USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors
USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors Earlier this week, Phoenix Metal Treating, located at W190 N11350 Carnegie Drive in Germantown, Wisconsin, officially closed down. This 40 year old family owned company operated several medium sized Beavermatic and Ipsen batch IQ furnaces and catered largely to the local automotive parts suppliers….
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace (Editor’s Note; In this press release Maciej Korecki, Vice President of the SECO/WARWICK Group’s Vacuum Segment states; “This order will support the production of components for gas turbines”. Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” published an article entitled, ” AI Data Centers Spiking…
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]
ECM Mexico
ECM Mexico The Mexico heat treatment industry has a new vacuum furnace supplier entity – ECM Mexico, doing business as MEXVAC ECM, S.A. DE C.V., a subsidiary of ECM USA, Inc. The ECM Mexico team, consisting of Juan Cruz (Operations Manager Mexico), José López (Field Service & PLC Engineer), led by Pierre-Loic Rousset and Dennis Beauchesne,…
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks “Retrofits & Upgrades”
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks “Retrofits & Upgrades” Today our handsome and eloquent host “Mr. Carlos Torres” talks with a heat treat industry legend, “Mr. Don Longenette” . Don brings a lifetime of experience into his discussion about heat treat retrofits, upgrades and the importance of training the next…
“The Heat Treat Recruiter” Talks About Resumes in the Heat Treat Industry
“The Heat Treat Recruiter” Talks About Resumes in the Heat Treat Industry Once a quarter, Managing Recruiter, Josh Hale and/or Sr. Recruiter, Jessica Maier , will address questions that come up regularly from industry professionals (email questions for future editions to [email protected] ). Recently, Josh and…
More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House-Comments
More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House-Comments Friday, March 28th, 2025 we had an article entitled; “More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House?” The article by ” Mr. Marco Baretti, Sales Area Manager, TAV VACUUM FURNACES SPA” proved to be of a great deal of interest to a number of our readers, as an example on LinkedIn alone it…
“The Monty” Talks Heating Elements With “Mr. Steve Bennett” of “Industrial Furnace Interiors & US Element”
“The Monty” Talks Heating Elements With “Mr. Steve Bennett” of “Industrial Furnace Interiors & US Element” We are very excited today to be talking heating elements with “Mr. Steve Bennett” , of “Industrial Furnace Interiors” of Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. Steve, I understand that you are a…
More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House?
More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House? Over the past few years the team at “The Monty Heat Treat News” has noticed a slow but steady trend amongst European manufacturers to bring more of their heat treatment requirements in house, this pereception was reinforceed during a recent visit by “Gord Montgomery” to several European captive…
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #18 Industrial Steel Treating, Jackson, Michigan
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #18 Industrial Steel Treating, Jackson, Michigan 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…
Additive Manufacturing Firm Now NADCAP Accredited
Additive Manufacturing Firm Now NADCAP Accredited It has been an interesting journey watching Burloak Technologies, an additive manufacturing firm invest in a brand new captive heat treating department and today we see the final step. The final step being NADCAP Accreditation. The rather breathless report is below and comes from part of the heat…
Jamie Kuriger-Say it Ain’t so Jamie!
Jamie Kuriger-Say it Ain’t so Jamie! Up in the US Northeast we find Mr. Jamie Kuriger an individual who has had a long and varied career in the heat treatment industry. Jamie started off with Toyo Tanso, a supplier of graphite to the industry, moved on to furnace builder Ipsen and now for the past 4 years he has been Bodycote Sales Manager…
Thermcraft Announces New General Manager, Andrew Belling
Thermcraft Announces New General Manager, Andrew Belling “Winston-Salem, NC, February 7, 2022 – Thermcraft, an international leading manufacturer of thermal processing equipment, announced today that Andrew Belling has joined the company as General Manager. Mr. Belling will be responsible for process improvement, positive growth and continued…
Interesting Heat Treats-voestalpine High Performance Metals
Interesting Heat Treats-voestalpine High Performance Metals voestalpine is based in Linz, Austria and is one of the leading European partners of the automotive, white goods, and energy industries. Additionally, it is a world market leader in railway turnout technology, tool steel, and special sections, as well as number one in Europe for the…
Spanish Aerospace Company Installs Aluminum Drop Bottom Oven
Spanish Aerospace Company Installs Aluminum Drop Bottom Oven SOFITEC, a Spanish Tier2 aerospace component provider headquartered in Sevilla, Spain recently installed a brand new Aluminum Drop Bottom Oven https://www.sofitec.es/ The oven was provided by a French furnace builder SAT Thermique based in Mery, France https://www.sat-thermique.com/…















































































































































