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]
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…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2025 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2025 Edition The link below will take you to the July 2025 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News” for over 30 years the largest source of heat treatment industry news in the world. A few of the stories we are covering include these; ▪ Why are so Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing? ▪…
Texas Heat Treater Appoints General Manager
Texas Heat Treater Appoints General Manager National Heat Treat in Houston, Texas, USA is a smaller commercial heat treater which has been in business since 2013. It offers carburizing, gas nitriding and a few other processes-as recently as 2024 the company was for sale, however it doesn’t appear to be on the market at this point in time. Just…
Strong Heat Treat Sales Leads to Vacuum Furnace Install
Strong Heat Treat Sales Leads to Vacuum Furnace Install Just one week ago “The Monty” had this news item “Top 52” Heat Treater Investing in New Equipment-little did we know that just a week later we would again be mentioning commercial heat treater “Stack Metallurgical” of Portland, Oregon, USA, this time for a new vacuum furnace install…
Mr. Piotr Zawistowski, President of SECO/WARWICK USA-The Interview
Mr. Piotr Zawistowski, President of SECO/WARWICK USA-The Interview Today we are excited to offer an interview with Mr. Piotr Zawistowski, President of furnace builder SECO/WARWICK USA. Piotr, the marketing team at SECO/WARWICK provided “The Monty Heat Treat News” with some background information about what you have been up to in the past year-I…
Abbott Furnace Partners With Eric & Jason Jossart
Abbott Furnace Partners With Eric & Jason Jossart Several months ago ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” speculated on the future plans of Eric & Jason Jossart of “Atmosphere Engineering” fame. Subsequent to that we posted that the two brothers had formed a new organization ” Obsidian Technical Group “. It would appear according to this press…
European Auto Parts Supplier Installs Chamber Furnace Heat Treat Line
European Auto Parts Supplier Installs Chamber Furnace Heat Treat Line From Austrian Furnace Builder Aichelin we have this report of a new installation for the company at auto parts supplier ” Hirschvogel Group “. As a special bonus feature which compliments this press release our second news item for today is a summary about the firms heat…
Hirschvogel Automotive Group-In House Heat Treating
Hirschvogel Automotive Group-In House Heat Treating Our other news item today for ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” concerned a recent sealed quench furnace installation at auto parts supplier “Hirschvogel Automotive Group” in Denklingen, Germany. As it happens Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” toured this facility in 2018 and we have…
CO2 Footprints and the Heat Treatment Industry
CO2 Footprints and the Heat Treatment Industry ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” published this article earlier this year but in 2023 we will be publishing a new series of articles related to CO2 emissions in conjunction with the ” Aichelin Group “. In conjunction with the “ Aichelin Group ”, “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” has an ongoing series about…
US Manufacturer to Invest in New Location-Included Heat Treatment
US Manufacturer to Invest in New Location-Included Heat Treatment USA based Osmundson Manufacturing Co. has carved a global niche in the equipment business by forming ground-engaging tillage parts from raw steel in its Perry, Iowa, facility. While the Osmundson name isn’t as well-known as John Deere, Great Plains, Landoll or Kinze, it’s not…
H-13 Hot Work Tool Steels: Enhancing Wear Performance with Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski of Advanced Heat Treat Corp
H-13 Hot Work Tool Steels: Enhancing Wear Performance with Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski of Advanced Heat Treat Corp Hot work tool steels can be hardened partially or completely by traditional heat-treating operations [1]. Their hardness stays in the range of 55 HRc even if the tempering temperature reaches 600° C (about 1100° F)…