“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...
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]
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...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Airbus Approval
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) is pleased to announce we are now Airbus approved for heat treating. Frank Trujillo, Director of Sales for Solar Atmospheres of California, states, “Many Airbus suppliers were in need of a heat treater in the West that could process parts, plates and bars in...
Vacuum Furnace Builder Preparing to Ship LPC Furnaces
Located near Lyon, France BMI Furnaces has been offering vacuum furnaces since 1947 and enjoys a strong, loyal customer base. The company has just announced that they will be shipping to a customer in northern Spain 3 vacuum furnaces, two oil quenching units with a low pressure carburizing option...
Stable Nickel Pricing Means Stable Fixture Pricing
While a number of factors are in play when determining the cost of heat treatment alloy components such as base trays, fixtures, radiant tubes, fans and muffles one component is far and away the determining factor in the cost of alloy items-that factor is of course nickel. The reason is that nickel...
Seco Warwick Division Expanding by 60%
The Buffalo, New York, USA division of Seco Warwick-“Retech” has just announce that they will be expanding their location by 60% and adding up to 60 employees. As a footnote to this story Retech is celebrating their 60th year with a large celebration Friday June 2, 2023. Gord Montgomery of “The...
Heat Treatment News-Bodycote Financial Results And Lots More
We start off the week with a very sad item, the passing of Stacy Lee Morton, General Manager of Phoenix Heat Treating in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. This is the second COVID-19 related death in the North American heat treat industry that we have heard of in the past week. “Stacy Lee Morton, 61, of...
Every Heat Treaters Worst Nightmare
There can be nothing more devastating to a heat treater than a fire-unfortunately it is a not uncommon occurrence. These photos which were taken just yesterday show Elk County Heat Treaters in St. Marys, PA, USA. It is too soon to know what caused the fire however luckily there were no injuries. Elk...
Alonzo Lozano, Accurate Steel Treating
It is with great regret that we mention the passing of long time heat treater Alonzo Lozano of Accurate Steel Treating in Southgate,\ California. On a personal note we can say that we had some business dealings with Alonzo and we always found him to be a pleasure to work with. Accurate Steel...
Webster Industries, Tiffin, Ohio Investing in Heat Treat Department
In Tiffin, Ohio, USA we find Webster Industries, a 140 year old, employee owned manufacturer of chain. Webster makes our news section today due to the fact that they just announced several million dollars worth of investments in the facility-this includes automated loading systems for their in house...
Why Nitriding Steel is Growing in Popularity
Will Rassieur of Paulo, the second largest commercial heat treater in North America (https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/ ) recently wrote this excellent article about Nitriding. In our opinion it is one of the most concise, easy to read articles on...
Used Furnace Sales in the Age of COVID-19
At least for the time being COVID-19 has altered the world and our industry in terms that are still hard to grasp, and this includes used furnace sales. A rough rule of thumb would be that any used furnace with an asking price of over $20,000 USD warrants an in person inspection, which means driving...