European Furnace Builder Makes Management Changes
After company founder and long-time CEO of BOSIO d.o.o., Mr. Hugo Bosio, turned to new challenges, the management of the successful industrial company was reorganized on February 1, 2023. As a new addition to the management team of AICHELIN Group, Mr. Marko Klinc will be in charge of production at...
Heat Treat Legend Retiring
Mike Reichling, Operations Manager at Cincinnati Steel Treating in Ohio, USA will be retiring March 17th of this year after 49 years in the heat treatment industry. He leaves with a host of accolades from organizations such as MTI (Metal Treating Institute) and ASM (American Society for Metals)...
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 Treating in Vietnam
Dale and Gord Montgomery will be visiting Vietnam in mid march of this year with the intention of visiting at least one heat treat. While news about the heat treat industry there is very rare "The Monty Heat Treat News" has spoken in the past about a pump manufacturer in the country who has a very...
Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Northrop Grumman Approval
"Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Northrop Grumman approval. With this approval, now all five Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with Northrop Grumman requirements for vacuum heat treating services. Steve Prout, President...
Premium Auto Parts Supplier Invests in New Vacuum Furnace
Standard Motor Products, Inc. https://www.smpcorp.com/en is a leading manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive parts to both the aftermarket and original equipment customers. In the aftermarket, SMP's products are used in the maintenance, service and repair of vehicles, and are largely...
Japanese Heat Treater Sees Energy Bill Double to $600,000 USD/Month
Energy Pricing has been an enormous issue to the global heat treatment industry and “The Monty Heat Treat News” has touched on this subject many times. Very recently a Japanese reader sent us this article with a summary that North Americans have little to complain about. Their example is a company...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Visits Solar Atmospheres of Michigan
January 9th of this year it was announced that commercial heat treater Vac-Met in Michigan had been acquired by Solar Atmospheres. That announcement also mentioned that the 9 existing vacuum furnaces at Vac-Met would be moved to a brand new location in Chesterfield, Michigan. Armed with this...
Jimmy Morris May 14th 1959-February 23, 2023
The heat treat industry recently lost another good one, Mr. Jimmy Morris. Jimmy was best known in the southern USA, in particular in Texas where he worked with a number of captive and commercial heat treaters installing control systems and servicing furnaces. He will be missed. "Jimmy Neil Morris,...
Centorr Vacuum Industries Ships High Temperature Vacuum Furnace
"Centorr Vacuum Industries announced it has shipped a new lab sized Series 45 top loading furnace for ultra high temperature research and development work. The hot zone size of 6” diameter x 9” high is ideal for heat treatment of ceramics, graphite and carbon composites, process development, and lab...
Monday Morning Briefing
To start off this week we have some people news starting with HI TecMetal Group, one of the larger commercial heat treaters in the US; “HI TecMetal Group Inc. (HTG), Cleveland Ohio, announces the appointment of Shaun Campbell as plant manager for Walker Tool Steel Heat Treat facility. If you see a...
Karl-Wilhelm-Burgdorf Prize awarded to Dr. Heuer
Dr. Heuer, Head of Research and Development Heat Treatment at ALD, was honored with distinguished award during a reception at the 75th Heat Treatment Congress in Cologne. He was awarded the Karl-Wilhelm-Burgdorf Prize by Dr. Winfried Gräfen, the Chairman of the AWT. This prize is granted to...
Heat Treat Equipment Auction
The remaining assets of what was formerly Bluewater Thermal Solutions in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada were auctioned off today and the auction can certainly be considered to have been a success. All of the 36" X 72" X 36" batch IQ furnaces were sold with the newest one (shown in this photo) selling...
Gasbarre Products, Inc. Announces Enhancements to Thermal Processing Systems- New Developments at Gasbarre
DuBois, Pa – Gasbarre Products, Inc. (Gasbarre) is pleased to announce that at the end of 2019 all Thermal Processing Systems will be manufactured in its 50,000 sq. ft. facility located in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania. In 2011 Gasbarre acquired the JL Becker brand of industrial furnace equipment. Over...
Heat Treat Auctions-And More Auctions
Today, Thursday December 5/2019 there are two auctions taking place, both of which include a great deal of heat treat equipment. The first is in Mentor, Ohio, USA at the former Angstrom Precision Metals facility which is now closed. We mentioned this the other day and how it includes a total of 7...