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,...
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]
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...
German Auto Parts Supplier Hirschvogel Group Commissions Furnace Line
Back in March of 2025 it was announced that auto parts supplier "Hirschvogel" would be installing a new, automated heat treat line provided by "Aichelin Group" of Austria (the original news item can be found below). Recently the line entered full production with the ability to 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬...
Strong Business Conditions Leads to New Vacuum Furnace Order
"Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 12, 2026) – Ipsen USA has received a new equipment order from Urschel Laboratories, Inc., a global manufacturer of precision food cutting equipment headquartered in Chesterton, Indiana. The order includes a MetalMaster HR 54x48 2-bar vacuum furnace, which will...
Quiet USA Heat Treat Acquisition
In a very discrete, unpublished way it would appear that a Nadcap accredited captive heat treater in Phoenix, Arizona, USA by the name of "Joined Alloys" was recently acquired by a firm based in India. This is how "Joined Alloys" describes their heat treatment/brazing capabilities: "We...
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace-“The Video”
September 3rd "The Monty" had the exclusive news story below about a Michigan, USA heat treater installing one of the "Largest Vacuum Furnaces in the US Midwest". As an update to this story we have these notes from "Darby Metal Treating" and this video. "Today, DMT took delivery of a new vacuum...
DMP “Cryo” The Team is Back Together
At the recent "Heat Treat 2025" exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, USA "Gord & Jordan Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" ran across DMP of Texas a supplier of +1200 to -300 thermal processing systems. During our conversation we learned that Jim Wells, part of the original DMP team recently...
Furnace Builder “Meapforni” Speaks With “The Monty”
Today we speak with "Mr. Francesco Pieropan", CEO of Italian furnace builder "Meapforni". We are indeed fortunate today to have an interview with an individual who we have known for a number of years and one whom we have a very high opinion of, Mr. Francesco Pieropan, of furnace builder...
Where Are They Now-Jennifer McPeek
In the US Southeast everybody knows Jennifer because of her long association with the heat treatment industry. President of American Heat Treating, Alabama-check. Sales Manager Accurate Brazing-check. Business Development Manager, Bodycote-check. President Suncoast Heat Treat-check. Jennifer has...
Solar Atmospheres Increases Capacity with Additional All-Metal Hot Zone Furnace
"This installation marks the second all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace added to the climate-controlled processing area at Solar Atmospheres’ Hermitage, Pennsylvania facility. The new system significantly expands the company’s capacity to heat treat highly sensitive materials such as...