USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
Recently the North American commercial heat treat industry has seen a wave of consolidations/closings-a recent example features "Atmosphere Group Inc" in Michigan, USA "USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations". Another example (although this has not been publicly...
Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating”
Last week we had a news item entitled; "Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales", at that point in time we promised to provide our readers with more details about the firm; "In 2012, Tom Darby, owner of aerospace components manufacturing company TMD Machining (TMD), was exasperated with...
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]
Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Although very few details are currently available it would appear that Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater will be opening a brand new facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. What we know so far is that this facility will fall under the Aerospace & Defense division, it will be...
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
August 11th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a UK based heat treater who recently added "Robotics in a Vacuum Brazing Application"-the press release prompted the team at the "The Monty" to contemplate robotics in the commercial heat treatment industry. The bottom line...
Largest Capacity Plasma Nitriding Furnaces in North America?
Three years ago "The Monty" visited a commercial heat treater in South Lyon, Michigan, USA by the name of "Sun Steel Treating" and "profiled" the company-a profile which can be found further down in this article. Just last week "The Monty" again had the chance to visit and we found out that the...
Plasma Nitriding in North America-“Eltro Services”
In Europe Plasma (ION) Nitriding is a well known, relatively common form of heat treating, however for a variety of reasons it has never enjoyed the same popularity in North America-for this reason "The Monty" looked forward to seeing a commercial plasma nitriding facility in North America. "Eltro...
Aviation Supplier Adds 7th Vacuum Furnace
"Production in the aviation industry is accelerating. The year 2024 was record-breaking for aviation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the largest manufacturers of aircraft parts are investing in devices that increase production efficiency. CPP has been a long-term partner of the SECO/WARWICK...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
“Atmosphere Group, Inc., a division of AFC-Holcroft” (part of Aichelin Group of Austria) has for many years maintained two commercial heat treating facilities in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area-“Austemper Inc.” and “Atmosphere Heat Treating” both of which specialize in austempering. The two...
New Nitriding Installation Mexico
In Mexico, commercial heat treater HT-MX has just added a new gas nitriding system provided by "Nitrex". Humberto Ramos of the company has this to say; "This equipment expands our capabilities for nitriding and FNC processes, with a load capacity of up to 2,600 lbs, as part of an investment close to...
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding
In our recent "Industry Exclusive" list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" ranked by estimated 2025 sales we included for the first time ever a company by the name of "Vacu Braze" in Quakertown, PA, USA. After publishing the list, we learned that the firm has been making...
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a replacement Ipsen VFC-924 hot zone to a prominent U.S.-based global aerospace company. This customer performs thermal processing on a variety of critical aerospace components used across multiple aircraft platforms. John Hahn, Aftermarket Sales Manager at Solar...
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project
In 2024 commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada announced that they were closing down with all of the equipment going on to the used market. Cambridge always took great pride in their equipment and it showed-most of it was relatively new and in very good...
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry
Now is this real heat treating or not since it involves "on site stress relieving" ? You can certainly argue the point since it doesn't involve flames but at the end of the day "The Monty" Team voted to mention it; "NEDERLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Thermal Services (ITS), a leading...
“The Monty” Interviews “Jim Fairbairn”, “Bodycote” CEO
In an industry exclusive "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the very distinct privilege of interviewing "Mr. Jim Fairbairn", CEO of the world's largest commercial heat treater-"Bodycote". GM; “Hopefully Jim is OK, we North Americans tend to be fairly casual when it comes to the use of a first name....