Mexican Commercial Heat Treater New Addition to “52 Largest Heat Treaters”
Mexican Commercial Heat Treater New Addition to “52 Largest Heat Treaters” June 29th, 2026 “The Monty Heat Treat News” published our annual list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” , a list which included 4 new entries. One which we pointed out earlier was a Texas firm by the name of “Worldwide Heat Treat” -a second new…
European Firm Adding Additional Vacuum Heat Treating Capacity
European Firm Adding Additional Vacuum Heat Treating Capacity “The Czech commercial heat treatment company CZECHmetal s.r.o. has selected SECO/WARWICK technology. The company has purchased a horizontal, two-chamber CaseMaster Evolution vacuum furnace equipped with an oil quenching system and an option for vacuum carburizing. CZECHmetal is…
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]
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…
Automaker to Modernize Heat-Treatment Operations with UPC-Marathon
Automaker to Modernize Heat-Treatment Operations with UPC-Marathon “A leading automotive manufacturer has selected UPC-Marathon’s cutting-edge EndoFlex L generators to enhance its heat-treatment operations. As part of a forward-thinking initiative to improve manufacturing, the automaker is reinforcing its commitment to increasing production…
Aalberts Surface Technologies Adds Batch IQ Line
Aalberts Surface Technologies Adds Batch IQ Line During a visit to the Remscheid, Germany location of commercial heat treater “Aalberts Surface Technologies” Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the chance to see a recent install at the firm which took the shape of an Ipsen XXL batch IQ line. (The original story can be found…
Why I Changed the Direction of my Heat Treat Career
Why I Changed the Direction of my Heat Treat Career Last week we mentioned that a very experienced heat treater that we have known for years, Mr. Steve Metz of commercial heat treater Aalberts Surface Technologies was changing the direction of his very distinguished career in the industry. Here in his own words Steve tells us what prompted this…
Arthur Pelissier Comments on ECM USA
Arthur Pelissier Comments on ECM USA Mr. Arthur Pelissier, CEO for furnace builder ECM of Grenoble, France recently took the opportunity to visit and comment on the ECM facility in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA. These are his thoughts; “This week, Yvan Trouillot and I had the pleasure of visiting our American subsidiary, ECM USA located in…
AFC-Holcroft Appoints William Smith as Sales Engineer
AFC-Holcroft Appoints William Smith as Sales Engineer Furnace builder AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan has just appointed Mr. William Smith to the position of Sales Engineer. Mr. Smith has a long, impressive history in the industry having worked with captive heat treat giant American Axle in Fraser, Michigan, furnace manufacturer Gasbarre and a…
Furnace Builder Rubig Appoints Head of Sales-Industrial Furnace Division
Furnace Builder Rubig Appoints Head of Sales-Industrial Furnace Division Austrian furnace builder Rubig of Wels, Austria has appointed Mr. Stefan Haas, Head of Sales Industrial Furnaces Division-International. In this role Haas will have responsibility for the regions of the USA, Canada and France. Previous to this Haas worked with companies such…
Busch Vacuum Solutions Acquires Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE)
Busch Vacuum Solutions Acquires Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE) Busch (UK) Ltd, part of the global Busch Vacuum Solutions group, has acquired Vacuum Furnace Engineering (VFE). Now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Busch (UK), the move enables both VFE and Busch (UK) to strengthen their leading vacuum solutions and services for UK metallurgy and…
Allied Heat Treat Ltd. Closes-Multiple Vacuum Furnaces to be Auctioned Off
Allied Heat Treat Ltd. Closes-Multiple Vacuum Furnaces to be Auctioned Off Since 1959 commercial heat treater Allied Heat Treat in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada has been offering a wide variety of services including carburizing, gas nitriding, vacuum hardening and carbonitriding. Alas the end of the road was just 2 days ago when the firm ran their…
Who Are The Highest Paid Individuals in the Heat Treat Industry?
Who Are The Highest Paid Individuals in the Heat Treat Industry? Compensation Analysis for the Heat Treat Industry From Mr. Josh Hale of International Search Partners, the larges recruiting firm in the North American heat treating industry we have this very interesting article about compensation within the industry. “This is the third of a…
Jeff Smith, SBS Corporation
Jeff Smith, SBS Corporation It is with great regret that we mention the passing of Jeff Smith in the early morning hours of August 8, 2021. Without a shadow of exaggeration we can say that Jeff was a pioneer and a leader in the global heat treatment industry. In 1974 Jeff founded the SBS Corporation in Michigan, USA to manufacturer air cooled…