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]
Artificial Intelligence & The Heat Treat Industry
Artificial Intelligence & The Heat Treat Industry In this episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” our charming host, Mr. Carlos Torres speaks with “Mr. Sefi Grossman” of “Combustion OS” about Artificial Intelligence & the Heat Treat Industry. Past Episodes of “The Heat Treat Podcast” can be found at “The Monty Heat Treat…
“Top 52” Heat Treater Investing in New Equipment
“Top 52” Heat Treater Investing in New Equipment Commercial heat treater “Stack Metallurgical” based in Portland, Oregon, USA is ranked as the 12th largest commercial heat treater in North America by “The Monty Heat Treat News”- “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” . The company has just posted news that they are…
Ipsen USA CEO Patrick McKenna Steps Down; Group CEO Geoffrey Somary to Assume Role
Ipsen USA CEO Patrick McKenna Steps Down; Group CEO Geoffrey Somary to Assume Role Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (June 23, 2025) – Ipsen USA President and CEO Patrick McKenna has announced his decision to leave the company to pursue another opportunity. Ipsen Group CEO Geoffrey Somary will assume the responsibilities of Ipsen USA CEO in addition to his…
Top Heat Treatment Industry News Items Week of July 16th/2025
Top Heat Treatment Industry News Items Week of July 16th/2025 From time to time we look back on our top ranked news items for the previous week-this is based upon reader feedback, website visitors and social media views. It would appear that the “Top 3” news stories for last week all generated a great deal of interest-certainly more than average….
USA Manufacturer Adding Heat Treat Capacity
USA Manufacturer Adding Heat Treat Capacity Since 1968 “Haven Steel Products” of Haven, Kansas has been producing steel spring components for the agricultural industry (tillage components), the construction industry (landscaping and mowing components) and the trailer industry (leaf springs). The firm has always believed in “in-house” heat…
Botched Heat Treating Leads to Automotive Recall
Botched Heat Treating Leads to Automotive Recall “The Ford Motor Company has identified an issue affecting certain Escape, Bronco Sport, replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF cylinder heads, and replacement 1.5-liter EcoBoost RFF long blocks. According to the Dearborn-based automaker, suspect heads may have been produced with loose ball plugs. If…
Aluminum Extruding Company Adds Second Nitriding System
Aluminum Extruding Company Adds Second Nitriding System Aluplast – ZTG, an Altest company, recently expanded its production capacity with a second Nitrex nitriding system. The Bulgarian aluminum extruder experienced a big manufacturing boost after installing new extrusion presses to meet customer demand for its extrusion profiles used in…
German Heat Treater Orders New Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace
German Heat Treater Orders New Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace “Oetzbach Edelstahl, a commercial heat treating facility that has been providing metal heat treatment services for almost one hundred years, has purchased another furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The system on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas hardening and the…
Terry Profughi/HI TecMetal Group-A Giant in the HT Industry
Terry Profughi/HI TecMetal Group-A Giant in the HT Industry We understand that this past Sunday, November 20th, 2022 the North American heat treat industry lost a giant-Mr. Terry Profughi, Chairman of the Board of HI TecMetal Group. A very colorful and well known member of the industry Terry founded commercial heat treater HI TecMetal Group (HTG)…
Phoenix Heat Treat-The Story Continues
Phoenix Heat Treat-The Story Continues Last week ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” had the privilege of touring Phoenix Heat Treat in Phoenix, Arizona, USA-our summary of the company was posted yesterday and can be found at https://themonty.com/phoenix-heat-treat-gives-the-monty-heat-treat-news-a-tour/ As promised we have a few more photos to add to…
In House Heat Treater Expands-Allied Locke Update
In House Heat Treater Expands-Allied Locke Update Last week we had an interesting item about a US firm by the name of Allied Locke in Dixon, IL expanding their in house heat treat department (the original story can by found at this link In House Heat Treater Continues to Expand Heat Treat Department | The Monty and also below). As it turns out…
Solar Atmospheres Vacuum Heat Treats Titanium Manifold for Artemis 1 Mission
Solar Atmospheres Vacuum Heat Treats Titanium Manifold for Artemis 1 Mission NASA’s unmanned Orion spacecraft launched successfully from Cape Canaveral at 1:47 am for a six-week test flight around the moon and back. This launch marks the first iteration of NASA’s moon-to-Mars Artemis 1 program. Each successive launch is designed to push the…