Furnace Builders Unite to Offer Engineering Services?
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has learned that two manufacturers of new thermal processing systems are in serious discussions to jointly offer engineering services not just to the heat treatment industry but all industry around the world. McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana and ION HEAT...
Chain Manufacturer Inaugurates New Batch IQ Line
For over 85 years "THIELE" ( https://www.thiele.de/en/) in Iserlohn, Germany has been a leading manufacturer of round steel chains and forgings in the areas of conveyor and lifting technology. During that time the company has long recognized that one of their core competencies has been heat treating...
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]
Furnace Builder Sells Induction Division
According to this press release Aichelin Group one of the largest furnace builders in the world has sold their induction division "EMA Indutec". Read on for more details. "AICHELIN Group, specialised in industrial heat treatment of metallic parts and components, is consolidating its group of...
Acquisition in the North American HT Industry
"Kittyhawk, Inc. (“Kittyhawk” or the “Company”), backed by the Dallas-based private equity firm Trive Capital (“Trive”), is pleased to announce that it has acquired Stack HIP, LLC (“Stack HIP”) from Stack Metallurgical Group (“SMG”). The acquisition of Stack HIP represents a significant expansion of...
Steven Christopher of Super Systems Inc – The Interview
We are very pleased today to be speaking with Mr. Steven Christopher of controls company Super Systems Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio. We have always thought of Steven as having a very unique perspective into the heat treatment industry insofar as in his position as an “installation” engineer he gets to...
Heat Treat Acquisition Concluded
In January of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced that Metex Heat Treating (one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America) had acquired Exactatherm another Canadian commercial heat treater-the original press release can be found further down. The acquisition is now...
Alloy Supplier Acquired
Pro-Tech was established in the Chicago, USA area in the 1980's to provide alloy components to the heat treatment industry. Over the years they have become reasonably well known in the industry which makes this news item rather interesting. Basically it says that the company has been acquired by a...
Ipsen celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2023. In a year that commemorated the past, Ipsen also achieved several notable accomplishments, including record revenue and significant growth.
Soaring aftermarket sales drive record revenue: Ipsen experienced exceptional performance in the aftermarket sector, achieving a 38 percent increase in replacement hot zone orders for both Ipsen and non-Ipsen furnaces compared to their previous record year. This surge in sales demonstrates Ipsen’s...
Launch of the new ECO Furnace from ECM Technologies
"ECM Technologies announces the release of a new furnace system which will replace current sealed quench (SQ) or integral quench (IQ) style furnaces. The system offers cleaner, safer and greater performance in comparison to traditional SQ or IQ furnace on the market today. When developing this new...
IVR Industrial Furnaces Approved by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
IVR, a large furnace manufacturer in Italy recently became an approved furnace supplier to FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). The company recently delivered to FCA a continuous chamber furnace designed to stress-relieve and temper heat treat crankshaft motor parts. IVR offers a wide range of furnace...
Firearm Heat Treating/Heckler & Koch/Glock
Recently we had several news items talking about how the firearms industry is booming these days and consequently the heat treating associated with it. Germany based firearm manufacturer Heckler & Kock is known around the world as a top end gun manufacturer and most or all of their locations...
FNA 2020 Virtual Show
Today starts the 2020 Furnaces North America show which of course like every other show is "virtual". We are into "uncharted waters" on this format and it will be interesting to see what the response is. At "The Monty" we have been treated to a preview by a couple of the exhibitors and it is obvious...
Heat Treatment in Mexico/HT-MX Profile
September 24th we had a news item entitled “Heat Treating Mexico-Globalization to Regionalization”. The item was about a commercial heat treater in Mexico who was finding business to be very good partially because US manufacturers appear to be bringing their supply chains closer to home-namely...
Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System?
Even after all these years of publishing “The Monty” we are still puzzled why some articles attract so much attention and others do not. For instance September 23 we had an article entitled Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System-the basis of the article was that Endo generators are a much...