Cambridge Heat Treating 1982-2025
For 43 years commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada has been a mainstay of the Canadian heat treat industry and one of the larger players in the Canadian market. Founded by Bob Robbins in 1982, the company has thrived and prospered over the years but alas the...
Heat Treatment Italy/Slovenia
Over the years the team at "The Monty Heat Treat News"has reported on captive and commercial heat treating around the world and this continues-in the next 2 week we will be reporting on heat treatment in Italy and Slovenia. Our visits will take us to captive heat treats including gear manufacturers,...
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]
Largest Nitrider North America?
Going back to January 20th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a "RUMOR" about commercial heat treater "Nitrex". Since that time we posted an update explaining that this "rumor" involved a very large pit nitrider-here at last is the formal announcement; "We are proud to announce the...
US Company to Exit Commercial Heat Treating
Several times recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" has mentioned a growing litany of North American commercial heat treaters closing their doors, the most recent mention can be found here: "Another USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes it's Doors" Very unfortunately it would appear that yet another...
“Steve Kowalski”-The Heat Treat Podcast
We can't think of a single individual in the commercial heat treatment industry who is more enthusiastic than Mr. Steve Kowalski of Kowalski Heat Treat in Cleveland, Ohio. Today are very articulate and handsome host Carlos Torres speaks with Steve about commercial heat treating. Did you like this...
European Heat Treater Add Capacity
"New tempering and annealing furnace expands the possibilities of VTN Witten GmbH VTN Witten GmbH is pleased to announce an important expansion of the machinery at the Herbede site. A state-of-the-art tempering and annealing furnace with an impressive usable space of 1750 x 1750 x 3000 mm is now...
Hybrid Cars, Now Hybrid Furnaces?
From commercial heat treater Crio, in Mexico (one of the largest in the country) we have this news item an investment the company recently made in a hybrid gas/electric batch IQ furnace. "Crío Invests in Hybrid Gas-Electric Technology for Sustainable Heat Treatment. As part of its commitment to...
Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-Vac Aero
April 5th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be presenting our 2025 list of "The 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters"-a heat treat industry exclusive. A name which has appeared on our list for the past number of years is "Vac Aero" , a company with a very clear focus on...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Bodycote/Rolls Royce
The world's largest heat treater Bodycote offers heat treating services around the world- their locations are as varied as the heat treatment industry itself is. A very intriguing Bodycote facility which "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been able to visit twice over the years is in Derby, UK, what...
Labor Day Holiday
The offices of WG Montgomery Ltd. ("The Monty Heat Treat News") will be closed Monday September 5, 2022 due to the North American Labor Day Holiday. Regular news items will resume Tuesday September 6. We wish everybody a great Labor Day holiday. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe...
Heat Treatment East Africa
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has always been on an endless quest to visit all of the heat treatment faciliites around the world. This quest has most recently taken part of "The Monty Heat Treat News" team to East Africa. Unfortunately at the end of the day we were unable to find a single heat treat...
Italian Gear Manufacturer Doubles Number of Nitriding Furnaces
"In order to keep up with the rise in production and new orders from the industrial and automotive sectors, the Capi Group has boosted its nitriding/nitrocarburizing capacity. Recently, the Italian gear manufacturer ordered two more Nitrex large-capacity nitriding systems. Capi has been using Nitrex...
ProVac reaches its 25-year milestone in the Irish vacuum equipment market
"A leader in vacuum solutions, throughout the 32 counties of Ireland, reaches a quarter of a century in business and celebrates a prosperous future. Founded in 1997, the Wexford based company, ProVac Ltd, provide a level of support for customers' vacuum pumps and systems that was previously...
Marco Möser, Sales Director North America, Lohmann Steel – The Interview
Today we are very pleased to present to you an interview with a fellow we have known for many years, Mr. Marco Möser of Lohmann Steel. Marco you and I have been crossing paths for many years both in North America and Europe. Perhaps to start off today you could give us a summary about your...












