SSi Mexico
Recently Jordan and Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" attended the ASM 2024 Heat Treat exhibition in Queretaro, Mexico during which time they were able to visit a number of in house and commercial heat treaters in area. For many of these visits their hosts were the local SSi team-they...
German Fastener Manufacturer Adds Mesh Belt Furnace Line
Today (April 22, 2024) "The Monty" was able to visit a large German manufacturer of automotive and aerospace fasteners. What made this visit very memorable was that the company is just days away from starting up a brand new mesh belt furnace line with a capacity of 1,000 kg/hour (2,200 pounds). ...
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 Monty” Visits “Top 11” Captive Heat Treater
For a number of years now "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been putting together an annual list of the "Top 11 Captive Heat Treaters in North America". This list includes what we believe to be the 11 largest single location captive heat treaters in North America. One that we visited last week in...
European Manufacturer Adds Nitriding System
"Kuźnia Jawor S.A., a European company specializing in the production of hot forged and CNC machined components for the automotive, machinery, mining, and piping industries, has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities through a substantial plant modernization. Located in the southwestern region of...
US Heat Treat Fire Blamed on Foreign Sabotage?
In almost 30 years of reporting news about the global heat treatment industry "The Monty Heat Treat News" has reported on many fires and whenever possible the cause. However this is the first time we have run across a fire in a heat treat department possibly being blamed on foreign sabotage-read on...
Michigan, USA Fastener Manufacturer to Install 3 Mesh Belt Lines?
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a Turkish company by the name of Norm Fasteners investing in a new fastener manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan. The original news item can be found below and as our readers can see we mentioned at the time that it would...
Metlab HT Closing Giving Gear Suppliers “Headaches”
The recent closing of commercial heat treater "Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA (the original news release can be found below) has had lasting ramifications on the gear industry in North America-let us explain. Metlab in size we would have considered to be "average" in terms of annual sales...
Crio, Mexico Top 5 Mexican Heat Treat
It has been 4 years since “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited commercial heat treater “Crio” ( https://www.criomx.com/ws/services.html) in Querétaro, Mexico and we welcomed the opportunity for another visit last week. What we found was a company which has invested heavily since then both in terms of...
Heat Treatment Mexico
This week sees the ASM Heat Treat Mexico 2024 Conference & Exposition being held in Querétaro, Mexico 9, 10 and 11 and Gord and Jordan Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be reporting on the entire event. Over the course of the week “The Monty” will also be visiting and reporting on...
Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Approval
"Greenville, SC, April 8, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems approval. With this approval, now all five Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with Lockheed Martin requirements for thermal...
Heat Treatment Mexico
April 9, 10 and 11 sees the ASM Mexico Heat Treatment exhibition in Querétaro, Mexico and "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be in attendance. Over the course of the week Gord and Jordan Montgomery will be taking the time to investigate the state of heat treatment in Mexico with visits to some of the...
“The Monty” Visits Furnace Builder “Vac Aero”
Earlier this week Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit vacuum furnace manufacturer "Vac Aero" in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. As we have mentioned before "Vac Aero" is both a commercial heat treater (and one of the largest in North America as ranked by "The...
Will the Heat Treat Industry Embrace a 4 Day Work Week?
Regular Contributor Josh Hale of International Search Partners, the top recruiting firm in the North American Heat Treatment Industry sends us this article entitled "Will the Heat Treat Industry Embrace a 4 Day Work Week?" The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Successfully Relocated to Chesterfield
"Chesterfield, MI, April 1, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres of Michigan has successfully relocated from the old Fraser and Warren facilities to a new, state-of-the-art location in Chesterfield, Michigan. All ten furnaces (both new and existing) are fully operational at the Chesterfield plant, heralding a...