North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction
"AFC-Holcroft" of Wixom, Michigan (part of the "Aichelin Group" of Austria) has since their inception used a sales model shared by most North American furnace builders, namely using a combination of independent sales representatives complimented by a few direct sales people. Up until recently the...
Do Manufacturers Make Good Commercial Heat Treaters? Kern Liebers
Yesterday "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a story entitled; "Mercury Marine Opens Heat Treat Department to Commercial Heat Treating" which summed up how "Mercury Marine" in Wisconsin, USA was now offering commercial heat treating services. Over the years "The Monty" has seen a number of examples...
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]
Mercury Marine Opens Heat Treat Department to Commercial Heat Treating
"Mercury Marine" (the outboard motor people) in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA has always had a large, diversified in house heat treatment department, a department which is characterized by a mix of older, conventional furnaces and new state of the art systems. In a very interesting development the...
Increased Defense Spending Leading to New Heat Treat Investments
With defense spending increasing around the world "The Monty Heat Treat News" has long felt that this added spending with increase armament manufacturing and consequently heat treatment. Already we have seen two examples of this in the past year, one in New York State, USA and one in Ontario,...
The Evolution of Commercial Heat Treating-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
Today "The Monty Heat Treat News" digs deep in our "Heat Treat Podcast" archives to come up with this golden nugget-an interview with the most enthusiastic commercial heat treater we have ever met-"Mr. Steve Kowalski" of "Kowalski Heat Treating" in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In this exciting episode our...
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treatment In-House Due to Long Lead Times
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has long maintained that the #1 reason manufacturers bring heat treatment in house (as opposed to sending it out to a commercial heat treater) has very little to do with costs and a lot to do with lead times and control over the process. This is yet one more example. ...
USA West Coast Manufacturer Upgrades In-House Heat Treat Department-Update
July 7, 2025 "The Monty" had an exclusive news item about a manufacturer on the US West Coast updating their heat treat department with 2 new electrically heated batch IQ furnaces with working dimensions of 36" X 48" X 36" (our original story is below)-we can now provide an update to this story. ...
What’s it Worth? A Guide to Used Furnace Values
From time to time over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" plays the "What's it Worth" game where we look at a used furnace and give our readers an idea about what it is worth in current market conditions. Today we look at a complete furnace line located at a captive heat treater in the US...
Heat Treatment of Fasteners-“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Department
60 Years ago "Clyde Fasteners" of East Kilbride, Scotland set out to produce fasteners for a variety of industries including oil & gas, defense, and heavy equipment. From day 1 in house heat treatment was considered a crucial part of the firm's success-the end result is that the company...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Looks at Heat Treating in “Scotland”
The team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" constantly looks at heat treating around the world-our latest efforts take us to Scotland where the team visited several captive heat treaters. Detailed profiles of these firms will follow but we can share with our readers these photos of two different in...
Furnace Builder Hits 5,000 Mark
"The 5,000th technological solution has just rolled off SECO/WARWICK’s production line, confirming the Group’s ongoing growth and global standing as one of the leading names in metal heat treatment. This symbolic moment is the result of decades of innovation, investment and global expansion. The...
Heat Treater Moves Up “HIP” Installation
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had the chance to visit commercial heat treater "Wallwork Heat Treatment" in the UK several times-everything you ever wanted to know about the company can be found at "Wallwork Group. Bury, UK" Today we have this press release from the company stating...
Heat Treat Acquisition-Africa
A number of years back "The Monty Heat Treat News", did a summary about the heat treatment market in South Africa, included in this summary was one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the country "Harchris Heat Treatment". It would now appear that the firm is under new management-"Erindale...
Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America-Stop the Presses!
October 23, 2025 we had a news item entitled "Oldest Continuously Running HT in North America Now Has Single Owner" in which we suggested that Queen City Steel Treating in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA was the oldest continuously running commercial heat treater in North America. Not so fast says Eric...