U.S. Army Arsenal Commits to New Endothermic Generator
McLaughlin Furnace Group Press Release, AVILLA, IN, USA, May 11, 2023; McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA is very pleased to announce that they were recently award a contract for a Tru-Mix™ Endothermic Gas Generator by the U.S. Army Watervliet Arsenal, in Watervliet, NY, USA. The gas...
CO2 Emissions & The Heat Treatment Industry-Part IIII
As already mentioned in many articles, the reduction of emissions as well as the energy efficiency of the entire process line are currently one of the top issues in industrial heat treatment processes, especially in Europe. As a result, the perennial questions on the minds of management 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]
Heat Treater Invests in new “Surface” Batch IQ Furnace
In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada we find commercial heat treater "Thermex Metal Treating, a long established firm owned and run by Mr. Norm Hanson. Thermex is a "full service" commercial heat treater offering Induction Hardening, Nitriding, Carburizing and a number of other processes. The company is...
CFC Fixtures Even For Extreme Conditions
“Technical Article From Graphite Materials” Graphite Materials - Graphite Products and Graphite Electrodes (graphite-materials.com) "CFC fixtures for high-temperature processes offer you numerous advantages for your applications. They are not only durable and ideally suited for automated charging, but...
Lucifer Furnaces Appoints Vice President of Sales
Furnace builder Lucifer Furnaces of Warrington, PA, USA recently appointed Mr. Brett Wenger Vice President of Sales. Mr. Wenger brings many years of experience in the thermal processing industry to this position. Most recently he was Vice President of Sales for Consarc Corporation of NJ and before...
Mike Harrison Becomes Operations Manager at Atlas Copco
Mike is certainly a fellow who knows the North American heat treatment industry. His credentials include American Axle (one of the largest captive heat treaters in the world), Bodycote (the largest commercial heat treater in the world-amazing how many people in the industry have worked at Bodycote...
Wm Wright & Associates Now Representing Sajjan Precision Castings
For those in the high temperature alloy component and furnace fixturing industry in North America this is an extremely interesting press release. Wm. Wright & Associates, Incorporated in the Chicago, USA area is one of the oldest heat treat rep firms in North America as they were established in...
AFC-Holcroft Names New Management Team
"As part of a management reorganization, AFC-Holcroft has announced Tracy Dougherty and Ronald Waligora will share leadership responsibility as dual Chief Operating Officers. Dougherty, formerly Vice President of Sales, has been named Chief Operating Officer in charge of Sales, Applications,...
Nitrex Unveils New Brand Identity
Montreal, Canada – May 12, 2020 – Nitrex, a Novacap portfolio company and the leading global provider of fully integrated heat-treating solutions and technologies, unveiled its new corporate brand identity today. This change comes at a time when the company is forging new paths, retooling its...
Salto Heat Treating, New Commercial Heat Treater
Last week we mentioned how Salto Heat Treating was a brand new start up commercial heat treater in Northern, Ontario, Canada. What we didn't realize was that this is a far larger operation than we thought and a larger investment than we thought. As an example the company invested $1 million in a new...
Ipsen USA Announces New Director of Human Resources
"Ipsen is pleased to announce the hiring of Janet Nanni, PHR, SHRM-CP, as its new Director of Human Resources. Nanni stepped into this role after the May 6 retirement of longtime Ipsen HR Director Nancy Kolar. Nanni is responsible for managing all personnel and human resources programs for Ipsen...
Dr. Klaus Loeser, ALD
Recently we had an interview with Dr. Klaus Loeser, Senior Vice President Heat Treatment, ALDhttps://themonty.com/project/dr-klaus-loser-ald-senior-vice-president-heat-treatment/ Klaus did a good job on the interview telling us about ALD, their strategy and their plans for the future in North...
Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2020
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2019 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2019/. This year readers will see we became a...
Gas Nitriding Furnace Installed at Solar Atmospheres, Souderton Pa
"May 12, 2020 - To support an increasing demand for high-value gas nitriding, Solar Atmospheres, Souderton Pa, has installed a new, state-of-the-art vacuum gas nitriding furnace, built by sister company, Solar Manufacturing. The front-loading furnace incorporates the latest nitriding and recipe...