Pit Nitriding Furnace “Hat Trick” for Furnace Builder
Pit Nitriding Furnace “Hat Trick” for Furnace Builder Since we are in the midst of the world’s largest sporting event of 2026 ” FIFA World Cup 2026™ , please allow us to use a “sporting” term for the title of this press release. “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA is pleased to announce that in the past few months they have seen an…
500 Heating Cells and Counting: ECM Celebrates North America Milestone
500 Heating Cells and Counting: ECM Celebrates North America Milestone Pleasant Prairie, WI – June 22, 2026 – Just over a year after celebrating a long-standing automotive customer’s achievement of processing their 1,000,000th load through their ECM vacuum furnace systems, ECM has achieved another major accomplishment – the commissioning of the…
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]
“Top 52 Largest Heat Treater” Makes Major Investments
“Top 52 Largest Heat Treater” Makes Major Investments With our exclusive list of the “Top 52 Commercial Heat Treaters-North America” -2026 progressing it behooves us to re visit some of the firms which made our list in 2025-one of these is “Vacu-Braze” in Quakertown PA, USA. “Vacu-Braze” has grown by leaps and bounds over the…
New Heat Treat Furnace Order the Result of Increased Defense Spending
New Heat Treat Furnace Order the Result of Increased Defense Spending “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been trumpeting a new trend in the global heat treatment industry-increased defense spending around the world is leading to massive new investments in new thermal processing equipment. Further down you can see at least three examples in previous…
USA Furnace Builder Sold?
USA Furnace Builder Sold? For some time now “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been aware of a smaller heat treat furnace builder in Michigan, USA being for sale. The prospectus has this to say about the company; “Established over 25 years ago, this company specializes in engineering, manufacturing, installing, and servicing industrial…
Vacuum Furnace Builder Promotes Sales & Strategic Marketing Director
Vacuum Furnace Builder Promotes Sales & Strategic Marketing Director “TAV Vacuum Furnaces” has just promoted “Mr. Marco Baretti” to the position of Sales & Strategic Marketing Director. “Mr. Baretti” has been with the firm for over 12 years in a variety of positions-most recently as Sales Area Manager. In related news the company…
Commercial Heat Treater Adds Hydrogen Generating System
Commercial Heat Treater Adds Hydrogen Generating System Bodycote deploys on-site hydrogen generation system to reduce heat treatment costs, cut emissions and strengthen supply resilience Installation of Hgen equipment at the Rancho Dominguez plant in the U.S. supports commercial and environmental objective Durable and compact Hgen module to…
52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters -“Tohken Thermo”
52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters -“Tohken Thermo” Each year “The Monty Heat Treat News” offers a heat treat industry exclusive, a list of the 52 largest North American commercial heat treaters as ranked by annual sales (the 2025 list can be found at ” 52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025″). …
Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2025 Heat Treat Show-Wiesbaden, Germany
Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2025 Heat Treat Show-Wiesbaden, Germany We at “The Monty Heat Treat” have always maintained that our favorite heat treat exhibition outside of the USA is the annual “HK” show held October of every year in Cologne, Germany (before Cologne it was held in Wiesbaden, Germany). For a variety of reasons, the show this…
Meet The New “SSi Europe” Furnace Controls Team
Meet The New “SSi Europe” Furnace Controls Team For many years USA based furnace controls team “SSi” of Cincinnati, Ohio has relied on a number of European agents (and an SSi division in the UK) to handle their European sales, one of these agents was [http://Avion Europa GmbH & Co. KG]”Avion Europa” [http://Avion Europa GmbH…
Reducing Costs During Heat Treating & Brazing Processes Written By Vesco
Reducing Costs During Heat Treating & Brazing Processes Written By Vesco Collins Aerospace is an American technology company and global leader specializing in advanced aerospace systems and avionics, serving commercial, business, military, space, and airport sectors. They design and manufacture avionics, flight control systems, and…
“The Monty” Visits Commercial Heat Treater “Byron Products”
“The Monty” Visits Commercial Heat Treater “Byron Products” For several years now “Byron Products” of Fairfield, Ohio, USA has been making our list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”, however until recently “The Monty” had never had the opportunity to visit this facility-we rectified this…
Acquisition in the German Heat Treat Industry
Acquisition in the German Heat Treat Industry Over the past few years commercial heat treater ” HÄRTHA GROUP” of Alsdorf, Germany has been growing by “leaps and bounds” through acquisitions. This press release tells of the company recently making another acquisition, this one being a Dutch heat treater by the name of “Pontus” . With this…
Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award
Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award “At the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) fall meeting, Bob Hill, President of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA and Michigan, received the prestigious Heritage Award—the highest honor presented by MTI. This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime commitment and significant contributions to…