Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry
This certainly makes for interesting reading. Solar Atmospheres is ranked as the 4th largest commercial heat treater in North America by "The Monty Heat Treat News" and obviously they continue to grow. "El Cajon, CA, April 29, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres, Inc. is pleased to announce their most recent...
Anthony Rizzo/Hercules Heat Treating
We regret to mention the passing of Anthony Rizzo at one time owner of Hercules Heat Treating Corp., in Brooklyn, NY https://www.herculesht.com/ Hercules Heat Treating Corporation | Metal Heat Treating for the Military and Commercial Aerospace Industry Precision Aerospace Heat Treating. Est. 1949....
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]
“Cronite” Talk “Alloy” For the Heat Treatment Industry
Today we are very pleased to be speaking with Mr. Radek Houdek, Cronite Group VP Sales & Marketing and Mr. Erick Garcia, President, Cronite North America. Both individuals bring a lifetime of experience in providing high temperature alloy components to the heat treatment industry. The photo to...
USA ADI Facility Now Closed
Back in 2018 US commercial heat treater "Applied Process" (now part of Aalberts Surface Technologies) announced a new facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, US which would perform ADI (austemper ductile iron-a relatively uncommon process). Earlier this year Aalberts stated that this facility would...
KGO, Wetter, Germany
During a visit to a number of heat treat industry suppliers and heat treaters in Germany, Gord and Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" took the opportunity to visit a well known furnace builder in Wetter, Germany by the name of "KGO". At this point we should probably correct what we...
Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Team Expands to Support Growing Aftermarket Needs
Ipsen bolsters its aftermarket team with the addition of two new Regional Sales Engineers. Tyler Free will support customers in the Midwest, while Charlie Preston will serve the Southeast region. They join a seasoned team, including Steve Mondorf (West), Tom Sutherland (South), and Chad Mehmel...
Automotive Company Orders Second EndoFlex Generator From UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex Company
"An automotive company in South America has recently placed a follow-up order for a second EndoFlex generator from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company. Following the successful installation of a 200 m³/h EndoFlex unit last year, the new generator, boasting a similar capacity, aims to enhance stability,...
SSi Mexico
Recently Jordan and Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" attended the ASM 2024 Heat Treat exhibition in Queretaro, Mexico during which time they were able to visit a number of in house and commercial heat treaters in area. For many of these visits their hosts were the local SSi team-they...
Captive Heat Treater in Poland to Install 2 Vacuum Furnaces
"This is the first order for SECO/WARWICK from the European leader in sanitary products, GEBERIT. The two furnaces will be tailor-made according to customer requirements. The finished system is a hybrid model of the iconic VectorR vacuum furnace. The two single-chamber Vector vacuum furnaces for...
Nitriding Installations North America
The year 2020 has seen quite a number of new nitriding installations in North America-both gas and plasma. As we speak several systems are being installed including the two below. The first system was designed and built by Ion-Heat and is in the process of being commissioned at a captive heat treat...
GKN Sinter Metals to Close Facility-Shut Down In House Heat Treat Department
For as long as we can remember GKN Sinter Metals has maintained a facility in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada producing powdered metal automotive components, however the plant's days are numbered as you can see in this press release. What the press release does not provide are any details about the...
Nominations for the 25 Most Influential People in the North American Heat Treating Industry
November 30th we started our nomination process for our semi-annual list of the 25 Most Influential People in the North American Heat Treating Industry and since that time we have received quite a number of suggestions a few of which are below. Remember that our final list will be published early in...
MAN Energy Solutions Opens State Of the Art Heat Treat In Germany
In Augsburg, Germany we find that MAN Energy Solutions recently opened a state of the art commercial heat treat facility, a project which started way back in 2016. In that year demolition of the old plant started with new equipment from Ipsen and Cleaning solutions company HEMO starting to arrive in...
Furnace Builders IVA/Schmetz to Consolidate and Relocate
In Germany we see that furnace builders IVA & Schmetz will be combining their two locations into one and at the same time expanding their capacities as you can see in this press release. To provide some more background to this story we also include a press release the company did in 2019 telling...