John Hillenbrand Joins McLaughlin Furnace Group as Sales Manager
"McLaughlin Furnace Group" of Avilla, Indiana, USA is very pleased to announce that Mr. John Hillebrand recently joined the company as Sales Manager. In this position, John will be responsible for the firm's sales efforts around the world. John brings a wealth of experience to the company having...
Bodycote Acquires Spectrum Thermal Processing of Rhode Island, USA
(Editors Note; For more recent news about Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater we would suggest these recent updates courtesy of "The Monty Heat Treat News" “Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes", "Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment...
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]
Grand Opening for Fastener Manufacturer Which Features a New Heat Treat Department
(Background; Back in October of 2024 in a heat treat industry exclusive "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced that fastener manufacturer "Simpson Strong-Tie" would be setting up a manufacturing facility in Gallatin, Tennessee, USA which would include a new heat treat department. Details of the new...
Self-Cleaning Vacuum Furnace?
According to Solar Manufacturing of Sellersville, PA, USA they have a self-cleaning vacuum furnace-read on; "Before any vacuum heat treatment can begin, components must be thoroughly cleaned to remove both organic and inorganic contaminants. Standard cleaning methods—such as solvent immersion,...
Luke Glendening Joins Grammer Vacuum Technologies, Inc.
"Grammer Vacuum Technologies" of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA has been around for many years as a manufacturer's representative to the heat treatment industry and also as a growing supplier of Molybdenum products. Recently the company announced that they has hired Luke Glendening to assist in all...
“Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes
The world's largest commercial heat treater and the only truly global one with 165 facilities across 22 countries is UK based "Bodycote". "The Monty" has long said that if you want to know how the heat treat industry is doing overall, which markets are growing and shrinking and which manufacturing...
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier
SECO/WARWICK will supply a Vector vacuum furnace to the Marle Group, a global manufacturer of orthopedic prosthetics headquartered in Europe. The equipment will be installed in France at Marle Nowak’s facility, which specializes in the production of orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, spinal...
Bluewater Thermal Solution Delivers “Burst Heat Treating Capacity”
(Editor's Note; According to Google Burst capacity refers to a system's or service's ability to temporarily exceed its normal, committed limits to handle sudden, short-term spikes in demand, like traffic surges or increased data usage, without failing or slowing down, essentially using "unused"...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
“Atmosphere Group, Inc., a division of AFC-Holcroft” (part of Aichelin Group of Austria) has for many years maintained two commercial heat treating facilities in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area-“Austemper Inc.” and “Atmosphere Heat Treating” both of which specialize in austempering. The two...
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
Now this press release will certainly catch people's attention in the global heat treatment industry-"Aichelin Acquires NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX" as explained futher down. The whole team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" and indeed many in the industry look forward to seeing the...
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider
From Heat Treat Australia, the largest commercial heat treater in the country we have this press release; "HTA Group is excited to announce the arrival of a second Rubig Plasma Nitrider at our Melbourne branch! With this addition, we now proudly operate two Rubig plasma nitriding systems in...
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...