“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2026 Edition.
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2026 Edition. Welcome to the July/2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” , for over 30 years providing the most up to date news and trends about the global heat treatment industry. Some stories in this edition include these; “Top 52” List Provides Insight Into North American Heat Treat Industry Pit Nitriding…
Ipsen Expands TITAN Assembly Line at Vacuum Technology Excellence Center
Ipsen Expands TITAN Assembly Line at Vacuum Technology Excellence Center Ipsen USA is expanding the TITAN assembly line at its Vacuum Technology Excellence Center in Cherry Valley, Illinois. This major investment is expected to increase production capacity from 36 TITAN vacuum furnaces per year to 60, allowing the company to better meet growing…
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]
Interpower Induction-A Growing Force in the Induction Heating Industry
Interpower Induction-A Growing Force in the Induction Heating Industry Last week we had an interesting news item about Interpower Induction acquiring KVA Induction, a story which can be found at https://themonty.com/interpower-induction-adds-kva-induction-to-its-group-of-companies/ While the story was not a complete surprise to the team at “…
Piston Ring Manufacturer Adds Third Nitriding System
Piston Ring Manufacturer Adds Third Nitriding System “Nitrex continues to set the standard in stainless steel nitriding with the successful installation of a third advanced system at Asimco Shuanghuan Piston Ring (Yizheng) Co., Ltd . This latest addition highlights Asimco’s commitment to enhancing production capabilities and reinforcing their…
Aalberts Surface Technologies UK Adds Another Plasma Nitrider
Aalberts Surface Technologies UK Adds Another Plasma Nitrider “Aalberts Surface Technologies UK is continuing it’s investment with another plasma nitrider, we are thrilled to announce the addition of a further Plasma Nitriding furnace at our Telford site. The furnace significantly enhances our overall capacity and capability, representing further…
Bodycote enters production for increased HIP capacity in Southeastern US
Bodycote enters production for increased HIP capacity in Southeastern US “Bodycote, the world’s largest thermal processing services provider, has begun production for its previously reported expansion of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) services in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. In recognition of the growing market for additive manufacturing and…
Super Systems Inc. (SSi) Will Be Holding Technical Seminars in Charlotte, NC & Atlanta, GA
Super Systems Inc. (SSi) Will Be Holding Technical Seminars in Charlotte, NC & Atlanta, GA
Harry Hall-A Giant in the Commercial Heat Treating Industry Passes
Harry Hall-A Giant in the Commercial Heat Treating Industry Passes We regret to mention that Mr. Harry Hall, one of the best known individuals in the North American commercial heat treating industry passed away Saturday August 3, 2024. Harry was President and Owner of Aberfoyle Metal Treating in Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada from 1989-2015,…
Heat Treatment News-Bodycote Financial Results And Lots More
Heat Treatment News-Bodycote Financial Results And Lots More We start off the week with a very sad item, the passing of Stacy Lee Morton , General Manager of Phoenix Heat Treating in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. This is the second COVID-19 related death in the North American heat treat industry that we have heard of in the past week. “Stacy Lee…
Every Heat Treaters Worst Nightmare
Every Heat Treaters Worst Nightmare There can be nothing more devastating to a heat treater than a fire-unfortunately it is a not uncommon occurrence. These photos which were taken just yesterday show Elk County Heat Treaters in St. Marys, PA, USA. It is too soon to know what caused the fire however luckily there were no injuries. Elk county is a…
Alonzo Lozano, Accurate Steel Treating
Alonzo Lozano, Accurate Steel Treating It is with great regret that we mention the passing of long time heat treater Alonzo Lozano of Accurate Steel Treating in Southgate,\ California. On a personal note we can say that we had some business dealings with Alonzo and we always found him to be a pleasure to work with. Accurate Steel Treating is one…
Webster Industries, Tiffin, Ohio Investing in Heat Treat Department
Webster Industries, Tiffin, Ohio Investing in Heat Treat Department In Tiffin, Ohio, USA we find Webster Industries, a 140 year old, employee owned manufacturer of chain. Webster makes our news section today due to the fact that they just announced several million dollars worth of investments in the facility-this includes automated loading…
Why Nitriding Steel is Growing in Popularity
Why Nitriding Steel is Growing in Popularity Will Rassieur of Paulo, the second largest commercial heat treater in North America (https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/ ) recently wrote this excellent article about Nitriding. In our opinion it is one of the most concise, easy to read articles on…
Used Furnace Sales in the Age of COVID-19
Used Furnace Sales in the Age of COVID-19 At least for the time being COVID-19 has altered the world and our industry in terms that are still hard to grasp, and this includes used furnace sales. A rough rule of thumb would be that any used furnace with an asking price of over $20,000 USD warrants an in person inspection, which means driving or…