“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...
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]
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...
“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Featuring “Roller Hearth Furnaces”
Our previous news item for today, Monday, March 24 referenced a company by the name of "T.T.N." the largest commercial heat treater in Italy, this news item summarizes the second largest commercial heat treater in the country, "PROTERM Trattamenti Termici" . Founded in 1973 the company over the...
“The Monty” Visits One of the World’s Largest Furnace Builders
Next week "The Monty Heat Treat News" will have a number of very interesting news items from around the world including a mention about another USA commercial heat treat closing, a story about one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Italy and an in depth report about a visit "Gord...
A Look Back at our List of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treaters-North America-2024”
"15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America. Each year we are proud to present an industry exclusive, a list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America” as compiled by “The Monty Heat Treat News“. We look back a year to our list in 2024; In 2022 “The Monty Heat Treat News” published...
Don’t You Love Gear Heat Treating? SIAP/Ipsen International
For sheer variety, complexity, "high end" heat treat technology and tight tolerances you would struggle to beat the heat treating that goes into gears-any form of gears for that matter. A prime example of this would be "SIAP SPA", a member of the "Carraro Group" based in Italy-our focus today is...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Shows “The Monty” In House HT Department
"Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity just yesterday, March 18th, 2025 to see a really impressive captive/commercial heat treating facility in Dravogradu, Slovenia. Let's start at the beginning of our story; Family owned "Miheu d.o.o." located in the town...
USA Furnace Builder up For Sale
So who is the US based furnace builder which is up for sale? Over the course of the past week all of the major furnace builders in the US have received an e mail about a US builder of furnaces which is up for sale. The basic information suggests that this company is in the US Northeast, has sales of...
Polish Heat Treater Adds New Nitriding System
"P.W.P.T. POSTEOR Sp. z o. o has bought a turnkey nitriding system from NITREX for the first time for its manufacturing plant in Elbląg, Poland. The customer had previously outsourced the nitriding of stainless-steel power generation parts to a commercial heat treatment services provider before...
Commercial Heat Treater Takes Delivery of 1st of 3 New Vacuum Furnaces
In the UK, Wallwork Heat Treatment one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the country has just taken delivery of a new vacuum furnace, the first of 3 to be exact. The furnace was provided by Rubig of Austria and it just arrived at one of Wallwork's UK facilities earlier this week, with the...
Furnaces North America 2022
Today we have a continuation of pictures taken at Furnaces North America. As you can see it was a great turnout with a lot of major heat treat companies in attendance. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty. View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following...
Jim Oakes from Super Systems Recognized as First Ever Furnaces North America Industry Award Recipient
"At the opening night kickoff reception, Furnaces North America (FNA 2022), North America’s premier trade show and technical conference, recognized Jim Oakes, President of Super Systems in Cincinnati, OH with the first ever FNA Industry Award. This award is given to an individual in recognition of...
Furnaces North America Attracts Over 1,200 Attendees
"Furnaces North America 2022, North America’s premier trade show and technical conference in the heat treating industry, is excited to announce it attracted over 1,200 attendees from across the world this week to the Indianapolis Convention Center. Over the last three days attendees experienced...