USA Investment in New Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Vessel
USA Investment in New Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Vessel (Editors Note; While it is not mentioned in this press release the new vessel is being built by “American Isostatic Presses Inc”. of Ohio. We are anticipating more news about Kittyhawk in the near future). “Kittyhawk Inc has placed an order for a new Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) vessel for…
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…
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]
Furnace Builder Announces Record Breaking 2024 Sales
Furnace Builder Announces Record Breaking 2024 Sales (Editors Note; Sales figures in this press release are in PLN, which refers to the Polish złoty-the official currency in Poland. At current exchange rates the 2024 revenue figure quoted of PLN 712 million would equate to approximately $191 million USD. Also note that the company mentions that…
European Heat Treat Industry Supplier Enters Bankruptcy
European Heat Treat Industry Supplier Enters Bankruptcy Heat treating around the globe can generally be described as “blah” these days in terms of sales with most captive and commercial heat treaters describing business as being mediocre. However in Europe heat treat business conditions can be described as “bad” with most heat treaters down…
USA Commercial Heat Treater Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation
USA Commercial Heat Treater Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation “Fort Worth, Texas – June 17, 2025 – Southwest Metal Treating Corp. (SWMT) is proud to announce it has earned Nadcap® accreditation for Heat Treating, marking a major milestone in its commitment to quality and precision in aerospace and defense manufacturing. Administered by the…
VAC AERO International Opens First US Operation-Part II
VAC AERO International Opens First US Operation-Part II May 14th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted this rumor about commercial heat treater and vacuum furnace builder “VAC AERO International” entering the US market “ Vac Aero Expanding Into The USA? ” The rumor did of course prove to be true and below you will find the formal…
Where Are They Now-Brent Davis (Part1)
Where Are They Now-Brent Davis (Part1) Brent is a pretty well-known fellow in the North American Heat Treat Industry with over 40 years’ experience in the industry and having been; “President, Aalberts Surface Technologies, Accurate Brazing” just a few years back. In a very surprising move, it turns out that he very recently became President…
Mathew Clinite, Ipsen – The Monty Interview
Mathew Clinite, Ipsen – The Monty Interview We are very pleased to be speaking with Mr. Matt Clinite, Sales Director of furnace builder Ipsen-we start off with this background; Matt Clinite joined Ipsen in the summer of 2014 as a sales engineer, quickly moving into the Midwest Territory sales manager role in 2015. In 2019, he was promoted to…
Obsidian Technical Group
Obsidian Technical Group “We are excited to announce the newest group to join the metals heat treating and materials processing industry. Obsidian Technical Group, LLC (Obsidian) was started earlier this year by Jason and Eric Jossart, best known for founding Atmosphere Engineering, a premier sensors manufacturer and turnkey systems integration…
This Year’s Recipient of The William Hunt Eisenman Award is Dr. Valery Rudnev
This Year’s Recipient of The William Hunt Eisenman Award is Dr. Valery Rudnev “Dr. Valery Rudnev is the Director of Science & Technology ( retired ) at Inductoheat, Inc., an Inductotherm Group Company . He is considered by many as one of the leading global figures in the induction heating and heat-treating industry. Dr. Rudnev has more…
McLaughlin Furnace Group/Rhode Announce New Salt Recovery Project
McLaughlin Furnace Group/Rhode Announce New Salt Recovery Project Earlier this year ” The Monty Heat Treat New s ” announced that US furnace builder McLaughlin Furnace Group and German furnace company Rohde Schutzgasoefen had come to an agreement on working together. Today we have this joint press release from the two companies about a new…
Supply Chain Issues Continue to Plague Heat Treatment Industry
Supply Chain Issues Continue to Plague Heat Treatment Industry The heat treatment industry is certainly not alone in experiencing the challenges brought about by inflation, disruptions in the global supply chain, rising energy costs and labor market issues. This is reflected in the fact that pricing for virtually everything has increased along…
Bodycote Appoints Steven Campbell VP Automotive, NA
Bodycote Appoints Steven Campbell VP Automotive, NA Heat treating giant Bodycote The leading provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services worldwide – Bodycote plc has just appointed Mr. Steven John Campbell to the position of Vice President, Automotive, North America. Previous to this John was Bodycote Country Manager…
Watlow® Completes Acquisition of Eurotherm®
Watlow® Completes Acquisition of Eurotherm® June 8th of this year it was announced that controls company Watlow would be acquiring Eurotherm from Schneider Electric Company®. The deal was concluded and announce Wednesday of this week. Both companies are well known in the heat treatment industry. “11/2/22 St. Louis, MO – Watlow®, a designer and…