“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]
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…
Thermal-Vac Arizona is Now Legacy Brazing
Thermal-Vac Arizona is Now Legacy Brazing CHINO VALLEY—Thermal-Vac Arizona is proud to announce its rebranding to Legacy Brazing, a name that reflects the enduring expertise and family heritage central to our operations. This change marks a new chapter for the company, inspired by the continuity of excellence established by Steve Driscol, founder…
European Heat Treater Adds Vacuum Carburizing System
European Heat Treater Adds Vacuum Carburizing System Hart-Tech Heat Treat located in Lodz, Poland is a commercial heat treater founded in 2010. Since that time it has added a number of different processes, and 2024 was no exception. To round out the year the company just received a new SECO/WARWICK vacuum carburizing (LPC) system. The furnace…
Dr. Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process Receives John. H. Whiting Gold Metal
Dr. Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process Receives John. H. Whiting Gold Metal (Livonia, MI, September 17, 2021) – Dr. Kathy L. Hayrynen, Vice President of Research & Development, Applied Process Inc., Livonia, Michigan, is the recipient of the John H. Whiting Gold Medal. This was presented to her by Bruce Dienst at the 2021 AFS Foundry Leadership…
Aalberts Industries Completes Acquisition of Premier Thermal Solutions
Aalberts Industries Completes Acquisition of Premier Thermal Solutions Steve Wyatt, CEO, Premier Thermal Solutions; In July, we announced that Aalberts N.V., a Dutch manufacturer and one of the largest heat treaters in the world, reached an agreement to acquire Premier Thermal. I am pleased to announce that the deal closed this morning and we are…
Top 50 Heat Treater Sold
Top 50 Heat Treater Sold Century Sun Heat Treat Treat Sold-31st Largest Commercial Heat Treater in North America. Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” put together our annual list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America-in 31st position on this list is Century Sun Heat Treat in Traverse City, Michigan. According to this press…
Accurate Brazing, Greenville, SC-People Changes
Accurate Brazing, Greenville, SC-People Changes Today we are visiting (virtually) Accurate Brazing in Greenville, SC, USA which is part of the Aalberts Group of companies based in the Netherlands. This is quite an impressive facility with some of the newest technologies out there including Plasma Nitriding, HIP’ing, Vacuum Brazing and Heat Treat…
Lets Talk Cleaning Systems-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
Lets Talk Cleaning Systems-“The Heat Treat Podcast” We have a special treat for you, our viewers today, a “Heat Treat Podcast” with Mr. Andreas Fritz of “HEMO”, a company which makes quite possibly the most advanced cleaning systems on earth; Cleaning Technologies for Heat Treating | Andreas Fritz | THE HEAT TREAT PODCAST #029 – YouTube “The…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” To Visit Largest Horizontal Vacuum Furnace in the UK
“The Monty Heat Treat News” To Visit Largest Horizontal Vacuum Furnace in the UK In May of 2020 “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted a very interesting press release about Ipsen supplying the largest horizontal vacuum furnace in the UK, a unit with working dimensions of 1200mm X 1200mm X 2400mm (48″ X 48″ X 96″). Next week we will be…