Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America?
In early 2024 "The Monty Heat Treat News" published an article entitled "Metlab HT Closing Giving Gear Suppliers “Headaches” -fast forward to 2026 and that closing still has gear suppliers reaching for the aspirin bottle. "Metlab Heat Treat" in Wyndmoor, PA, USA at the time had the largest...
Premier Aircraft Manufacturer Places Multiple Furnace Order
One of the world's best known aircraft manufacturers recently placed an order for multiple vacuum furnaces. This multi-million-dollar order has been placed with a North American vacuum furnace builder with delivery expected towards the end of 2026. There will be a formal announcement at an upcoming...
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]
“Molla srl” Installs 4th Roller Hearth Line
According to Austrian furnace builder "Aichelin" forging company "Molla srl" of Italy has just installed and commissioned their 4th automated roller hearth line; "Together with our long-standing sales partner Efisio Carutti (Carutti S.r.l.), we have successfully installed and commissioned the...
Vacuum Furnace Technology-Trevor Jones/Solar Manufacturing
Today "The Monty Heat Treat News" digs deep in our "Heat Treat Podcast" archives to find one of our most popular discussions. In this episode our host "Carlos Torres" speaks with "Mr. Trevor Jones", President of one of the largest vacuum furnace builders in North America "Solar Manufacturing". ...
Bluewater Thermal Solutions Seeking Vice President of Sales
Job Title: Vice President of Sales Location: Remote-based, with enterprise-wide responsibility for revenue performance across all BWTS operations, including the Houston, TX facility and six (6) additional industrial facilities in PA, MI, IN, and IL. Role Overview The Vice President of Sales is...
Turbine Manufacturer Invests in Vacuum Induction Melting Systems
"Retech, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, has announced the sale of two customized Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) casting systems to a long-standing overseas partner supporting power generation turbine manufacturing. The two systems, engineered to support equiaxed (EQ) and directionally solidified...
Acquisition in the UK Heat Treatment Market
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had several news items about the UK heat treatment market, unfortunately many of them have been rather depressing as they mention tales of closures and bankruptcies. However this item is more positive in that it announces the acquisition of a commercial heat...
Ipsen USA Appoints VP of Sales
Vacuum Furnace Builder Ipsen USA based in Rockford, IL has appointed Mr. Matt Clinite VP of Sales. For almost 12 years Matt has worked with Ipsen in a variety of sales positions. Very recently Matt was appointed to the top sales position with the company, VP of Sales a position in which we at "The...
When NOT to Bring Heat Treating In-House-A Case Study
It is always a hot topic whether manufacturers should bring heat treating in house or "farm" it out to commercial heat treaters. Many considerations enter the mix including; Do the volumes justify the high costs of installing a heat treat department? Does the manufacturer want to add a process which...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Lets start off the week of March 9th, 2026 by having a look at some well known (and some not so well known) individuals who are changing direction in the global heat treatment industry; Jim Feltner, CEO, FPM Heat Treating. For a number of years now Jim Feltner has been CEO of one of the largest...
Gasbarre Selected to Design Custom Thermal Processing System for Specialized Government Manufacturing Facility
St. Marys, PA — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) has received an order for a custom-engineered box furnace and loading system to be installed at a U.S.-based manufacturing facility, marking a new customer relationship and demonstrating Gasbarre’s ability to deliver solutions tailored...
North American Heat Treater to Install 8th Batch IQ Furnace
In 31st place on our list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025" you will find "Metex Heat Treating" of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This 40 year old, family owned business processes over 8o million pounds of material per year, mainly through mesh belt continuous furnace...
CAN-ENG Becomes FANUC Authorized System Integrator for Industrial Furnace Automation
"CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is proud to announce that it has been certified as a FANUC Authorized System Integrator (ASI), expanding its capabilities in robotic automation for industrial furnace systems and thermal processing equipment. This certification recognizes CAN-ENG’s...
Ipsen Announced Northeast Terrritory Update
(Editors Note; February 19th "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item entitled "North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction". In that news item we mentioned that furnace builder "Aichelin", through their USA division "AFC-Holcroft" had replaced a number of their independent sales...