Acquisition in the North American Commercial Heat Treat Industry
We promised our readers we would mention a small acquisition in the North American commercial heat treat industry which we knew would happen early in 2025, we can now share the details. February 1, 2025 "Atlantic Heat Treating" in Ajax, Ontario, Canada acquired "All-Source Heat Treating" in St....
Auto Parts Supplier Changes Heat Treatment Direction
Over the past number of years, no industry has embraced Vacuum Carburizing (LPC) technology to as large an extent as the global auto parts industry. From fuel injector nozzles to transmission components LPC systems are a very common sight in auto parts facilities around the world, so common in fact...
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 Makes Organization Changes
"AICHELIN Group - one of the leading experts in heat treatment - is focusing on efficiency and sustainable competitiveness and is streamlining its structures in Europe. Philipp Krenn, Managing Director of Aichelin Ges.m.b.H. in Austria, will take over the management of the German AICHELIN Service...
“The Monty” Speaks With Mark Hemsath of “Nitrex”
1. Today we are speaking with one of the best-known individuals in the global heat treatment industry, Mr. Mark Hemsath. Mark has spent his entire working life in the industry and with his extensive travel experience he brings a perspective that few others can offer thanks for the time Mark. I just...
Ipsen Celebrates Graduates of Inaugural Field Service Engineer (FSE) Academy
Ipsen is proud to announce the graduation of its inaugural class of field service engineers from the Ipsen FSE Academy, a next-generation training program building on the foundation of the former Ipsen Corporate Academy. This revamped initiative reflects Ipsen’s ongoing commitment to developing...
Top Heat Treatment News Stories Week of January 20th
Based upon reader feedback, visits to "The Monty Heat Treat News" and social media the top 2 heat treatment news stories for the week starting January 20, 2025 are these 3 ranked from highest to lowest; US Defence Supplier Increases Heat Treat Capacity; Watervliet Arsenal located in Watervliet,...
Super Systems India Working Towards New Collaboration
Based in Cincinatti, Ohio, USA, furnace controls company Super Systems Inc. (SSi) has a number of locations around the globe to serve their heat treat customers, this includes Super Systems India. During a recent visit by Damian Bratcher, International Sales Manager for SSI the company got together...
US Defence Supplier Increases Heat Treat Capacity
Watervliet Arsenal located in Watervliet, New York was founded in 1813 and is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars and tanks. In 2023 the US government announced that it was...
German & US Furnace Builders Announce Working Agreement
McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA and ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany have announced that they are entering into an agreement to work together on future projects through the exchange of their thermal processing technologies. Future projects will include McLaughlin Furnace...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #9 Nitrex
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became...
Vietnam Pump Manufacturer Expands Heat Treat Department
Heat treat news items about Vietnam are few and far between which makes this press release rather interesting, especially in light of the fact that it ties in with our top news item today about McLaughlin Furnace Group/Rohde. Mclaughlin Furnace Group in Indiana, USA has announced that they are...
Machine Tool Builder Adds Second Nitriding Furnace
"The YAZICI TRANSFER MAKINA company decided to add a second NITREX turnkey nitrocarburizing system to its Istanbul facility as a way to increase the manufacturing capacity of tooling and machinery components for the company's precision CNC machines. It started production with the new system in the...
Solar Atmospheres-One of the Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America
As we work towards our updated list of the "50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America-2022" we look at one company, Solar Atmospheres, headquartered in Souderton, PA, USA who has made our list every single year for the past 25 years. In our 2021 ranking we had this summary about the...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #10 Advanced Heat Treat Corp
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became...