“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]
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Completes Facility Expansion
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Completes Facility Expansion “Solar Atmospheres of Michigan, Inc. is proud to announce the completion of its 20,000 square-foot facility expansion, marked by the official receipt of an occupancy permit from Chesterfield Township. This expansion enhances the company’s capabilities and strengthens its position as a…
European Vacuum Furnace Builder Investing in USA
European Vacuum Furnace Builder Investing in USA IVA Schmetz a very substantial player in the European vacuum furnace builder is expanding into the North American market as you can read in this press release. It is our understanding that the company is setting up a sales office in the US Midwest. This photo shows part of the IVA team at the FNA…
SECO/WARWICK Division Makes US Acquisition
SECO/WARWICK Division Makes US Acquisition “The acquisition of ReMelt Scientific by Retech, a division of SECO/WARWICK Group, marks a significant step in rounding out the SECO/WARWICK products and services portfolio. This strategic move enables both the vacuum and aluminum melting divisions to offer even more comprehensive process solutions…
Ron Waligora, COO of AFC-Holcroft Announces Retirement
Ron Waligora, COO of AFC-Holcroft Announces Retirement Ron Waligora, Chief Operating Officer for AFC-Holcroft, with a heavy and happy heart has announced his retirement date of May 4, 2025. Ron graduated with a BSME degree from Michigan Technological University and was immediately hired by Holcroft in the summer of 1988 as a Field Service…
Engineered HT Announces Site Manager and More “People” News
Engineered HT Announces Site Manager and More “People” News Mike Harrison, Engineered Heat Treat; Mike has certainly had a long and varied career in the North American heat treatment industry. Over the years he has acted as General Manager of the Bodycote location in Canton, Michigan, spent time with furnace builder Gasbarre and most…
German Furnace Builder Reports on 2024 Business Conditions
German Furnace Builder Reports on 2024 Business Conditions Furnace builder Rohde Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany announces a recent order from a customer also in Hanau and sums up how business in 2024 was for the company (spoiler alert-it was a good year for the company). From Hanau for Hanau-this is the wish of Rohde Schutzgasöfen GmbH, a…
Expanite – Replacement or Reinforcement of DLC Coatings
Expanite – Replacement or Reinforcement of DLC Coatings Diamond-like carbon or DLC coatings are today used in many areas where excellent friction properties and good wear resistance are required on component surfaces. The DLC layers applied by complex, time-consuming and costly PVD or PACVD processes are usually only a few micrometres thick. If…
CENOS Releases Latest Version of Induction Heating Simulation Software
CENOS Releases Latest Version of Induction Heating Simulation Software “In two years since the CENOS Induction Heating simulation software’s first version was released in 2019, it is used by more than 50 customers in 12 countries and more than 100 academic users in universities across the world. CENOS’s main customers are induction heating…
Vacuum Furnace Auction-Where Is Used Heat Treat Furnace Pricing Going?
Vacuum Furnace Auction-Where Is Used Heat Treat Furnace Pricing Going? August 18th we posted a news item in which we speculated that the Pandemic has effected used equipment pricing https://themonty.com/pandemic-pricing-effects-used-heat-treatment-pricing/ As a follow up note to this item we carefully followed a subsequent auction at Allied Heat…
Ipsen Sees Increased Demand from Mid-Size Manufacturers
Ipsen Sees Increased Demand from Mid-Size Manufacturers As more mid-sized companies recover from pandemic related disruptions, Ipsen is seeing a surge in interest for standardized equipment. Ipsen reports a steady increase of orders for TITAN vacuum furnaces this year, with five in July alone. That’s a substantial increase over the same period in…
US Arsenal To Install Ion Nitriding System
US Arsenal To Install Ion Nitriding System In the past “The Monty Heat Treat News” has pointed out that virtually all Ion (Plasma) nitriding systems come from either Europe or Colombia, South America. This press release tells us how a USA based company, Surface Combustion of Ohio recently shipped a new system to Watervliet Arsenal in New York…
Heat Treatment Australia Purchases Two Vector Vacuum Furnaces
Heat Treatment Australia Purchases Two Vector Vacuum Furnaces If you’re a regular reader of ” The Monty ” this news item might seem familiar because we mentioned this a few months ago, but we now have additional details. Below is the official press release for Heat Treatment Australia purchasing two new Vector vacuum furnaces from SECO/WARWICK….