Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer”
Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer” (About the author; Vanessa Pfeiffer is Director of Strategic Market Development for Aerospace & Defence at Bodycote. She is responsible for identifying and accelerating strategic growth opportunities across the aerospace and defence sector, working closely with…
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered ( Texas Heat Treating is a family owned commercial heat treater which will be on “The Monty’s” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” which will be published the week of June 29th) “June 2026; Texas Heat Treating is pleased to announce that the company is now registered with the…
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]
IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader
IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader To go with this press release we have this photo taken at the HK 2024 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany October of 2024. We see (from the left) Gord Montgomery, Natasha Rohde, Joern Rohde and in the front row Konstantine Rohde. “In a historic move,…
New Nitriding Installation Mexico
New Nitriding Installation Mexico In Mexico, commercial heat treater HT-MX has just added a new gas nitriding system provided by “Nitrex”. Humberto Ramos of the company has this to say; “This equipment expands our capabilities for nitriding and FNC processes, with a load capacity of up to 2,600 lbs, as part of an investment close to 1M USD to…
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding In our recent “Industry Exclusive” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” ranked by estimated 2025 sales we included for the first time ever a company by the name of “Vacu Braze” in Quakertown, PA, USA. After publishing the list, we learned that the firm has been making some…
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a replacement Ipsen VFC-924 hot zone to a prominent U.S.-based global aerospace company. This customer performs thermal processing on a variety of critical aerospace components used across multiple aircraft…
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project In 2024 commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada announced that they were closing down with all of the equipment going on to the used market. Cambridge always took great pride in their equipment and it showed-most of it was relatively new and in very…
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry Now is this real heat treating or not since it involves “on site stress relieving” ? You can certainly argue the point since it doesn’t involve flames but at the end of the day “The Monty” Team voted to mention it; “NEDERLAND, Texas–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Industrial Thermal Services (ITS), a leading…
World’s Largest Heat Treater Releases 2022 Interim Results
World’s Largest Heat Treater Releases 2022 Interim Results UK based Bodycote, the largest commercial heat treater has just released their 2022 Interim financial results-the full report can be found at https://www.bodycote.com/investors/ As always they give us a very clear indication of the health of the global heat treatment industry. For a…
Nickel Pricing Crashes Back to Earth-Thank Goodness!
Nickel Pricing Crashes Back to Earth-Thank Goodness! It is with fear and trepidation that many heat treaters regard nickel pricing. Alloy furnace components and fixturing always represent a substantial cost to any heat treater and the largest factor in fluctuating pricing is due to the cost of nickel. This year has been a roller coaster ride for…
Nitrex to Install Horizontal Nitriding System
Nitrex to Install Horizontal Nitriding System The NITREX installation base continues to grow and expand at the world’s largest aluminum extrusion profile company HYDRO. While all of the NITREX nitriding systems at HYDRO’s worldwide facilities are pit-type furnaces, the latest delivery is a horizontal furnace. The decision for this furnace…
Honeywell Approves Hot Isostatic Pressing Provider
Honeywell Approves Hot Isostatic Pressing Provider “Paulo recently earned Honeywell approval for Hot Isostatic Pressing at the Cleveland Division. The approval which has no restrictions and covers all HIP processing was earned after completion of an onsite audit of the Cleveland plant. The Cleveland Division provides state-of-the art HIP…
Aerospace Company BMT Adds Commercial Heat Treat Division
Aerospace Company BMT Adds Commercial Heat Treat Division BMT Aerospace of Belgium has just acquired Engineered Heat Treat in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA in a rather surprising turn of events. Engineered Heat Treat is a family owned commercial heat treat run by Ron and Greg Philbosian. Read on for all the details. “BMT AEROSPACE JULY 26, 2022;…
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks Austempering/Martempering With Mr. Steve Metz
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks Austempering/Martempering With Mr. Steve Metz For some time now we have been looking forward to this episode of “ The Heat Treat Podcast ” in which are very articulate and enthusiastic host Mr. Carlos Torres speaks with Mr. Steve Metz of Aalberts Surface Technologies in Oshkosh, WI, USA. Steve is a fellow we have…