“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]
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….
Super Systems Inc. Seminar – NFPA Standards And Metallurgy
Super Systems Inc. Seminar – NFPA Standards And Metallurgy SSi invites you to an informative seminar dedicated to two critical aspects of industrial safety and material science: NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) standards Metallurgy This brings together engineers industry experts maintenance personnel to explore the intersection…
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Heat Treatment Names in the News Lets see who in the heat treatment industry has made career changes recently; Jim Buntjer/Thermal Process Holdings; Jim has 10 years in the North American heat treatment industry working with commercial heat treaters such as Bluewater Thermal, Rockford Heat Treating and Service Heat Treating. Shortly before…
Super Systems Europe (SSE)
Super Systems Europe (SSE) Welcome to the Super Systems Europe team based in Birmingham, UK. Global furnace controls company SSi is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and has operations in Mexico, China and the UK-the UK team (SSE) is shown in this photo. Headed by Matt Cross the company has been offering sales, service and support to the…
Where Are They Now-Steve Cropper
Where Are They Now-Steve Cropper Mr. Steve Cropper has had a long, distinguished career in the heat treatment industry in a variety of different sales positions. VP of Sales for furnace manufacturer, Can-Eng International of Niagara Falls, Canada, sales positions at Bodycote, salt supplier Park Thermal-Steve is an experienced guy. He just started…
Smith & Wesson to Relocate Headquarters-Will Effect Heat Treat Department
Smith & Wesson to Relocate Headquarters-Will Effect Heat Treat Department Firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson joins a long line of firearm manufacturers moving from the gun “unfriendly” US North east to the gun “friendly” southeastern USA. This article very succinctly gives the reasons for the move, the same reasons which prompted other…
Vacuum Carburizing Furnace Installed, Tested and Ready To Go
Vacuum Carburizing Furnace Installed, Tested and Ready To Go Remember the June 2021 press release below from commercial heat treater Wallwork Heat Treatment in Bury, UK? Well part of ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” team had the chance to look at the furnace last week and we have these images. “Wallwork Heat Treatment, UK Invests in Vacuum…
Dr. Bora Özkan Technical Director, Ipsen, Kleve, Germany-The Interview
Dr. Bora Özkan Technical Director, Ipsen, Kleve, Germany-The Interview Bora, I appreciate the time you are spending with us, I have been fortunate enough to interview several individuals at both Ipsen, Rockford, USA and Kleve, Germany and have always enjoyed the discussions. Lets start at the very beginning as they say, how did you end up where…
Heat Treatment 2000, West Bromwich, UK
Heat Treatment 2000, West Bromwich, UK Commercial heat treater Heat Treatment 2000, West Bomwich, UK, one of the last commercial, continuous heat treaters in the UK. More to come. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty . View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/…
















































































































































