Caption: Load car entering switch
Solar Manufacturing Inc. has designed and installed an automatic disconnect switch into a production car bottom vacuum furnace at Solar Atmospheres in Souderton, Pa. The automatic disconnect switch saves a tremendous amount of time by eliminating the labor-intensive manual maneuver of disconnecting...
Alloy Fabrications Europe-W. Pilling Company
An integral part of the global heat treatment industry are the suppliers who provide the parts which keep furnaces operating, this includes everything from controls to burners, refractory, quench oil, cooling systems and high temperature alloy parts. Alloy includes cast furnace parts such as base...
Roger Fabian July 16, 1940 – October 11, 2022
Roger Joseph Fabian, 82, of Wethersfield, beloved husband for 58 years of the late Gail Clark Fabian, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, after a brief illness. Born in Elmsford, NY on July 16, 1940, he was the son of the late Renato John Fabian and Anna Fabian. Roger and Gail were...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Celebrates 26 Years of Publishing
During the recent HK22 Heat Treat exhibition in Cologne, Germany which "The Monty Heat Treat News" attended, a common question was how long we have been publishing the monthly magazine "The Monty.com" and hosting the website "The Monty Heat Treat News"? The answer which continues to amaze the entire...
Roger Fabian
With great regret we mention the passing Tuesday of this week of a giant in the North American commercial heat treatment industry Mr. Roger Fabian. Roger was heavily involved in the heat treat community and had worked with companies such as Bodycote. While we have few details at this point in time...
HK 22 Heat Treat Exhibition Germany-The Images
Live from Cologne, Germany we have these images of the successful heat treatment exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty. View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/Dzo Mikulovic, Mesa...