Reducing Costs During Heat Treating & Brazing Processes Written By Vesco
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“The Monty” Visits Commercial Heat Treater “Byron Products”
For several years now "Byron Products" of Fairfield, Ohio, USA has been making our list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters", however until recently "The Monty" had never had the opportunity to visit this facility-we rectified this oversight this past week with a visit by Gord...
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]
Acquisition in the German Heat Treat Industry
Over the past few years commercial heat treater "HÄRTHA GROUP" of Alsdorf, Germany has been growing by "leaps and bounds" through acquisitions. This press release tells of the company recently making another acquisition, this one being a Dutch heat treater by the name of "Pontus". With this...
Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award
"At the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) fall meeting, Bob Hill, President of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA and Michigan, received the prestigious Heritage Award—the highest honor presented by MTI. This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime commitment and significant contributions to advancing...
Bodycote Merging Two Michigan, USA Facilities
The world's largest commercial heat treater, "Bodycote" is planning on merging two Michigan, USA facilities according to what multiple sources have told "The Monty". The "Bodycote", Livonia location in Michigan has always had a strong focus on vacuum carburizing of automotive transmission...
Let’s Talk About Vacuum Heat Treat Furnaces-“Jay Jefsen”
We are honored today to be talking "Vacuum Furnaces" with "Mr. Jay Jefsen", Director of Sales for "Furnacare Inc." (TAV), of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Jay is a veteran of the North American heat treat industry and his comments today about vacuum furnaces in particular and the heat treat...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”-October/2025 Edition
Good news for the entire heat treatment industry-the October/2025 Edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" is now available! In this 93 page edition we cover the absolute latest (and in many cases exclusive) news stories and trends in the heat treatment industry including these stories; What Is...
AICHELIN Group Completes Acquisition of NITREX Divisions
August 14th of this year it was announced that "AICHELIN Group" of Mödling / Austria would be acquiring the NTS & UPC business units from NITREX Inc., a portfolio company of Novacap "Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry". This press release tells us that this...
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 while looking...
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
"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 milestone. With...
Solar Manufacturing Ships Advanced Vacuum Carburizing Furnace to Leading Aerospace Supplier
Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a large, state-of-the-art vacuum carburizing furnace to a prominent aerospace company known for producing advanced, high-precision components for the global aviation and aerospace engine industry. Headquartered in North America, the company’s aerospace division...
Bluewater Thermal Solutions and Argonne National Laboratory
Bluewater Thermal Solutions was honored to participate in a landmark event at Argonne National Laboratory, where U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright engaged in a far-reaching dialogue on the future of transportation, manufacturing, and critical materials research. As a trusted...
Gasbarre Provides New “Drop Bottom Furnace”
"Gasbarre Thermal Process Systems" of St. Marys, PA, USA recently installed and commissioned a brand new "Hyperquench" Drop Bottom furnace system for high performance heat treatment of aluminum alloys. The system is installed and running at the Wadsworth, Ohio location of "Aalberts Surface...