Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes
"London, UK – [December 16 2025] – Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of advanced heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has achieved independent validation by Bureau Veritas for its proprietary product carbon footprint (PCF) calculators across nine core processes...
Wingens Consultants Welcomes Mark Hemsath
"Mark Hemsath joins our team as a distinguished leader in aerospace heat treating and advanced furnace technologies. With more than 30 years of experience driving innovation in vacuum systems, nitriding processes, and high-performance thermal equipment, Mark has shaped the industry through both his...
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]
Where Are They Now-Mark Hemsath
Over the years Mr. Mark Hemsath has held a variety of high-profile positions in the global heat treatment industry-making his a very well-known name in the industry. Most recently he was President, "Nitrex/UPC-Marathon/GM Enterprises" before parting ways with the company earlier this year after...
New USA Heat Treat Officially Opens
New Commercial Heat Treater located in Tennessee Vulcan Thermal has officially opened a new commercial heat treating operation in Surgoinsville, Tennessee, expanding capacity and shortening turnaround times for manufacturers across Northeast Tennessee and the surrounding region. The facility is...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
To start off one of the final weeks of 2025 lets look at some well known individuals in the global heat treatment industry who have been making career changes; Mr. Jamie Kuriger. Jamie has spent most of his working career involved in the North American heat treatment industry with many of those...
“Heat Treat “Quench” Issue Leads to Vehicle Recall”
"The Ford Motor Company is recalling certain heavy-duty pickups for right rear axle shafts that may have been improperly heat-treated by the supplier. According to Ford, the shafts may break unexpectedly, resulting in a sudden loss of drive power or a risk of rollaway when placed in park. ...
European Furnace Builder Expanding in Asia
(Editors Note; To add to this story about furnace builder Aichelin expanding their Asian operations we can add this background. In the attached photo Mr. Christian Grosspointner who is quoted in this press release can be seen in the centre of this photo which was taken earlier this year when "The...
Six Graduate from Ipsen Field Service Academy
Six Ipsen service technicians were recognized at the Ipsen Vacuum Technology Excellence Center for completing the Ipsen Field Service Engineer (FSE) Academy: Todd Jones, Casey Guinn, Craig Monaghan, Eric Gould, Alfredo Mendoza, and Dom Wirthlin. The Ipsen FSE Academy is a 14-week, intensive,...
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales
When posing the question of; "how is business these days" to most commercial heat treaters in North America elicits a typical response of: "OK, could be better could be worse" it is a breath of fresh air when one actually says; "business is great!" Such was the case though with "Darby Metal...
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study
"B&D Cold Headed Products" "In 1969, Albert Doyle saw an opportunity to provide better value for businesses requiring high quality fasteners. So he began rolling parts in his garage in Detroit, MI. Soon his hard work and customer focus started paying off. Over the years the Doyle family business...
Robotics in the Heat Treatment Industry-“Thermetco”
Yesterday we reported how a commercial heat treater in the UK, "Wallwork Group" recently invested in a robot for their vacuum brazing line. This prompted the team at "The Monty" to think about other examples of heat treaters investing in robots and automated systems-an example that we came across...
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
From commercial heat treater "Wallwork Group" in the UK we have this press release about how the firm recently added robotics to a vacuum braze line at the firm's Cambridge UK facility. This press release prompted the team at the "Monty Heat Treat News" to contemplate robotics in the commercial...
Heat Treating the World’s Largest Forging Ring-48′ Diameter!
A reader sent us a fascinating video of a Spanish company by the name of Iraeta Forgings manufacturing and heat treating the world's largest forging rings-here is the background; In 2019 and 2022, IRAEA successfully produced four seamless forged rings, each with a diameter of 16 meters. Now they...
Heat Treat Giant Touts Advantages of LPC
A recent case study by the "World's Largest Commercial Heat Treater Bodycote" touts the advantages of LPC (Low Pressure Carburizing), in this particular case in an automotive driveline application. Read on for all the details; "In 2023, Bodycote began work on a major new multi-year contract to...