End of the Year to Bring Heat Treat Facility Closure
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had this story about an upcoming commercial heat treat closing in Michigan, USA; "US Company to Exit Commercial Heat Treating". As an update to this story we can say that the closure will go ahead 12/21/2025 and unless something changes in the very...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Earns Nadcap 18-Month Merit Status
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Inc. is proud to announce that it has earned Nadcap 18-Month Merit Status for heat treating and brazing—an honor awarded only to organizations that consistently demonstrate the highest levels of quality, process control, and specification compliance. With this...
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 Treat Furnace Controls-We Speak With the Expert
In our humble opinion "Mr. Bob Fincken", Sales Manager for controls company "SSi" is one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the entire heat treat industry when it comes to furnace control. We are honored to be able to share his knowledge today in the form of this interview. "Bob Fincken" in...
USA Military Receives Delivery of Batch Oven
Wisconsin Oven is pleased to announce the shipment of one (1) Electrically Heated Standard Draw Batch Oven (SDB Series) to a United States Military Base. This industrial oven will be used for heat treating various aerospace components. This equipment is engineered to meet the critical safety...
Substantial USA Heat Treat Acquired by Venture Capital Group
In an apparent sign of the times another long-time commercial heat treater in the USA, "Pinson Valley Heat Treating" of Birmingham, Alabama, USA has been acquired by a venture capital group. It has been widely known for quite some time in the heat-treating community that the company was for sale so...
Why Are So Many Heat Treat Shops In North America Closing Down-Further Thoughts
One of our most popular stories of the year was entitled;"Why Are So Many Heat Treat Shops in North American Closing Down"?The story prompted so many thoughts and comments that the team at "The Monty" felt is well worthwhile to elaborate on the reasons why commercial heat treat shops appear to be...
“Will ‘Boronizing’ Providers Need a New Source for ‘Boron Powder’?”-Update
Recently we posted an article entitled “Will ‘Boronizing’ Providers Need a New Source for ‘Boron Powder’?” In response Mr. Ralph Hunger, CEO of "BorTec USA LLC" very kindly sent us this update. "I’m reaching out on behalf of BorTec USA LLC in reference to your article “Will ‘Boronizing’ Providers...
SBS Corp. Continues to Expand Into Vacuum Cooling Systems
SBS Corporation, a global provider of high-performance thermal processing and industrial cooling technologies, announced today that it has received a significant order for its Vac Air vacuum furnace cooling system from a prominent U.S. manufacturer specializing in hypersonic platforms. The order...
Manufacturer Explains “Why Low Pressure Carburizing”
Earlier this year furnace manufacturer "ECM" issued a "press release" about an order the company had received from gear supplier "SEW-Eurodrive" for a low-pressure carburizing (LPC) system. As a follow-up to that story we have this article from "SEW-Eurodrive" about why they invested in this...
Where are They Now-Georg Cluse
In the German heat treat market few are not familiar with Mr. Georg Cluse because of his ever present enthusiasm and his commanding physical presence. For many years he has worked with industry suppliers such as "Ipsen", "SECO/WARWICK"and most recently with "Avion Europa". We lost touch with Georg...
“52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025”
Since 1999 in a heat treat industry exclusive “The Monty Heat Treat News”has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, last year's list can be found at "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024" Before we get to...
New Heat Treat Furnace at Stack Metallurgical
From commercial heat treater Stack Metallurgical in the US Northwest we have this press release. Find out how "Stack" Compares in size to other North American commercial heat treaters; "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters". "On June 23rd, we welcomed a brand-new McLaughlin furnace...
New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder-Correction
For today, Thursday July 10, we start off with a small correction. Yesterday we had this news item; "New Sales Manager for European Furnace Builder". In this item we mentioned that Mr. Djemel Dellouche was recently appointed as European Sales Manager for furnace builder "Codere"-this is correct....
German Auto Part Supplier to Receive New Furnace System
"Hirschvogel Group" of Germany is known as one of the world's largest manufacturers of forged and machined steel and aluminum components, primarily for the automotive industry-as such they have a great deal of in house heat treating capacity. The company recently accepted a double-flow chamber...