“The Monty Heat Treat New” July 2024 Edition
The link below will take you to the July 2024 digital edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for over 30 years the world's largest source of heat treat industry news. Some stories we in this edition include these; "The Monty" speaks with the voice of "The Heat Treat Podcast"., Mr. Carlos Torres of...
Aerospace Industry Accepts 6,000 Pound Capacity Box Furnace
"Lindberg/MPH, a leading manufacturer of heat-treat furnaces, is pleased to announce the shipment of a rod overbend box furnace with an automated load transfer table to the aerospace industry. This furnace will heat-treat parts under an inert atmosphere. This heat-treating furnace has a maximum...
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]
World’s Largest Single Location Commercial Heat Treater
Questions? We get Questions. For instance, on a regular basis the team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" gets asked what is the size of the captive and commercial heat treat market in North America and Europe? Who is the largest in-house heat treaters in North America? Who are the largest commercial...
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter (Q3 – 2024)
The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners (a US search firm known for being the only recruiting firm in the world working exclusively in heat treating), for over 20 years. That relationship has blossomed into a regularly featured article, “Ask the Heat Treat...
Where Are They Now? Markus Hildebrand
In the European commercial heat treat market few have as much experience with such a wide variety of companies as Mr. Markus Hildebrand. Over the years Markus has worked in sales positions with some of the largest firms in Europe such as Bodycote, Oerlikon Balzers, Hauck, Härtha and now Hanomag...
German Firm Reports Strong Sales of Salt Recovery Systems
Amidst a slowdown in the German heat treat industry, ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany, a supplier of furnaces and salt recovery systems is reporting very strong sales. Natasha Rohde of the company had this to say; "We are very fortunate that while others in the industry are seeing a...
“HIP” Supplier Appoints New CEO
According to this press release Quintus Technologies of Sweden, a supplier of "Hot Isostatic Press" systems has appointed a new CEO. "Johan Hjärne has been appointed as new CEO for Quintus Technologies July 1st, 2024. Johan Hjärne succeeds Jan Söderström who leaves the position as of June 30th,...
Ray Weidt 1929-2014
We regret to mention the passing of Mr. Ray Weidt, of commercial heat treater Lawrence Industries in Hastings, NE, USA. His family sent us the kindest note about Ray, we are happy to help in his legacy. "Ray Weidt, who passed away on June 7th, 2024, was born on July 30, 1929, in Minneapolis, MN,...
Certified Heat Treating, Springfield, Ohio/Promotions
January of 2018 Certified Heat Treating in Springfield, Ohio, USA was acquired by Thermal Process Holdings. Since that time the firm has seen some changes, today we are pleased to announce recent promotions. Further down we have an earlier press release from the company. “Certified Heat Treating (A...
Solar Atmospheres of California and Kittyhawk Form Strategic Partnership
Solar Atmospheres of California and Kittyhawk are pleased to announce a strategic partnership for heat treating and hot isostatic pressing services. Kittyhawk, has been providing excellent, timely and economical hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services since 1981 for companies in the aerospace,...
Rassieur, Benjamin Franklin, Paulo Products
It is with regret that we hear about the passing of Benjamin Franklin Rassieur who we know of through Paulo Products Company. Paulo is the second largest commercial heat treater in North America and we have met many of the Rassieur clan over the years, all of whom are good people. "Monday, October...
New Furnace Installation, Bremen, Germany
Yesterday as part of our "Monday Morning Briefing" we had a really cool photo of a brand new furnace installation at IWT in Bremen, Germany https://themonty.com/monday-morning-briefing-75/ What made the photo so interesting was that it was taken in the dark and was bathed in a blue light. We can...
Komatsu Mining Corp., Heat Treat Project Update
As part of our Monday Morning Briefing we had the note below about mining equipment giant Komatsu adding a state of the art heat treating department to their new facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To update this story we can say that the entire heat treatment department will be housed in its own...
Komatsu Investing in New Heat Treat Department, Overton Chicago Gear Has a New Heat Treat Manager And More Heat Treatment News
For our Monday Morning Briefing for October 19/2020 we start off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. To begin we will use this press release which appeared just a couple of weeks ago; "Building on its 135-year-legacy in Milwaukee, Komatsu Mining Corp. officially broke ground earlier this month for its new...