Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line
Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line For this news item we go to Brazil where we see that fastener manufacturer Hassmann S.A has just commissioned a fully automated chamber furnace line (batch IQ to our North American readers) provided by Ipsen of Kleve, Germany-we will let “Ipsen” tell the rest of the story; “Hassmann…
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…
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]
Top Heat Treatment News Stories Week of November 25th 2024
Top Heat Treatment News Stories Week of November 25th 2024 For the week starting December 25th 2024 the three most read heat treatment stories according to “The Monty Heat Treat News” include these; Furnace Builder Makes Acquistion; “The ECM Group, co-chaired by Laurent and Marlène PELISSIER, is a manufacturer of capital goods for the…
Bluewater Thermal CEO Steps Down and More Heat Treat News
Bluewater Thermal CEO Steps Down and More Heat Treat News For the week starting Monday, December 2, 2024 we have these news stories about the global heat treatment industry; Bluewater Thermal CEO Steps Down. Mr. Eric Mannix worked with North American commercial heat treater, Bluewater Thermal for a number of years before being appointed CEO of…
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Heat Treating “Jordan”
Heat Treating “Jordan” The entire team at “The Monty Heat Treat News” would consider themselves to be very fortunate to have been able to see a lot of the world in our efforts to see captive and commercial heat treat facilities in every country in the world. Our latest expedition, just last week took us to the middle eastern country…
McLaughlin Furnace Poised to Ship Another Salt Recovery Unit
McLaughlin Furnace Poised to Ship Another Salt Recovery Unit Two years ago, “The Monty Heat Treat News” announced that “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA had reached an agreement with German Furnace builder “Rohde” to work together on future projects…
HTS Steel Continues to Invest
HTS Steel Continues to Invest Earlier this week we had a news item entitled ” SECO/WARWICK Lands a Nice Order” which made for rather interesting reading-as it turns out we now have an update for you. The name of the end customer was not mentioned in the original press release but the customer themselves issued a press release as we can see here; …
Keith Grier, ProTech Thermal Services, California, USA
Keith Grier, ProTech Thermal Services, California, USA It is with great regret that we mention the very recent passing of Mr. Keith Grier of ProTech Thermal Services at the age of 78. Keith’s entire life revolved around the heat treating industry, both from his time as a founder of GM Enterprises, a vacuum furnace manufacturer which is now part…
Helium Shortages, Rising Demand Leads to Dramatic Increase in Pricing
Helium Shortages, Rising Demand Leads to Dramatic Increase in Pricing A small subset of vacuum heat treaters have long found helium for quenching to provide some very substantial benefits, benefits which are best summed up by gas supplier Air Products; “Vacuum furnace gas quenching using helium can result in higher production rates, improved…
Wolfgang Brosche Promoted to Head of Sales for Furnace Builder Aichelin
Wolfgang Brosche Promoted to Head of Sales for Furnace Builder Aichelin Mr. Wolfgang Brosche, who has worked with furnace builder Aichelin of Austria for many years was recently promoted to Head of Sales for the company on an interim basis. Prior to this Wolfgang was Business Development Manager for the company and he is an individual who we at…
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North American-Sun Steel Treating
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North American-Sun Steel Treating A company that will almost certainly be making our list of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America is a firm based in South Lyon, Michigan, USA by the name of Sun Steel Treating. While the company is a “full service” organization they are best known for…
Where Are They Now-Harvey Hornung
Where Are They Now-Harvey Hornung We see that long time heat treater, Harvey Hornung just started as a Sale Engineer at furnace builder Surface Combustion, Inc., of Maumee, Ohio, USA. Harvey’s career has spanned quite a number of years and includes several as General Manager at Nevada Heat Treat and a stint with another furnace builder in the…
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters North America-Metallurgical Processing Michigan
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters North America-Metallurgical Processing Michigan Located in Warren, Michigan, USA Metallurgical Processing in Warren, Michigan, USA has been in business since 1954 https://www.metallurgicalprocessing.com/index.html Being located next door to Detroit it is absolutely no surprise that the company is almost…