THE MONTY HEAT TREAT NEWS

Based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA Copper State Bolt & Nut Company is a second generation manufacturer and distributor of fasteners and related products. The company has long done most of their heat treatment in house as part of their manufacturing process and to this end are committed to having the...

Matt Moldvay, a long time employee of commercial heat treater Akron Steel Treating in Akron, Ohio, USA has just started in his new position as President of the company. Akron Steel Treating has regularly made the list of the 50 largest commercial heat treats in North America a list which can be...

This wide ranging interview with Mr. Kent Zuo, President of Owner of Shanghai Heat Treatment covers far more than just commercial heat treating. Kent's thoughts on which technologies are growing, the effects of COVID both over the past two years and where the overall market is going are open and...

L&L SPECIAL FURNACE CO., INC. ANNOUNCES NEW OWNERSHIP It is with great excitement that we are announcing a change in ownership of L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. Beginning January 1, 2023, the assets of "L&L Special Furnace Co, Inc." will be acquired by "Specialized Thermal Solutions,...

​In Racine, Wisconsin we find commercial heat treater Hestia Heat Treat (formerly called Racine Heat Treating), this is how the company describes themselves; "Racine Heat Treating had been offering heat treat services to the Southeast Wisconsin/Northern Illinois area for over 50 years, under a few...

For many years now The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners, a US firm which we believe is the only recruiting agency in the world working exclusively in the heat treatment industry. In the past, ISP has provided us with fascinating articles sharing their...

Pit carburizing furnaces on the used market are rather unusual items, when they are available nobody wants them, when everybody wants one they cannot be found anywhere. In this particular case we were aware of an excellent condition Unitherm pit carburizing furnace just 4 years old with working...

Commercial heat treater Thermetco in Canada has been gradually moving into a new 55,000 square foot facility over the past two years and the move is now almost completed as we saw last week. The operation now has over 110 employees and has available most heat treating processes. We’re going to let...

Furnace and oven builder Pyradia in Canada is a company we have been bumping into more and more over the years, so much so that we decided a visit was again in order this time along with Bob Fincken of SSI. The company has been around for over 40 years during which time they have always offered...

A relatively unusual sight in North America is that of a BMI vacuum furnace. Located in France BMI is a manufacturer of vacuum furnaces and good ones at that but you see very few of them in North America which makes the sight of several in a row a very unusual sight. In this photo you see a brand...

Today we visited a commercial heat treater in the Canadian province of Quebec to see what they have been up to lately. As it turns out quite a bit. The company recently made a number of substantial investments which include a really impressive TOCCO single spindle Induction scanner able to handle...

We always run across our good friend Andrea at all of the European Heat Treat Exhibitions and indeed we always look forward to it. As it turns out Andrea recently moved from After Sales Service at SECO WARWICK to After Sales Service at Ipsen International. Based in France Andrea has also worked at...