North American Furnace Builder Plans on Expanding European Presence
"CAN-ENG Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Piotr Pelian, founder of Industrial Process Technology (IndProTech), to enhance support for existing customers and expand CAN-ENG’s presence across Europe. With over 30 years of experience in the...
Michigan Heat Treater Adds Gas Nitriding
"Aalberts Surface Technologies Expands Gas Nitriding Capabilities at Livonia, MI location; We’re excited to announce that our new gas nitriding furnace is now up and running! Along with our existing capabilities in Greenville, SC, we now offer gas nitriding services at our Livonia, MI location. ...
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]
Fire Devastated Heat Treat Rebuilds
"In the evening of August 15th, 2023 commercial heat treater Härterei Haferbier in Göppingen, Germany suffered a devasting fire. The fire started in a Sealed Quench (Batch Integral Quench) furnace line from where it quickly spread to the roof and to the other furnaces. Firefights arrived quickly and...
Nitrex Heat Treat Services Rumor
January 20th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted the rumor below about Nitrex Heat Treat Services making a large investment in a new project. Well surprise, surprise the rumor has proven to be correct and we now have a photo of the new furnace project. We look forward to providing our...
Texas Heat Treater Adding Second Location
Almost exactly one year ago "The Monty Heat Treat News" had this exclusive news item (below) about commercial heat treater "Worldwide Heat Treat" in Houston, Texas, USA; "In 2018 Mr. Robert Gutierrez, a very well-known individual in the Texas commercial heat treatment industry started his own...
What The Heck is Happening to Heat Treating in Ohio, USA?
What on earth is happening to commercial heat treating in the great state of Ohio in the USA? Over the past year we have seen several commercial heat treaters in Ohio close starting with "MT Heat Treat" in Mentor in May of 2024, followed by at least two others with two more to come within the next 2...
GKN Driveline Mexico Adds High Speed Tempering Furnace Systems
From tempering furnace experts Pyromaitre we have this press release about an order the company recently from GKN Driveline Mexico for four high speed tempering furnace systems; "Our team recently finalized the assembly of 4 P-208E oven systems for our client GKN Driveline Mexico. We developed an...
North American Heat Treat Acquisition Confirmed
Going way back to August of 2024 "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about commercial heat treater "Metals Technology Corporation" in Carol Stream, IL, USA entering into "receivership". "The Monty" continued to track this story and later in 2024 we announced that a potential buyer had been...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #15 Heat Treating Services Corporation of America (HTS)
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...
USA Captive Heat Treater Installs Salt Furnace Line
A US based manufacturer of sporting equipment recently installed a furnace line with salt quenching to compliment their existing heat treat capacity. The system was designed built and installed by a Swiss Company "Solo Swiss" based in Switzerland. This is how the company describes themselves; "SOLO...
Used Furnace Listings
For over 25 years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been very proud of the fact that we are one of the largest brokers of used heat treatment equipment in North America https://themonty.com/used-equipment/ Equipment is listed under various categories including Bath IQ, Draw/Temper, Continuous, Vacuum...
East Texas Heat Treating History of The Start Up & Logo
(Editors Note; This was written by Mr. Duane Heinrich Thermal Processing General Manager with Metal Finishing Company in Witchita, Kansas, USA. In the photo below Duane is on the left and John Hubbard of Bodycote fame is on the right). In 1997 I had come to cross roads personally and professionally....
Pat Wallis Appointed VP Sales & Marketing Aalberts Surface Technologies Specialized Heat Treatment US Correction
Earlier this week, Monday to be exact we had the news item below about Pat Wallis being appointed VP Sales & Marketing for Aalberts Surface Technologies US. As it turns out we need to make a small correction to this story. Pat will be VP of Sales for Applied Process, Premier Thermal and Ionic...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Appoints Plant Manager for Fort Smith Facility
We will make this an "Aalberts Day" with a second press release about the company. Matt Calnin was recently appointed Plant Manager of the Fort Smith, Arkansas, "Aalberts Surface Technologies Specialized Heat Treatment US location. Not familiar with this plant? We searched through out archives and...