“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]
“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…
Lab Equipment Sale
Lab Equipment Sale “The Monty Heat Treat News” currently has almost 40 listings for “Quality Surplus Lab Equipment” and to start off the new year we are reducing the asking price of almost every single item. This is not an indefinite offer so have a quick look and see if any of these items are of interest. Did you like this article? Click…
USA Furnace Builder Acquired
USA Furnace Builder Acquired According to this press release furnace builder Bloom Engineering, Inc., in Pittsburgh, Ohio was acquired by Wabtec Corp., just before the end of 2024. While Bloom Engineering is a very substantial furnace builder their focus is more on steel mills than “real” heat treating and consequently we only run across them on…
Dan Herring “The Heat Treat Doctor” Podcast
Dan Herring “The Heat Treat Doctor” Podcast Dan Herring, who is most well known as The Heat Treat Doctor®, has been in the industry for over 45 years. He spent the first 25 years in heat treating prior to launching The HERRING GROUP in 1995. His vast experience in the field includes materials science, engineering, metallurgy,…
L&L Special Furnace Co. Ships Box Furnace
L&L Special Furnace Co. Ships Box Furnace L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has shipped a second bench-mounted box furnace to a worldwide leading manufacturer of high-purity fused silica and high-end ceramic products. These materials are used in the semiconductor and photonics industry as well as many other ceramic and composite industries…
Peter Jones “The Godfather” of Automotive Vacuum Carburizing
Peter Jones “The Godfather” of Automotive Vacuum Carburizing It is with great regret that we mention the very recent passing of Mr. Peter Jones in Ontario, Canada-an individual who many considered “The Godfather” of automotive vacuum carburizing. Peter was originally from the UK but moved to Canada where he worked with automotive…
Bodycote Derby, UK
Bodycote Derby, UK We at ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” are rather proud of this Bodycote “LinkedIn” posting but the best is yet to come in the form of a detailed report about this facility. “Fantastic to have Gord from The Monty visit our plant in Derby, UK. The team demonstrated our advanced capabilities in thermal processing services…
Centek Group-In House Heat Treatment of Oil & Gas Components
Centek Group-In House Heat Treatment of Oil & Gas Components This is how Centek Group, a manufacturer and captive heat treater describes themselves; “Founded in 2001, Centek Group specializes in the development of engineering solutions for casing running environments. Our focus has always been to reduce risk and rig time. We design and…
Automotive Slow Down to Significantly Hurt Captive & Commercial Heat Treaters
Automotive Slow Down to Significantly Hurt Captive & Commercial Heat Treaters “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been updating the heat treatment industry on the effect of the global automotive heat treatment industry slowdown due to the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage. A report from CNBC states that overall revenue will drop by $210…