52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-a “Monty Heat Treat News” Exclusive
52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-a “Monty Heat Treat News” Exclusive Tuesday June 30 “The Monty Heat Treat News” will publish our annual list of the 52 largest commercial heat treaters in North America for 2026, the only such list in the world. This year’s list will feature a number of changes as some companies expand, others…
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….
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]
Captive/ Commercial Heat Treater Completes New Furnace Install
Captive/ Commercial Heat Treater Completes New Furnace Install Captive/Commercial heat treater RAMADA ACOS in Ovar, Portugal has been mentioned by “The Monty Heat Treat News” several times over the years, including this summary of the company in 2021; “NOVEMBER 2021; Ramada ACOS is a captive/commercial heat treater located in the northern part…
Ipsen USA Announces Management Changes in Customer Service Team
Ipsen USA Announces Management Changes in Customer Service Team Ipsen is pleased to announce the promotion of Evan Hundley to Retrofits Manager and the appointment of Lu Chouraki as Field Service Manager. Since joining Ipsen in October 2023 as a Project Manager in the Retrofits Department, Hundley has demonstrated strong leadership and a…
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters Since 1997 “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been publishing a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America, a list which has grown from the 10 Largest to the 50 Largest- the 2024 list can be found here; “The Monty’s” 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024″ . …
SPS Fire Origin Still Unknown
SPS Fire Origin Still Unknown Yesterday “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item about a Devastating Fireat SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mentioned this because the facility has always included a reasonably large in house heat treatment department and the fact that initial reports referred to “Heat Treat Chemicals” being the…
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater From the “Philadelphia Inquirer” we have this story about a massive fire at aerospace fastener supplier “SPS Technologies”in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mention this story as the company has a very substantial in house heat treat department although at this point in time it is unknown whether the fire originated…
UPC Receives Order for “Endo” Generator From Repeat Customer
UPC Receives Order for “Endo” Generator From Repeat Customer From controls company UPC-Marathon we have word about an order the firm has just received for an endo generator-this marks the fifth order for an endothermic generator from the same customer; “The 4th repeat order of an Endothermic Gas Generator has been installed for the…
North American Heat Treater Expanding-Adding More Batch IQ Capacity
North American Heat Treater Expanding-Adding More Batch IQ Capacity “Precision Heat Treat Precision Heat Treat in Surrey, British Colombia, Canada one of the province’s most established commercial heat treaters has announced that they will be investing in a Batch IQ line from McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA. The line will…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Fast Approaching 8,000 LinkedIn Followers
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Fast Approaching 8,000 LinkedIn Followers “The Monty Heat Treat News” is very proud of our social media presence which is one of the largest in the heat treatment industry. Over the course of our 25 years of publication we have amassed almost 8,000 followers on LinkedIn which compliments our strong…
Gas Nitriding Furnace to be Shipped to Middle East
Gas Nitriding Furnace to be Shipped to Middle East Gas Nitriding continues to be a very strong growth area for new furnace builders and this is yet another example. Rubig of Wels, Austria is preparing to ship this new gas nitriding unit to a captive heat treater in the Middle East. This marks at least the 6th new gas nitriding furnace shipped in…
VIVA Aluminum Systems to Add Second Nitriding System
VIVA Aluminum Systems to Add Second Nitriding System “It is always a good sign for Nitrex when a customer comes back after their first experience with the company’s products and services. VIVA ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS – a Vias Group member – is now a repeat customer of Nitrex, having recently purchased an NX-1015 turnkey system for nitriding extrusion…
ASM International-Mexico Chapter
ASM International-Mexico Chapter It is now exactly 5 years since the first chapter of ASM International was formed in Mexico. Mexico has proved to be very fertile ground for ASM and as heat treating in Mexico has continued to grow so has ASM Mexico. In the first picture below you can see the founding members from left to right: Vic Zacarias –…
Atlantic Heat Treat Poised To Bring More Vacuum Capacity on Line
Atlantic Heat Treat Poised To Bring More Vacuum Capacity on Line Just a few short months ago we had this news item about commercial heat treater Atlantic Heat Treating adding more vacuum furnace capacity; In Ajax, Ontario, Canada we find commercial heat treater Atlantic Heat Treat, a full service commercial heat treater owned and run by Mr. Jon…