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]
A Look Back at a US Heat Treat Acquisition
A Look Back at a US Heat Treat Acquisition Almost exactly one year ago it was announced that “Kittyhawk” had Acquried the Albany, Oregon “HIP” division of Stack Metallurgical in the US To commemorate the one year anniversary Kittyhawk issued this update about the acquisition and the individuals responsible for this successful facility; “When…
Auto Parts Maker Orders 15th “Controlled Atmosphere Brazing” Line
Auto Parts Maker Orders 15th “Controlled Atmosphere Brazing” Line An important Asian Partner has ordered the fifteenth CAB furnace line for aluminum brazing from SECO/WARWICK . The partnership began in 2010, and the existing solutions are used in heat exchanger production for trucks, passenger cars and new energy technologies. The…
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater Still Under Investigation
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater Still Under Investigation February 19th of this year manufacturer and captive heat treater SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA suffered a “Devasting Fire” . The question on everybody’s lips in a case like this is what was the cause of the fire? According to this story from “WHYY” News the cause has still not…
European Heat Treater Installs Plasma Nitriding System
European Heat Treater Installs Plasma Nitriding System March 11th of this year “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit commercial heat treater “Vacuum S.P.A.” in Verdello, Italy-the visit resulted in an article entitled; “Vacuum Heat Treater Finds Business to Be Strong”. Just after this visit the company…
“Substantial” US Heat Treater to Close April 1/2025
“Substantial” US Heat Treater to Close April 1/2025 Commercial heat treater “American Steel Treating” of Perrysburg, Ohio, USA has been included on our list of the “50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” a number of times over the years. Very unfortunately the privately owned firm will join a long list of North…
Furnace Builder “Thrives” Over the Past 8 Years
Furnace Builder “Thrives” Over the Past 8 Years Founded in 2015 by 3 individuals with a lifetime of experience in the heat treat industry, furnace builder “MEAPFORNI” of Fontanafredda, Italy has thrived over the years. The firm delivered it’s first furnace in 2017 and can now boast that it has installed over 100 furnaces in the past…
Highest Captive Heat Treat Department in the World?
Highest Captive Heat Treat Department in the World? From time to time ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” searches through our archives for photos of some of the most interesting heat treats from around the world. Today’s edition comes from Istanbul, Turkey and features what is quite possibly the highest heat treat department in the world. Donusum Isil…
US Valve Manufacturer Receives Box Furnace From L & L Special Furnaces
US Valve Manufacturer Receives Box Furnace From L & L Special Furnaces “L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has delivered a high-uniformity box furnace to a worldwide, leading valve manufacturer located in the southeastern United States. The L&L model XLE 244 is a front-loading, refractory-lined box furnace and has an effective work zone…
Don Jessome, H & S Heat Treating Retired
Don Jessome, H & S Heat Treating Retired Don Jessome, Maintenance Manager for the past 10 years with H & S Heat Treating has retired. H & S is based in Port Robinson, Ontario, Canada and is one of Canada’s largest commercial heat treaters. The company has a mix of equipment which includes batch IQ furnaces, continuous furnaces and…
Paulo Appoints Plant Manager for Kansas City Facility
Paulo Appoints Plant Manager for Kansas City Facility Want to know how large commercial heat treater Paulo is? ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” ranked the firm as one of the largest in North America https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ “Chris Manago Joins Paulo as Kansas City Plant Manager Paulo is…
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #21 Hansen Balk, Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #21 Hansen Balk, Grand Rapids, 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…
How to Save Money on Heat Treating
How to Save Money on Heat Treating Advanced Heat Treat Corp., based in Waterloo, Iowa, USA recently posted to their website an interesting little article about how manufacturers can save a few dollars when sending heat treating out to a commercial heat treater. Some of these thoughts are relatively obvious but others we would not have thought of….