Mark Hemsath Update
Just before Christmas, 2025 "The Monty" mentioned how one of the better known individuals in the North American heat treat industry, "Mr. Mark Hemsath" (formerly with firms such as UPC/Nitrex/GM Enterprises and SECO/WARWICK) had made a change and joined up with heat treat consulting firm "Wingens...
AECO Corp. Announces Promotion of Maryann Remner to President
"Berea, Ohio — [Insert Date] — AECO Corp proudly announces the promotion of Maryann Remner to President, effective immediately. In her new role, Maryann will lead AECO Corp and its three operating subsidiaries — Alloy Engineering, Mach3 Machining, and Thermcraft — driving strategic growth and...
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]
Energy Pricing Putting UK Heat Treater in Jeapordy
(Editors note; "Kepston Limited" is a 110 year old, Nadcap approved commercial heat treater in the UK. The managing director of the firm says that due to the shockingly high energy costs in the country their future is in jeopardy. Read the entire article at "Businesses say Britain’s ‘jam tomorrow’...
“The Monty” Talks Vacuum Furnaces & Hot Zones with “Max Stormo” of “Ipsen”
We are indeed privileged today to be speaking with "Mr. Max Stormo", "Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Operations Manager”. In this interview Max shares with us details about how Ipsen Souderton, PA focuses on hot zone related fabrication, machining and assembly, retrofits and aftermarket parts; Max...
Aerospace Company Investing Heavily in Heat Treatment
(Editors note; for more background on this story we would suggest "Aerospace Supplier Adds Heat Treating Capacity" from "The Monty Heat Treat News") "Kencoa Aerospace has begun expanding its defense and space business in the North American market. On January 6, Kencoa Aerospace announced that it...
Acquisition Effects Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters
January 2, 2026 it was announced that Allison Transmission had acquired the Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems business of Dana Incorporated-read the press release below and we will then tell you why a heat treatment publication such as "The Monty Heat Treat News" cares; "INDIANAPOLIS,...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2026 Edition
The link below will take you to the January 2026 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" the longest running heat treat industry news source in the world. Some stories we are looking at in this issue include these; Controlled Atmosphere Brazing Lines For China & Mexico Heat Treatment Names in...
Rich Gagnon, 1949-2026
Probably few people in the heat treatment industry still remember Rich as he has not been active for quite a few years but he had a long and distinguished career in the industry. For many years he worked with Detrex Furnaces which ultimately was acquired by AFC-Holcroft which in turn was acquired by...
Where Are They Now-Logan Glines
"Logan Glines" is a true Sales Professional having worked with a number of different companies in the steel/heat treating industries. We understand that Logan just joined commercial heat treater "Bluewater Thermal" with the title of New Business Development Manager effective September 8, 2025. Logan...
Don’t You Hate Seeing Good Furnaces “Scrapped Out”
July 30th "The Monty" had a news item about a "Timken Bearing" facility in the US "Auctioning Heat Treat Furnaces", in August we had a follow up to this story "Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys!" in which we suggested that most likely most of these items would be...
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
August 19th, 2025 "The Monty" had this news item about a new USA location for commercial heat-treating giant Bodycote; "Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA". At the time of posting details were in short supply but we did promise updates as they became available, that became today....
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace
A recent article by "The Monty Heat Treat News" focused attention on a Michigan, USA commercial heat treater by the name of "Darby Metal Treating"- "Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating” In that article we suggested the firm might be installing a very substantial...
Philip Reese, “Reese Hardening” Talks Heat Treating of Large Parts
Today we are very pleased to be speaking with Mr. Philip Reese, Co-Owner of commercial heat treater “HÄRTEREI REESE” of Germany. Philip right off the bat I have to say that my German is non-existent, am I correct in saying that “Reese” is pronounced “Razor”? That is almost correct, the last “E” is...
How Do I Get a Consistent Linear Leak Rate Measurement? By Jim Grann Ipsen Technical Director and Janusz Kowalewski Ipsen Sales Director for Southeast Asia
"There is no such thing as a perfect vacuum. Even outer space has a few stray atoms and molecules floating around. A linear leak rate measures the rate at which gas atoms or molecules enter the vacuum furnace when it’s isolated from the pumping system over time. In the U.S., it’s usually expressed...