“Top 52” List Provides Insight Into North American Heat Treat Industry
“Top 52” List Provides Insight Into North American Heat Treat Industry Since 1999 “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been providing a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America (USA, Canada & Mexico) based upon annual sales. What started as the “10 Largest” morphed into the “25 Largest” which grew into the “52 Largest” in…
Solar Atmospheres San Diego Welcomes Karla Clement as New Quality Manager
Solar Atmospheres San Diego Welcomes Karla Clement as New Quality Manager Solar Atmospheres of San Diego, a leading provider of high-performance vacuum heat treating, is pleased to announce the appointment of Karla Clement as the company’s new Quality Manager. Karla brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this crucial role. Her extensive…
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]
Furnace Builder Appoints Sales Director
Furnace Builder Appoints Sales Director Furnace Builder SOLO Swiss SA has just appointed Mr. David Howard as Sales Director effective January 1, 2025. SOLO Swiss is one of two furnace builders in Switzerland, the other being Codere SA. Originally David is from Ireland and for the past almost 19 years he had been with Codere SA, the last few as…
Ipsen USA Celebrates 2025 With Two Leadership Promotions
Ipsen USA Celebrates 2025 With Two Leadership Promotions Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (January 7, 2025) – Ipsen USA is proud to ring in the new year by announcing the promotion of two team members to new roles in 2025. These leadership changes reinforce Ipsen’s strategic focus on strengthening the ICS (Ipsen Customer Service) and Sales teams to better…
Thoughts on Nitrogen Generating Systems in Heat Treat Applications
Thoughts on Nitrogen Generating Systems in Heat Treat Applications Yesterday “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an article entitled “Paul Cairney & Nitrogen Generation “. The article started off by mentioning Mr. Paul Cairney, an individual very well known in the field of on-site nitrogen generation and moved on to some thoughts from “The Monty”…
Paul Cairney & Nitrogen Generation
Paul Cairney & Nitrogen Generation For a number of years Mr. Paul Cairney was Sales Manager for South-Tek Systems, a manufacturer based in Wilmington, MC who provides nitrogen generating systems, however things change and effective the beginning of 2025 Paul is now Sales Manager at Novair which appears to offer the same product mix. This…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2025 Magazine
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2025 Magazine Welcome to the first edition of ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” for 2025 which can be found by clicking the following link: January 2025 Magazine. In this 96 page edition you will find these stories plus many more; ▪ Major Acquisition in the North American Commercial Heat Treat Industry…
Commercial Heat Treat Acquisitions 2024
Commercial Heat Treat Acquisitions 2024 The end of 2024 brought with it a flurry of acquisitions in the commercial heat treat industry which caused the team at “The Monty” to reflect on how many acquisitions there actually were in the past year-this is what the team came up with in chronological order; Bodycote Acquires Lake City Heat Treat….
Heat Treatment 2000, West Bromwich, UK
Heat Treatment 2000, West Bromwich, UK Over the years “The Monty Heat Treat News” has crossed paths a number of time with a commercial heat treater in West Bromwich, UK by the name of Heat Treatment 2000 Home :: Heat Treat 2000 (ht2000.co.uk) This past week our paths crossed yet again as can be seen in these photos. We have been rather lucky in…
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks “SCADA” Systems with Mr. Bill Heckman
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks “SCADA” Systems with Mr. Bill Heckman In this week’s super exciting episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” our always cheerful host, Mr. Carlos Torres talks “SCADA” systems with our expert Mr. Bill Heckman. Remember if you have an interesting topic you would like to discuss please let us know and we will try and make…
Solar Atmospheres Southeast Receives Nadcap 24-Month Merit Status
Solar Atmospheres Southeast Receives Nadcap 24-Month Merit Status Solar Atmospheres announces that it s Greenville, SC facility has been awarded Nadcap 24-month m erit status for h eat t reating, b razing and c arburizing. We are extremely pleased PRI has recognized Solar’s adherence to strict specification requirements, flawless process…
Krohne UK Chooses to Bring Heat Treatment In-House
Krohne UK Chooses to Bring Heat Treatment In-House In Wellingborough, UK we find the home of Krohne Ltd., a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial process instrumentation solutions. In May of 2020 the company announced that they had installed the largest horizontal vacuum furnace in the UK-the original press release can be found…
Where Are They Now-Brian Reid, Park Thermal
Where Are They Now-Brian Reid, Park Thermal As the former owner of Park Thermal, a North American supplier of new and used furnaces and quenching salts Brian is known to many in the heat treatment industry. Not that long ago Brian parted ways with the company and as many know earlier this year Park Thermal closed the doors for good. So what is…
Mammoth US Vacuum Carburizing Furnace to Come On-Line This Year?
Mammoth US Vacuum Carburizing Furnace to Come On-Line This Year? A very interesting rumor and one which we believe to be true has to do with vacuum carburizing (low pressure carburizing) . We have been lead to believe that as early as this December, possibly January 2022 latest a very large vacuum carburizing furnace will be in service in the US….