Busch USA Continues Expansion
(Virginia Beach, VA, USA) -- Busch USA is pleased to announce the acquisition of Vac-Tech Inc., a vacuum pump service and sales provider for precision high vacuum pumps in the semiconductor, electronics, and solar markets. Vac-Tech has two locations, one in Phoenix, AZ, and the other in Richardson,...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” April 2023 Edition
The link below will take you to the April 2023 Edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News”, for almost 30 years offering the most up to date information about the global heat treatment industry. In this 92 page edition you will find these stories and more; https://fliphtml5.com/gvbzt/xrop Busch Vacuum...
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]
Change in Management at Thermal Process Holdings
Thermal Process Holdings is ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” as one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America-find out their ranking at The Monty Heat Treat News – 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2022 | The Monty Effective March 30, 2023 the President and CEO of...
California, USA Heat Treater Closes Doors
"In Chatworth, California, USA we find a small commercial by the name of Thermal Technologies who summarize their company thusly; "Thermal Tech, Inc. (TTI) provides thermal processing of materials for a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive and medical. We strive to meet customer...
Furnace Manufacturer Delivers a Nitriding System in Turkey
Arslan Aluminyum recently added three new extrusion presses to its production, increasing the demand for nitriding dies and necessitating a large-capacity nitriding system for the biggest press. Because the plant was upgraded and a new nitriding system furnace was required to help double the...
Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund February 13, 1957 – March 14, 2023
Longtime Metlab employee Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund of Philadelphia passed away suddenly at his residence last week. Bob was the beloved husband of Sharon, married for over 30 wonderful years. He was the loving father of Anthony and Brianna. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, Alexander,...
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter
The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners, a US search firm which is known for being the only recruiting agency in the world working exclusively in the heat treatment industry, for many years now. In 2023, The Monty is pleased to announce that this relationship...
Colorado, USA Heat Treater Moves to Larger Building, Adds More Capacity
We last mentioned commercial heat treater Metalex in Berthoud, Colorado, in June of 2022 when the company added a deep cryogenic system (the original posting is below). Since that time the firm has moved into a new 10,000 ft facility and added another cryogenic system, again from the same...
Baker Furnace Installs Quench Tank for Supplier in the Heat Treatment Industry
Baker Furnace, a division of Thermal Product Solutions, announced the installation of a quench tank for a supplier in the heat treatment industry as part of their aftermarket services. The customer had two quench tanks and three drop bottom furnaces and needed the third quench tank in order to...
Monday Morning Briefing
Regular readers of "The Monty" will be aware that over the course of the past year the name "Härtha Hardening Industries" has been popping up with increasing regularity in our news items which is really no surprise as we ranked the company as one of the larger commercial heat treaters in...
Sławomir Woźniak, SECO/WARWICK Groupa
Last week we met with the new CEO of furnace group SECO/WARWICK. As a follow up to that meeting we have this press release from the company which provides a few more details.It has been a month, since the Supervisory Board at the SECO/WARWICK Group unanimously decided to entrust the function of...
Kutz & Shulze Heat Treating, Hamburg, Germany
The correct name for this company is actually Kutz & Shulze Harterei und Zahnadtechnik however we have taken the liberty of translating into English. We mentioned KS last week in relation to a news item we did about a gear manufacturer and captive heat treater in Bremen, Germany by the name of...
Dowa Thermotech, Japan/Hightemp Furnaces, India/Meapforni, Italy
Dowa Thermotech. This past week we had the privilege of meeting the new President of Dowa Thermotech Co., Ltd., Mr. Ryuji Tsuji who took over from Mr. Toshiro Sumida a little while back. Dowa Thermotech is part of the Dowa Group of companies which is one of the largest conglomerates in Japan. The...
Where Are They Now-Eddie Wright
We're reaching a long way back with this news item. Back in 2003 Spicer Manufacturing (Dana Corp.) had a plant in Jonesboro, AR, USA which had a large captive heat treating department. When it was announced that the facility was closing we worked with the fellow in charge of the heat treating...