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]
“52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025”
“52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025” Since 1999 in a heat treat industry exclusive “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…
New Heat Treat Furnace at Stack Metallurgical
New Heat Treat Furnace at Stack Metallurgical From commercial heat treater Stack Metallurgical in the US Northwest we have this press release. Find out how “Stack” Compares in size to other North American commercial heat treaters; “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”. “On June 23rd, we welcomed a brand-new McLaughlin furnace…
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder-Correction
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder-Correction For today, Thursday July 10, we start off with a small correction. Yesterday we had this news item; “New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder”. In this item we mentioned that Mr. Djemel Dellouche was recently appointed as European Sales Manager for furnace builder “Codere”-this is…
German Auto Part Supplier to Receive New Furnace System
German Auto Part Supplier to Receive New Furnace System “Hirschvogel Group” of Germany is known as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of forged and machined steel and aluminum components, primarily for the automotive industry-as such they have a great deal of in house heat treating capacity. The company recently accepted a double-flow…
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder Swiss furnace builder “Codere SA” has just appointed Mr. Djemel Dellouche as Sales Manager, Europe. Codere is a long-established furnace builder which is best known throughout Europe although we have seen their systems in North America and Asia. Late in 2024 their longtime Sales Manager, Mr….
USA West Coast Manufacturer Upgrades In-House Heat Treat Department
USA West Coast Manufacturer Upgrades In-House Heat Treat Department A specialized manufacturer on the US West Coast very recently signed purchase orders for a substantial upgrade to their existing in-house heat treat department. “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana will be providing two “Tru-Carb” gas fired batch IQ furnaces with…
Captive Heat Treater Dynametal Technologies Closes-Furnaces Being Auctioned
Captive Heat Treater Dynametal Technologies Closes-Furnaces Being Auctioned August 1st, 2022 Dynametal Technologies of Brownsville, TN, USA filed for Chapter 11 Protection with liabilities equal to or greater than assets. Dynametal was a producer of powdered metal components and as such had a reasonably large heat treat/sintering department which…
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan’s Future Home
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan’s Future Home Solar Atmospheres of Michigan, formerly Vac-Met, has recently purchased 18,000 square feet of plant space on four plus acres in Chesterfield Michigan. The new building is 20 miles Northeast of the two existing Vac-Met facilities which are currently located in Warren and Fraser Michigan. Bob Hill,…
Partnership With Oregon Induction Leads to New Testing Lab
Partnership With Oregon Induction Leads to New Testing Lab We have this interesting article about a relatively new testing lab in the US Northeast which started as a partnership with one of the larger commercial heat treaters in the Region-Oregon Induction. “It all started in early 2018, when a “rush” sample on its way to an external laboratory…
Jarod Hammar, VP, Thermal Process Holdings-Where Are They Now?
Jarod Hammar, VP, Thermal Process Holdings-Where Are They Now? In 2022 ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” ranked ” Thermal Process Holdings ” as the 8th largest commercial heat treater in North America, this ranking can be found at https://themonty.com/project/the-monty-heat-treat-news-50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2022/ For at…
Salto’s Business Heats Up
Salto’s Business Heats Up We recently ran across an article published in Canadian Fabricating & Welding about a commercial heat treat start up which “The Monty Heat Treat News” is very familiar with-Salto Heat Treating. Read the story about how this shop started up in the midst of the recent pandemic. You wouldn’t think that launching a new…
Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Invests in LPC System
Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Invests in LPC System “A two-chamber CaseMaster EvolutionR furnace from SECO/VACUUM will be used in the EV maker’s R&D lab to low-pressure carburize (LPC) and oil quench prototype gears. Currently, the electric vehicle manufacturer sends their prototype gears out to local commercial heat treatment shops, and…