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 November 11/2024
Top Heat Treatment News Stories November 11/2024 Every week “The Monty” looks back on the previous week to see which Heat Treatment News Items excited our readers the most-this is based upon social media views, visits to “The Monty Heat Treat News” and readers thoughts and comments. For the week starting November 11, 2024 these were our top…
“15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America”
“15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America” This week we are proud to present the 2024 list of the ” 15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America ” as compiled by ” The Monty Heat Treat News “. We will have the final 5 largest this Thursday. In 2022 “The Monty Heat Treat News” published a heat treatment industry exclusive, a list…
HAI Romania Installs Gas Nitrider To Replace Salt Bath Nitriding
HAI Romania Installs Gas Nitrider To Replace Salt Bath Nitriding “As part of its commitment to environmental leadership, Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI), the parent company based in Austria, has implemented a Nitrex nitriding system at its facility in Romania. This installation, aligning with the company’s corporate values and best practices,…
Commercial Heat Treating-“A Tale of 2 Cities”
Commercial Heat Treating-“A Tale of 2 Cities” To quote the famous author “Charles Dickens” commercial heat treating in North America is truly “a tale of 2 cities these days”. While the vast bulk of commercial heat treaters in North America are doing OK-not great not bad there are extremes on either end, lets look at some examples,…
Why Is Heat Treating in Europe Struggling?
Why Is Heat Treating in Europe Struggling? In our previous news item above we suggested that the commercial heat treating market in North America is doing OK-no better than OK and no worse. However, this does not hold true for Europe as we found out recently at the HK24 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany in October. Gord Montgomery of …
Cleaning Supplier Lands Another Nice Order
Cleaning Supplier Lands Another Nice Order In Europe the best-known name for cleaning systems is a German firm by the name of HEMO who would appear to be the dominant player (on a side note just 1 month ago the owner of the company, Mr. Andreas Fritz, announced that they were setting up a facility in Michigan, US to accelerate their prescence in…
Heat Treatment Australia Makes Major New Investments on 2 Continents
Heat Treatment Australia Makes Major New Investments on 2 Continents Heat Treatment Australia, the country’s largest commercial heat treater has made a number of major investments over the past year. These include; The HTA facility in Los Angeles, California, USA has received Nadcap approval for vacuum aluminum brazing. The Brisbane, Australia…
New Mathers Metal, Kentucky, USA Upgrading Heat Treat Department Giving Away Old Furnaces
New Mathers Metal, Kentucky, USA Upgrading Heat Treat Department Giving Away Old Furnaces In Franklin, Kentucky, USA New Mather Metal, the world’s largest stabilizer-bar manufacturer is making some changes to their in-house heat treating department. Heat treating has always been a core competency of the company and to this end the company has…
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters For almost 25 years “The Monty Heat Treat News” has compiled a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America. The list is based upon annual sales and originally we started with the 10 largest-over the years this has expanded and last year we set a record at the 30 largest…
In House Heat Treater in the UK To Add More Brazing Capacity
In House Heat Treater in the UK To Add More Brazing Capacity “The latest system from SECO/WARWICK will be used for controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing at a manufacturer of heat exchangers in the UK. This addition will allow the customer to expand its range of sizes and dimensions of aluminum heat exchangers that can be brazed using the CAB…
The Interview With Craig Moller, Chief Engineer of Ipsen
The Interview With Craig Moller, Chief Engineer of Ipsen Last week we posted an interview “The Monty Heat Treat News” recently conducted with Mr. Craig Mollner, an interview which can be found at Craig Moller, Chief Engineer at “Ipsen” Speaks to the “Monty Heat Treat News” | The Monty Craig has over 40 years experience in the heat treatment…
Furnace Builder KGO Opens Office In India
Furnace Builder KGO Opens Office In India With recent furnace sales in India, KGO based in Germany is pleased to announce that we have opened a Sales, Service and Spare Parts office based out of Pune. The office will be managed by Subhash Kanse who has over 25 years’ experience in Heat Treat Management of Maintenance and Projects with companies…