VAC AERO International and VESCO Unite in Strategic Collaboration for Industry Advancement
Last week “The Monty Heat Treat News” mentioned a collaboration agreement between Vesco and Vac Aero, here is the formal press release. “[East Windsor, January 22, 2024] – VESCO, a company of the Busch Group and leading service provider in the heat treatment industry, proudly announces the...
Circle City Heat Treat Acquired
January 18th, 2024 we announced that commercial heat treater Circle City in Indianapolis, IN had been acquired. We have a few more details to add to that story; “DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to...
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]
AFC-Holcroft Closes Asian Sales Office
Furnace builder AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan, USA recently closed their sales office in Shanghai, China. The company has had a sales facility in China for many years but a change in direction by their parent company directed the closure. AFC-Holcroft was acquired by Austrian based Aichelin of...
Heat Treater Orders Second “HIP” Unit
In 2023 commercial heat treater “Wallwork” in the UK announced that they were making a very substantial investment in “Hot Isostatic Pressing” (the original press release can be found further down). According to this press release this investment has proven to be so successful that the company has...
Vac Aero International/Vesco
This press release makes for quite interesting reading for the North American vacuum furnace industry. Vac Aero International, a 65 year old manufacturer of vacuum furnace systems has signed a collaborative agreement with vacuum furnace service company Vesco of East Windsor, CT, USA. While this...
New Mesh Belt Furnace Almost Ready For Delivery
Last year we had a press release from furnace builder Ion Heat about a mesh belt carburizing line the company was in the process of building. What made the PR most interesting was the fact that Ion Heat is known throughout the industry for their Plasma (ION) Nitriders, not for mesh belts which made...
UK Heat Treater Adds Low Pressure Carburizing System
Titanium Heat Treat Services is a commercial heat treater in the UK who specalizes in heat treating components for the Motorsport Industry. Started and run by Pawel Danielewicz it appears to have done well over the past few years by adding new equipment and technologies. The firm is very proud of...
Metex Heat Treating Ltd. Announces a Strategic Acquisition of Exactatherm Limited
Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” alluded to a substantial acquisition within the Canadian commercial heat treat industry, we are now in a position to print this press release. To this press release we will add that Metex Heat Treat is ranked as one of the 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in...
HK 2020 Exhibition October 21-22/2020
It breaks our hearts that we not be able to attend HK 2020, the annual German heat treatment exhibition held the last few years in Cologne. The reason of course is COVID-19 and bearing that in mind we now have some details about the HK2020 "Virtual" show. We reminisced about the show last year and...
US/Canada Border Closed
As a Canadian and a businessman I am very aware that the US/Canadian border is closed to all but essential travel, however US citizens are not as aware of this situation. The bottom line is that while Canada does allow visitors from other countries, those visitors must self-quarantine for 14 days...
Rex Heat Treat Installs SECO/WARWICK Super IQ Furnace
To this rather interesting press release we can add this background about REX Heat Treat. To find out how Rex compares in size to other North American commercial heat treaters we would suggest checking out “The Monty” which offers the only ranking in the world about the relative size of commercial...
Firearms Heat Treatment
August 21, 2020 we had a news item about how a bright spot in the worldwide heat treatment industry is that of firearms (the original note can be found below). A perfect example of that would be Italian gun manufacturer Beretta. Up until 2016 Beretta had been manufacturing in Maryland, USA but due...
Nutec Bickley Installs Roller Hearth Furnace
Furnace builder Nutec Bickley in Monterrey, Mexico recently installed a roller hearth furnace at a Mexican supplier of forged parts for the auto industry. The furnace will be normalizing automotive parts and other motor system components, for instance for motor vehicles and truck tractors. The...
Monday Morning Briefing
Powdered Metal parts supplier Capstan Inc., based in California is in the process of installed a brand new Abbott sintering furnace and nitrogen system at their facility in Guadalajara, Mexico. The installation will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2020 and this investment will bring this plant...