“H-O-T” Completing Furnace Installation
Commercial heat treater "H-O-T" (Härte- und Oberflächentechnik) is one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Europe and as such we have mentioned this company several times over the years, most recently just a few months ago when they announced that they had invested in a new "Ipsen" Sealed...
“Top 52” Heat Treater Completes Expansion
"Advanced Heat Treat Corp." of Waterloo, Iowa, USA has consistently made "The Monty Heat Treat News" list of the [http://52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025]"52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" for many years now. According to this press release the firm recently...
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]
UK Heat Treater Adds Plasma Nitriding System
Located in Bletchley, UK, commercial heat treater Titanium Heat Treatment Services would appear to be quite a success story as you can see by this story from "The Monty" in 2021; "OCTOBER 2021 POSTING; "Titanium Heat Treatment UK Installing Low Pressure Carburizing Furnace; In 2016 Pawel...
Mark Hemsath “Nitrex”-The Interview
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is very pleased to be able to offer our readers an interview with "Mr. Mark Hemsath" “President, Nitrex/UPC-Marathon/GM Enterprises” 1) Mark, in all honesty, I can say that you are extremely well known in the heat treatment industry around the world. In the unlikely...
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-“The Monty Predictions”
Later on this month bearing manufacturer "Timken" will be holding an auction for surplus equipment located at a location in North Carolina, USA-an auction which will include a number of surplus heat treatment furnaces and ancillary equipment. A look at the equipment list reveals a real "hodge...
Midwest USA Commercial Heat Treater Orders Very Large Car Bottom Furnace
(Editors Note; "The Monty" is unsure of who the customer for this furnace is although we can make some educated guesses. Obviously the customer has landed a very substantial order with some sort of definite financial commitments or they would not be making this large an investment.) "In a move that...
“Top 52 Commercial Heat Treater” Appoints Plant Manager
"Lark Heat Treating" in Houston, Texas has consistently made "The Monty Heat Treat News" list of "The 52 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America". As a matter of fact we profiled the company just last year-a profile which can by found...
Heat Treating in Germany-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
In this episode of The Heat Treat Podcast, we sit down with Philip Reese to explore the landscape of commercial heat treating in Germany. From operational strategies to the technical challenges of managing a plant abroad, Philip shares valuable insights and lessons for anyone in the industry. What...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Shows “The Monty” In House HT Department
"Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity just yesterday, March 18th, 2025 to see a really impressive captive/commercial heat treating facility in Dravogradu, Slovenia. Let's start at the beginning of our story; Family owned "Miheu d.o.o." located in the town...
What’s It Worth? Used Furnace Pricing/North America
From time to time "The Monty Heat Treat News" plays the "What's It Worth" game where we give our readers an honest and unbiased idea about what used heat treat furnaces are selling for these days. It is a very tired cliche to say that we live in troubled times and that the future is uncertain-we...
Top 3 Global Heat Treatment News Stories For the Week of March 10th 2025
Each week "The Monty Heat Treat News" looks back on our previous weeks heat treatment news stories to see which were the most popular-this is based upon feedback from our readers, traffic on our website and social media views. What makes this interesting is that even after almost 30 years of...
World’s Largest Heat Treater-2024 Financial Results
The globe's largest commercial heat treater", UK based "Bodycote" has released their financial results for 2024, the complete results can be found at "Bodycote Results" and a brief summary from "London East Side" can be found below. We are always fascinated by "Bodycote's" financial results as it...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Installs “First of it’s Kind” Furnace Line
"Cieffe Thermal Systems" of Colle Umerto, Italy is one of the best-known brands in Europe for thermal processing systems. Recently Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the chance to spend some time with the company and this included visits to some of the firm's customers with one visit...
Heavy Equipment Component Supplier Invests in New Heat Treat Department
It is always really "cool" to see manufacturers treat heat treating with the respect it deserves as a crucial part of the manufacturing process-let us introduce you to I.M.G. S.p.A. (INDUSTRIA MECCANICA GIRARDELLO) in Italy, a company which believes in the value of quality heat treating. IMG...