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]
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…
Ipsen USA Welcomes Summer Interns
Ipsen USA Welcomes Summer Interns Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (June 26, 2025) – Ipsen USA launched its 2025 Summer Internship Program, welcoming seven interns from regional universities to its Vacuum Technology Excellence Center. The interns – Payton C., Elija S., Logan A., Eli D., Ella C., Kennedy B., and Abigail J. – are engaging in hands-on roles…
SBS to Enter Vacuum Furnace Cooling System Market?
SBS to Enter Vacuum Furnace Cooling System Market? Few heat treat industry suppliers have the name recognition that SBS Corporation of Sarasota, Florida, USA have. Since 1974 the firm has been supplying fluid cooling, heating, filtering and controlling of quench oil-the best known of their products being “Quench Airs”, an air cooled system for…
Spanish Wind Energy Firm Installs Vacuum Oil Quenching Furnace
Spanish Wind Energy Firm Installs Vacuum Oil Quenching Furnace French furnace builder BMI is rather pleased to announce that they have just finished commissioning a vacuum oil quench furnace destined for a company in Spain making components for the wind power industry-the details are below. What caught the attention of the ” The Monty Heat Treat…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine-December 2022
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine-December 2022 What is the entire team at Thermal-Vac, Arizona grinning from ear to ear? Because they just read the December 2022 edition of ” The Monty Heat Treat News” and they now know everything they need to know about the global heat treatment industry. Want to be as happy as Thermal-Vac-we…
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Honeywell Approval
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Honeywell Approval “Solar Atmospheres of California is pleased to announce we are now Honeywell approved to heat treat Austenitic Steels, Martensitic Steels, PH Steels, Tool Steels, Nickel Alloys, Cobalt Alloys, Titanium Alloys, and Magnetic Alloys. The complete list of over 160 specifications covered in this…
Aalberts Surface Technologies Appoints Plant Manager for Oshkosh Facility
Aalberts Surface Technologies Appoints Plant Manager for Oshkosh Facility Aalberts Surface Technologies, one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the world recently promoted Connor Montgomery to the position of Plant Manager at their Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA facility. Connor has been with the company for a number of years including a period…
Management Changes at Press Quench Specialist Wickert
Management Changes at Press Quench Specialist Wickert From Press Quenching experts Wickert in Landau, Germany we have this press release about management changes. To learn more about the company we would suggest this “Monty Heat Treat News” interview with Mr. Hans-Joachim Wickert…
Somebody’s in Trouble! Navistar Recall Due to Bad Heat Treating
Somebody’s in Trouble! Navistar Recall Due to Bad Heat Treating According to this press release Navistar has been forced to recall over 5600 buses because hex flange lock nuts in the steering and suspension systems were not heat treated properly. Once again it is proven that heat treating is a crucial component of almost all types of…