“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]
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…
Aalberts Surface Technologies NADCAP Approved for “HIPPING”
Aalberts Surface Technologies NADCAP Approved for “HIPPING” Quite recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” had several articles about commercial heat treater Aalberts Surface Technologies installing a large “HIP” unit (hot isostatic pressing) at their facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. As an update to this story the official…
Thoughts on the Paulo Heat Treat Sale
Thoughts on the Paulo Heat Treat Sale The Announcement that North American commercial heat treater Paulo had been acquired by Aalberts N.V.just last week caught many in the North American commercial heat treat industry off guard. This prompted the team at “The Monty” to reflect on the history of the two companies and how this acquistion might…
Major Acquisition in the North American Heat Treat Industry
Major Acquisition in the North American Heat Treat Industry “Aalberts N.V. has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Paulo Products Company (Paulo), operating five facilities in the USA and one in Mexico, generating an annual revenue of approximately USD 105 million with 522 employees. Paulo is a provider of industrial heat…
Gary Gariglio, Interpower Induction -The Interview
Gary Gariglio, Interpower Induction -The Interview We are very pleased today to be speaking with Mr. Gary Gariglio, founder, owner and CEO of Induction Heating Specialist “Interpower Induction”. First off Gary, congratulations on this being your 30 th anniversary of founding the company. Perhaps you could tell us how you got started all those…
Heat Treatment, UK-Industry Suppliers, Captive & Commercial Heat Treaters
Heat Treatment, UK-Industry Suppliers, Captive & Commercial Heat Treaters Over the course of the next two weeks “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be visiting and profiling a number of in house heat treaters along with commercial heat treaters and industry suppliers. The first visit was to Krohne, UK which just last year installed the largest…
Texas Gear Manufacturer Installing Vacuum & Atmosphere Heat Treat Department
Texas Gear Manufacturer Installing Vacuum & Atmosphere Heat Treat Department In Seguin, Texas, USA we find Rave Gears & Machining, a supplier of high end gears to the aerospace industry https://ravegears.com/ making a major investment in a brand new heat treatment department. The firm made the decision to bring their heat treating…
SECO/WARWICK Appoints Grammer Vacuum Technologies as Representatives in the US Northwest
SECO/WARWICK Appoints Grammer Vacuum Technologies as Representatives in the US Northwest Furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK has appointed Grammer Vacuum Technologies as their exclusive representative in the US states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nevada and Northern California. Grammer Vacuum Technologies was…
Largest Single Site Nadcap Scope Retained with Merit
Largest Single Site Nadcap Scope Retained with Merit “The Wallwork heat treatment facility in Manchester, UK, has again passed its Nadcap audit with Merit, making it the largest scope for a single site in the UK, covering nine check sheets. This creates a one-stop aerospace heat treatment facility. Nadcap accreditation is the highest level of…
Centorr Vacuum Industries Receives Orders for 6 Furnaces
Centorr Vacuum Industries Receives Orders for 6 Furnaces Centorr Vacuum Industries of Nashua, NH, USA received orders for six high-vacuum furnaces for the precision processing of metals in heat treating, annealing and brazing applications. With working dimensions from 12 x 12 x 24 inches to over 48 x 48 x 48 inches and from 1 cubic foot to over…
Nitrogen/Methanol Systems to Grow in Popularity Due to Climate Change Concerns?
Nitrogen/Methanol Systems to Grow in Popularity Due to Climate Change Concerns? Since time immemorial heat treaters have basically had two options for carburizing atmospheres; endothermic generators or nitrogen/methanol systems (we are ignoring pack type carburizing and drip feed systems as they occupy such a tiny percentage of the overall heat…