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]
Bluewater Thermal Solutions Appoints Patrick McKenna as Chief Executive Officer
Bluewater Thermal Solutions Appoints Patrick McKenna as Chief Executive Officer Greenville, SC – July 7, 2025 – BWT LLC (“Bluewater Thermal Solutions” or “Bluewater”), a portfolio company of Aterian Investment Partners (“Aterian”), today announced the appointment of Patrick McKenna as Chief Executive Officer and Director, effective immediately….
North American Commercial Heat Treats For Sale
North American Commercial Heat Treats For Sale Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an article entitled; “Why Are So Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing”. in this article we mentioned the many and varied reasons why so many were closing, one reason was retirement by the owners. As it turns out recently, we have run…
Furnace Controls Company Opens New European Location
Furnace Controls Company Opens New European Location Furnace Controls company ” Super Systems Inc.” (SSi) based in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA is pleased to announce that as of July 1/2025 they have a new location in Europe, “SSi Europe Sp. z o. o” in Poland. The announcement came through “Mr. Matt Cross”, Managing Director of SSi, Europe. The new…
Happy July 4th Everybody!
Happy July 4th Everybody! Due to the US July 4th holiday, the offices of “WG Montgomery Ltd.” (The Monty) will be closed for the day. Regular business hours will resume Monday July 7th. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link….
Northern Heat Treat-A Profile
Northern Heat Treat-A Profile For years now “The Monty Heat Treat News” has worked on an occasional basis with a very interesting commercial heat treat in Northern Ontario, Canada by the name of “Northern Heat Treat”. The firm was recently “profiled” in a publication by the name of “Canadian Fabricating & Welding” -we found the article…
European Auto Parts Supplier Accepts New Sealed Quench Furnaces
European Auto Parts Supplier Accepts New Sealed Quench Furnaces Dana Belgium, part of global auto parts supplier Dana Corp. has announced the successful completion of the first pre-acceptance in the Dana Belgium NV project. This project includes the following as Part I; 2 “ATLAS” Green furnaces. These sealed quench (batch IQ for our North…
Jeff Patterson 1959 to 2022
Jeff Patterson 1959 to 2022 We regret to mention the passing of a long time heat treater in California, USA. Jeff Patterson has been involved in the industry for over 40 years, mainly involved in Quality Control. He worked with many of the heat treaters in the area including Bodycote and most recently Delta Heat Treating in Orange County, CA….
North American Snow Storm
North American Snow Storm Most of our readers will be well aware that many parts of the USA and Canada have recently been hit by a major snowstorm. This photo was taken just in front of the offices of “The Monty Heat Treat News” in Ontario, Canada on December 28th, 2022. To give you some perspective this area has received approximately 45″…
Paulo and the Path to 80 Years in Business
Paulo and the Path to 80 Years in Business Paulo, the largest privately held commercial heat treating company in North America recenty posted a history of the company News Archive – Paulo While we have heard it before it always makes for intersting reading as you can see below. To go with this story we would suggest reading an interview “The…
German Heat Treater Receives Pit Nitriding Furnace
German Heat Treater Receives Pit Nitriding Furnace Commercial heat treater Siegener Werkzeugfabrik (SWF) https://www.swf-siegen.de/ of Germany has just accepted delivery of a pit nitriding furnace with working dimensions of 69” diameter X 110” deep. This furnace, which was the last one shipped by furnace builder Rohde in Hanau, Germany in 2022…
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” wishes everybody, friends, customers, competitors and acquaintances a very Merry Christmas. Regular news updates will resume Tuesday December 27th. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty . View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link….
USA Stamping Firm Poised to Receive Salt Recovery System
USA Stamping Firm Poised to Receive Salt Recovery System The recent substantial increase in the price of quenching salts has prompted companies around the world to look at ways to reduce this cost. A solution which has been around for a number of years, especially in Europe are systems which will recover virtually all of the salt which…