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]
“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…
IWT Celebrates 75 Years
IWT Celebrates 75 Years In North America the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) is the organization representing the commercial heat-treating industry, in Germany we have the IWT. The organization just celebrated 75 years with an event which we understand was a tremendous success. We have this photo from the event, a photo which shows from the left…
Heat Treat Furnace Commissioned in Qatar
Heat Treat Furnace Commissioned in Qatar “Doha, Qatar — DELTA H® and Phillips Federal Division have commissioned a state-of-the-art Defender Series heat treating furnace at Al Udeid Air Base, providing the U.S. Air Force with mission-critical capability to heat treat all aviation-grade metals used in aircraft maintenance. The dual-chamber…
Scott Hoensheid December 8, 2022
Scott Hoensheid December 8, 2022 It is with regret that we mention the passing of Scott Hoensheid well known in the North American commercial heat treat industry as the former President of Commercial Steel Treating of Madison Heights, Michigan. Back in 2018 “The Monty Heat Treat News” came to the conclusion that Commercial Steel Treating is the…
Can Eng Hires Very Experienced Field Service Engineer
Can Eng Hires Very Experienced Field Service Engineer ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” is very pleased to mention a new hire by furnace builder Can Eng mainly because we have known the individual involved for many years and have always had a high opinion of him, but first some background. Based in Niagara Falls, Canada, Can Eng is a very well known…
WHAT DO THOSE IN THE COMMERCIAL HEAT TREAT INDUSTRY GET PAID?
WHAT DO THOSE IN THE COMMERCIAL HEAT TREAT INDUSTRY GET PAID? ASK THE HEAT TREATMENT RECRUITER Yesterday we announced the start of a regular series for “ The Monty Heat Treat News ”, a feature which we are calling “ Ask The Heat Treatment Recruiter ”. The series from Josh Hale of International Search partners will deal with issues such as…
Bodycote Facility Receives New Nitriding Furnace
Bodycote Facility Receives New Nitriding Furnace The Bodycote facility in Vantaa, Finland has just received a brand new vacuum nitriding furnace. The furnace which was provided by German furnace builder KGO is described by Bodycote as a “state of the art” nitriding furnace with the latest in controls. Bodycote plans on using the furnace 24/7…
Chris Molencupp Joins the Solar Atmospheres Michigan Team
Chris Molencupp Joins the Solar Atmospheres Michigan Team “Solar Atmospheres of Michigan is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Molencupp as their new Sales Manager. With a career of over 30 years in Vacuum Heat Treating, Chris has been involved in every facet of commercial heat treatment: quality, operations, management, and sales. Chris’…
“Ask The Heat Treatment Recruiter”
“Ask The Heat Treatment Recruiter” For a number of years “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” has worked closely with “ International Search Partners ”, a US firm which we believe is the only recruiting agency in the world which deals exclusively with the heat treatment industry. “ International Search Partners ” (ISP) has over the years provided us…