AICHELIN and Bodycote
"After entering the vacuum heat treatment Vacuum Furnace market segment in the middle of last year, AICHELIN recently successfully delivered a vacuum furnace to the plant of one of the leading heat treatment and specialist service providers for thermal processes, Bodycote, in Vantaa (Finland). The...
Captive/ Commercial Heat Treater Completes New Furnace Install
Captive/Commercial heat treater RAMADA ACOS in Ovar, Portugal has been mentioned by "The Monty Heat Treat News" several times over the years, including this summary of the company in 2021; "NOVEMBER 2021; Ramada ACOS is a captive/commercial heat treater located in the northern part of Portugal in...
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]
Ipsen USA Announces Management Changes in Customer Service Team
Ipsen is pleased to announce the promotion of Evan Hundley to Retrofits Manager and the appointment of Lu Chouraki as Field Service Manager. Since joining Ipsen in October 2023 as a Project Manager in the Retrofits Department, Hundley has demonstrated strong leadership and a commitment to continuous...
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters
Since 1997 "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been publishing a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America, a list which has grown from the 10 Largest to the 50 Largest- the 2024 list can be found here; “The Monty’s” 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024". April...
SPS Fire Origin Still Unknown
Yesterday "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a Devastating Fireat SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mentioned this because the facility has always included a reasonably large in house heat treatment department and the fact that initial reports referred to "Heat Treat...
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater
From the "Philadelphia Inquirer" we have this story about a massive fire at aerospace fastener supplier "SPS Technologies"in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mention this story as the company has a very substantial in house heat treat department although at this point in time it is unknown whether the fire...
UPC Receives Order for “Endo” Generator From Repeat Customer
From controls company UPC-Marathon we have word about an order the firm has just received for an endo generator-this marks the fifth order for an endothermic generator from the same customer; "The 4th repeat order of an Endothermic Gas Generator has been installed for the biggest steel coil...
Furnace Builder Lands Order for Drop Bottom Oven
"Nutec Bickley has manufactured a heat treat drop-bottom furnace designed for heat treatment of aluminium castings. The furnace will shortly be installed and commissioned at a facility operated by a multinational power solutions corporation. The custom-designed furnace is indirect gas fired using...
Metalex Achieves AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 Certification
March 2 of this year we had an article entitled "Deep Cryogenic Treatment and it’s Place in The Heat Treatment Industry" (the article can be found at https://themonty.com/deep-cryogenic-treatment-and-its-place-in-the-heat-treatment-industry/) Since that time a heat treater in Colorado by the name of...
George Smith, SBS Corp.-The Interview
Today we are very pleased to be able to offer this interview with Mr. George Smith, President of SBS Corp. SBS is one of the best known names in the global heat treat industry having offered cooling solutions to the industry for almost 50 years. To start off George I have to confess that this...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”-Updates on Lindberg/MPH, Bayson Heat Treat, Phoenix Heat Treat & Lots More
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has always prided ourselves on having the most up to date news in the entire global heat treat industry-much of it news that will not be found at any other heat treat news source in the world. With that in mind lets have a look at what is happening in the heat treatment...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #11 Thermal Process Holdings
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...
US Natural Gas Pricing Triples in Last Year-Catching up With Europe
US heat treaters have little to celebrate these days when it comes to energy pricing. This article from "Bloomberg" sums up the situation very succinctly and points out that while our European fellow heat treaters are paying a great deal more the gap is narrowing slightly. "(Bloomberg) Natural gas...
Memorial Day
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