Commercial Heat Treater Looking Forward to New Vacuum Furnace With LPC
Commercial Heat Treater Looking Forward to New Vacuum Furnace With LPC ” SECO/WARWICK will deliver a Vector single chamber vacuum furnace equipped with the FineCarb option and low pressure carburizing (LPC) to Treatnorte, a commercial heat treatment company The Vector furnace ordered will serve both the Portuguese and Spanish markets and will be…
Commercial Heat Treater Expanding With “Multi Million” Dollar Investment
Commercial Heat Treater Expanding With “Multi Million” Dollar Investment ” East Carolina Metal Treating, Inc.” (dba Virginia Metal Treating (VMT) has broken ground on their 20,000 square foot addition to their existing facility in Lynchburg, Virginia. The expansion will include a significant investment of new equipment from Surface Combustion….
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 Heat Treater Target of a “Takeover” Offer
World’s Largest Heat Treater Target of a “Takeover” Offer (Editors Note; As Bodycote is a UK based company all numbers are in British currency. £1.5bn. translates to roughly $2.2 Billion USD. Note the comments from CEO Mr. Jim Fairbairn about focusing on higher margin technologies and selling or closing underperforming locations. The markets…
Acquisition in the Houston, Texas Heat Treating Market
Acquisition in the Houston, Texas Heat Treating Market (Editors Note; According to this press release “Houston Unlimited Inc.” , in Houston, Texas USA, a supplier of Salt Bath Nitriding “SBN” services amongst other offerings has just acquired “Nitretex” of Houston, also a supplier of salt bath nitriding and QPQ services. More on the SBN and QPQ…
Batch IQ Line a New Addition for Major USA Heat Treater
Batch IQ Line a New Addition for Major USA Heat Treater MAY 21, 2026. Earlier this year “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” looked closely at a rapidly growing commercial heat treater in Quakertown, PA, USA “The Monty” Visits USA Heat Treater Making Major Investments” . Our article covered the history of “Vacu Braze” , recent changes…
Truck Manufacturer Installs Rotary Hearth Furnace
Truck Manufacturer Installs Rotary Hearth Furnace A new AICHELIN rotary hearth furnace for the heat treatment of ring gears has been installed at the DAF-Trucks site in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The electrically heated system replaces a gas-fired furnace and is marking an important step toward modern, energy-efficient heat treatment technology….
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini Unfortunately, the global heat treatment industry is losing one of the “great” ones, an individual who is known to heat treaters around the world, Mr. “Mario Ciampini” . Currently Vice President, Strategic Projects and M&A, Bodycote plc Mario has announced that June30th, 2026…
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell”
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell” MAY 20/2026; Earlier this year we had a news item entitled “Be Very Glad you are Not a Heat Treater in the UK!” The story was about a UK based commercial heat treater by the name of “MTE Heat Treatment” which had been forced to close their doors after 70 years in business. As it turns out the story had a good…
Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility
Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility A report in the “Milwaukee Business General” is suggesting that commercial heat treating giant “Bodycote” has sold their New Berlin, Wisconsin facility. While details are scarce, the report says; “A longtime New Berlin industrial facility operated by Bodycote Thermal Processing has…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition Welcome to the May 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” featuring over 100 pages of the most up to date heat treatment industry news and trends combined with updated surplus heat treat equipment listings. This issue features these stories and lots more; AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace…
AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative
AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative (Editors Note; Wm. Wright & Associates has represented AFC-Holcroft in their US Midwest territory for many years. What is new is that they will now also be representing some of the other companies under Aichelin’s banner including Nitrex, G-M and UPC-Marathon)….
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace Longstanding ECM USA customer, Andis (Sturtevant, WI family-owned professional grade electric hair clipper/handheld grooming tools manufacturer), recently successfully finalized their FLEX vacuum furnace system PLC upgrade with a top-of-the-line processor and communication network. This 3-cell…
Chicago Area Plating/Heat Treating Company Expands Heat Treat Capacity
Chicago Area Plating/Heat Treating Company Expands Heat Treat Capacity “J&M Plating” in Rockford, IL, USA offers plating, coating, electroplating, sorting, heat treating and Patch- “The Monty” would hazard a guess that there are not more than 10 companies in North America that offers this combination. While it has been a challenging time for…
USA Heat Treat Facility Opens Their Doors for 25th Anniversary Celebration
USA Heat Treat Facility Opens Their Doors for 25th Anniversary Celebration (Background; “The Monty Heat Treat News” rates commercial heat treater “Solar Atmospheres” as the largest privately owned commercial heat treater in North America, “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” . The “Solar Atmospheres of Western PA” facility which…