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]
Die Manufacturer Continues Upgrading Heat Treat Capacities
Die Manufacturer Continues Upgrading Heat Treat Capacities “Exco” is a global designer, developer and manufacturer of dies, molds, components and assemblies for a variety of industries and more importantly to a heat treat news source such as “The Monty Heat Treat News” a company which firmly believes in investing in the latest and greatest heat…
Bodycote Appoints President, Global ADE & Surface Technology
Bodycote Appoints President, Global ADE & Surface Technology Bodycote, the world’s “Largest Commercial Heat Treater” as ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” has just appointed Ms. Heidi McNary, as President, Global ADE & Surface Technology, Bodycote. ADE is the Aerospace/Defense/Energy division of “Bodycote”. It would appear that…
Aerospace Firm Expands with 7th Vacuum Furnace
Aerospace Firm Expands with 7th Vacuum Furnace A major North American aerospace manufacturer has placed an order for a seventh vacuum furnace to expand capacity. This furnace is specifically designed for the heat treatment of high-performance engine components and is built to support rigorous production schedules. “The vertical, large-precision…
CFC Fixturing Supplier Appoints USA Sales Manager
CFC Fixturing Supplier Appoints USA Sales Manager Over the years CFC fixturing in the heat treatment industry has seen modest growth, especially in North America. The advantages of CFC fixturing over more traditional fixturing such as cast and fabricated option are fairly well known; substantially lighter weight allowing for more parts to be…
IQ Furnace Technology-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
IQ Furnace Technology-“The Heat Treat Podcast” In our most recent “Heat Treat Podcast” our charming host, “Mr. Carlos Torres” talks IQ Furnace Technology with “Mr. Bob Brock”, Sales Manager for furnace builder “AFC-Holcroft” of Wixom, Michigan, USA. IQ Furnaces (integral quench furnaces, also known as sealed quench furnaces in many…
Acquisition in the North American Commercial Heat Treat Industry
Acquisition in the North American Commercial Heat Treat Industry Effective December 2, 2024 “Surface Heat Treating & Coatings” (SHC) in Stoney Creek, Ontario Canada has been acquired by “Atlantic Heat Treating” of Ajax, Ontario, Canada. While details are short at this time it would appear that going forward Atlantic Heat Treating will…
Solar Atmospheres Vacuum Heat Treats Longest Nickel Alloy Tubes Ever
Solar Atmospheres Vacuum Heat Treats Longest Nickel Alloy Tubes Ever Solar Atmospheres of Western PA successfully vacuum heat treated the largest and longest load of nickel alloy tubing ever in a commercial vacuum furnace. The mission was to preserve the crucial elements of brightness and cleanliness of the 45 foot long seamless tubing while…
Furnace Builder Unitherm Appoints Senior Mechanical Engineer
Furnace Builder Unitherm Appoints Senior Mechanical Engineer We are pleased to announce that Bob Cole has recently joined Unitherm Furnace, LLC as Senior Mechanical Engineer. Bob comes to Unitherm with a history in the engineering field and is an accomplished engineer with experience in research, new product design and development, product…
Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Acquires Assets of IQ Technologies Inc.
Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Acquires Assets of IQ Technologies Inc. IQ Technologies Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, USA has for a number of years been marketing a process called “IntensiQuench”, a very interesting and promising process using water as the quenching medium. While the process offers some advantages over oil or polymer quenching it has never…
New LPC & Vacuum System To Enter Production September 2021
New LPC & Vacuum System To Enter Production September 2021 Nitrex’s Aurora commercial heat treat facility is now in the hot testing phase of its newly installed low-pressure carburizing (LPC) and vacuum system, which is expected to start production in September. Back in April of 2020, Jason Orosz, President of Nitrex Heat Treating Services,…
What Do Those in the Commercial Heat Treat Industry Get Paid?
What Do Those in the Commercial Heat Treat Industry Get Paid? From Mr. Josh Hale of International Search Partners we have this fascinating summary about what commercial heat treaters in the USA get paid “Salary Guide for Commercial Heat Treating”. This is part of a three part series with the next one covering typical salaries for heat treatment…
Safety Devices at Härterei Reese Prevent Dramatic Quench Oil Fire
Safety Devices at Härterei Reese Prevent Dramatic Quench Oil Fire In Bochum, Germany we find commercial heat treater Härterei Reese, one of the larger commercial heat treaters in Europe. “The Monty Heat Treat News” team has been privileged to visit this location twice over the years and what we saw was a very impressive facility with one of the…