Nitrex Names New Plant Manager
Commercial heat treater Nitrex who regularly appears on "The Monty Heat Treat News" list of the "50 largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America" has just named a new Plant Manager for their facility in Franklin, Indiana, USA. Mr. Zach Cooney joined Nitrex Heat Treating Services in 2013 and...
Furnace Builder Can-Eng Announces Promotions
Can-Eng Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is excited to announce the promotion of two long-standing, highly valued employees to new leadership roles in 2025. These promotions reflect CAN-ENG’s continued commitment to strengthening its leadership team, with a focus on advancing state-of-the-art...
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]
Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New Facility
Aalberts Surface Technologies, the second largest commercial heat treater in North America as ranked by "The Monty Heat Treat News" is making very substantial investments into their North American facilities these days, this does not include their recent planned acquisition of Paulo Products late in...
Heat Treat Fixturing-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
In this exciting episode of "The Heat Treat Podcast" our distinguished and very articulate host Mr. Carlos Torres talks heat treat fixturing with a personal friend of ours Mr. Jim Wilbur of Wm. Wright & Associates. Jim talks heat treat fixturing in general, delves into some specifics and also...
Furnace Builder Ships Two Gas Nitriding Systems
KGO GMBH based in Wetter, Germany is pleased to announce that they recently shipped two gas nitriding systems to a customer in China. These furnaces are the latest generation from KGO and include a system to minimize ammonia consumption as well as optimizing process gas utilization-each has working...
Solar Atmospheres Eastern PA Commissions Two Vacuum Furnaces
Solar Atmospheres in Souderton, PA, is currently commissioning two additional 2-bar vacuum furnaces, expanding its capabilities to meet increased demand in the aerospace, industrial gas turbine sectors, and for specialized hydride/de-hydride processing of Titanium, Tantalum, and Niobium. These...
Commercial Heat Treat Acquisitions 2024-Addition
January 5th of this year "The Monty" in an industry exclusive, put together a list of commercial heat treat acquisitions in 2024. As it turns out a reader very politely pointed out that we missed on acquisition which took place April of 2024-Solar Atmospheres acquiring Metal Craft Inc. This has now...
Where Are They Now-Mark Podob
In the North American heat treat industry Mr. Mark Podob is a very well known fellow both for his time with furnace builder Ipsen and subsequently as owner of Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA-a commercial heat treat which had the distinction of having the largest commercially available pit...
Why is the Vac Aero team so happy?
Because they just read the May 2022 issue of "The Monty Heat Treat News" and now they know all of the most recent news in the global heat treatment industry. Want to be as happy as Vac Aero https://fliphtml5.com/gvbzt/cahx. "APRIL 21, 2022; Vacuum Furnace Builder Vac Aero Appoints Sales Manager;...
Deep Cryogenic Treatment – The Story Behind It
Today we are speaking with Mr. Jack Cahn, owner and Founder of Deep Cryogenic International, a fascinating heat treatment process pioneered by Jack himself. “Jack, I will be very upfront and say I know little about cryogenics, as a matter of fact it has always seemed to me to be a contradiction in...
Ipsen USA Finishes Record-Breaking First Quarter
"Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2022) – Following a record year for new equipment orders in 2021, Ipsen’s Vacuum Technology Excellence Center continued that trend by booking 22 new vacuum furnace orders during the first quarter of 2022. “We continue to see improved business levels in all target...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #17 ThermTech Inc.
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 much...
Pat Wallis Appointed VP Sales & Marketing Aalberts Surface Technologies Specialized Heat Treatment US
In " people news" we see that Aalberts Surface Technologies very recently hired a fellow by the name of Pat Wallis to be VP Sales & Marketing Aalberts Surface Technologies Specialized Heat Treatment US. We assume (but don't know for sure) that Pat will be working with all of the Aalberts...
US Manufacturer of Metal Seals to Replace Vacuum Furnace
SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, will deliver a Vector high pressure gas quench furnace (HPGQ) to replace an existing furnace that failed to deliver the performance that the customer required for its tooling and precision sealing products. The customer’s unique materials expertise and...