Heat Treat Stories to Tell
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is looking forward to telling our readers about two success stories in the heat treatment industry, both stories originating in Europe. "Avion Europe" headquartered in Hagen, Germany was formed in 1994 as a heat treatment manufacturer representative firm and while it...
Furnace Builder Enters “Rebuild Market”
It is relatively unusual for a furnace builder to actively enter the used/rebuilt furnace market but that is exactly what furnace builder Vac Aero is doing. Under their new management the company has become much more aggressive about every aspect of their business from commercial heat treating to...
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]
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine – May 2024 Issue
The link below will take you to the May 2024 issue of "The Monty" for 30 years the world's largest source of news and trends about the heat treatment industry. In this months issue we cover these stories amongst others; Carburizing of Large Gears – Haerterei Reese “Cronite” Talk “Alloy” For the Heat...
Heat Treatment of Auto Transmissions-Tremec, Queretaro, Mexico
During a recent tour of some of the largest captive heat treats in Mexico, Gord and Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit "Tremec" a global supplier of automotive transmissions; About Tremec; "Welcome to TREMEC, a leading manufacturer of torque transfer...
Munitions Supplier Adds Heat Treating Capacity
It is well known that the war in the Ukraine has put enormous pressure on increasing production of munitions, and at the top of the list this would include 105 and 155 mm artillery shells. This "war pressure demand" was bound to increase production in western countries of munitions which would...
Surplus Mesh Belt Furnace Lines Sold?
Earlier this year we had a news item about Commercial Steel Treating in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA closing-the initial news item can be found below. One of the biggest questions about this closing was what would happen with the surplus equipment, in particular the three Can Eng, 4,000 pounds per...
Powdered Metal Firm Commissions Vacuum Brazing Furnace
This is how Höganäs describers themselves; "Höganäs is the world leading manufacturer of metal powders for powder metallurgy. By utilizing the endless opportunities of our metal powders, we inspire industry to make more with less. The applications of metal powders seem almost endless. Today, our...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Completes Furnace Install
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has reported several times on a large captive/commercial heat treater in Ovar, Portugal by the name of Ramada S.A. The last time we mentioned the firm was November of 2023 when we spoke about the company investing in 2 new sealed quench furnaces being...
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...
Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry Acquires AKA Calibrations
To compliment this press release from Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry (whose banner ad can be found on this page) we dug through our files and came up with this photo to compliment the press release. The great man himself, Mr. Andrew Bassett is on the left in this picture which was taken at the...