Chinese Heat Treater Expands
While “The Monty Heat Treat News” hasn’t posted any items about the growing heat treatment market in China we do keep in touch with a number of individuals heavily involved in that market including Mr. Byron Stewart. Bryon is an Australian fellow who followed in his father’s footsteps, Tom Guler who...
What is Case Hardening? Written By Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Case hardening heat treatments, which includes nitriding, nitrocarburizing, carburizing, and carbonitriding, alter a part’s chemical composition and focus on its surface properties. These processes create hardened surface layers ranging from 0.01 to 0.25 in. deep, depending on processing times 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]
Furnace Builder Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Vacuum furnace builder G-M Enterprises which is part of the Nitrex group of companies has just appointed a Regional Sales Manager for the US Southeastern area. Mr. Jay Jefsen has a long history in the North American commercial heat treatment industry and as of January 2024 he has switched direction...
Say it Ain’t So Bill! Bill St. Thomas
It is hard to believe but a living legend in the North American heat treat industry is retiring. Bill St. Thomas has been selling new heat treat furnaces for 55 years for companies such as Aichelin, AFC-Holcroft, ECM, Seco and a host of others with his career starting and ending with Lindberg...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” June 2023 Issue
The link below will take you to the June 2023 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News”. For almost 30 years “The Monty” has been offering more news and trends about the global heat treatment industry than any other news source in the world. Our reach is global and most of our news is exclusive, meaning...
Stephen Harris, Bodycote CEO to Step Down
This news item goes hand in hand with the release on this page about Bodycote's Trading Update for the first 4 months of 2023. "Bodycote said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Stephen Harris will retire next year and that revenue rose for the four-month period ended April 30 as it backed its...
Wm. Wright & Associates Makes Major Investment in Alloy Business
On May 8, 2023 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced that long standing manufacturers rep firm Wm. Wight & Associates in the US Midwest had signed an agreement to represent Sajjan Precision Castings for high temperature alloy components and furnace fixturing (the press release can be found below...
Heat Treat Giant Releases Trading Update
Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater (“The Monty Heat Treat News” The Monty Heat Treat News – 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2022 | The Monty) has just released a trading update for the period from January 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023 which shows the company is having...
Tuesday Morning Briefing
Today we start off in Vienna, Austria where we see that August 5th car manufacturer Opel will be auctioning off equipment related to gear box manufacturing. This includes a very large ECM Vacuum Carburizing System built in 1997. This is the older style ECM design and features 3 systems each...
Canadian Civic Day Holiday
Due to the Canadian Civic Day Holiday the offices of WG Montgomery Ltd., will be closed Monday, August, August 3, 2020. Regular news updates will resume Tuesday, August 4th.
An Interview with Mr. Robert Roth, President & CEO of RoMan Manufacturing
We are very pleased to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Robert Roth President & CEO of RoMan Manufacturing, one of the leading suppliers of transformers, power magnetics and power conversion systems for heat treat furnaces. An Interview with Mr. Robert Roth, President & CEO of...
Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc. Moves to Expanded Facility
“Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc. has closed its original home of 40 years in the Fifth Ward of Meadville, PA, USA and moved its headquarters into a newly expanded Meadville facility in West Mead Township in the old rail yard on McHenry Street. Peters’ Heat Treating was already operating from this...
Ipsen Group Establishes Excellence Centers
"Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (July 29, 2020) – Today Ipsen announced the following changes after months of market analysis and working diligently to understand customer needs. The three main drivers are customer demand for expanded technical services, identical metallurgical outcomes worldwide and...
Carlisle Brake & Friction Auction
Wednesday August 5th, 2020 there will be an auction of equipment located at Carlisle Brake & Friction in Medina, Ohio, USA. As always we mention this because there are a few heat treat related items included such as a Bell Heat Treat Furnace line with 4 25" bases, a Becker Temper furnace and a...