Bodycote Facility Receives New Nitriding Furnace
The Bodycote facility in Vantaa, Finland has just received a brand new vacuum nitriding furnace. The furnace which was provided by German furnace builder KGO is described by Bodycote as a "state of the art" nitriding furnace with the latest in controls. Bodycote plans on using the furnace 24/7 which...
Chris Molencupp Joins the Solar Atmospheres Michigan Team
"Solar Atmospheres of Michigan is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Molencupp as their new Sales Manager. With a career of over 30 years in Vacuum Heat Treating, Chris has been involved in every facet of commercial heat treatment: quality, operations, management, and sales. Chris’ diverse...
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]
“Ask The Heat Treatment Recruiter”
For a number of years “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 which deals exclusively with the heat treatment industry. “International Search Partners” (ISP) has over the years provided...
Spanish Wind Energy Firm Installs Vacuum Oil Quenching Furnace
French furnace builder BMI is rather pleased to announce that they have just finished commissioning a vacuum oil quench furnace destined for a company in Spain making components for the wind power industry-the details are below. What caught the attention of the "The Monty Heat Treat News" is the...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine-December 2022
What is the entire team at Thermal-Vac, Arizona grinning from ear to ear? Because they just read the December 2022 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" and they now know everything they need to know about the global heat treatment industry. Want to be as happy as Thermal-Vac-we would suggest this...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Honeywell Approval
"Solar Atmospheres of California is pleased to announce we are now Honeywell approved to heat treat Austenitic Steels, Martensitic Steels, PH Steels, Tool Steels, Nickel Alloys, Cobalt Alloys, Titanium Alloys, and Magnetic Alloys. The complete list of over 160 specifications covered in this approval...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Appoints Plant Manager for Oshkosh Facility
Aalberts Surface Technologies, one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the world recently promoted Connor Montgomery to the position of Plant Manager at their Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA facility. Connor has been with the company for a number of years including a period of time when this location...
Management Changes at Press Quench Specialist Wickert
From Press Quenching experts Wickert in Landau, Germany we have this press release about management changes. To learn more about the company we would suggest this "Monty Heat Treat News" interview with Mr. Hans-Joachim Wickert...
Monday Morning Briefing
We are going to start off the week with this press release from Ipsen; “Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (March 1, 2019) – Ipsen USA is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Clinite from Midwest Regional Sales Owner to Ipsen Customer Service Sales Manager, effective immediately. The position is new to...
75th Heat Treatment Congress/Cologne, Germany
Our favorite European heat treat exhibition has always been the annual HK event held every October for the past 75 years in Germany. For years it was held in the pleasant little town of Wiesbaden until it was moved to Cologne 5 years ago. This year it is being held 22nd - 24th October 2019 and as...
Symmco Inc. Fire
Powdered Metal components supplier and in house heat treater Symmco in Sykesville, PA suffered a small fire earlier this week which luckily caused little damage. The company has a total of 8 mesh belt sintering furnaces."Symmco Inc. in Sykesville, which designs and manufactures powdered metal...
NASA’s Moon To Mars Mission
Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins set out on what must have been considered at that time, the most adventurous journey ever undertaken by mankind. An epic mission for man to set foot onto another astronomical body, a journey of great courage and outstanding engineering....
Indiana Trasmission Plant II (or ITPII)
This very interesting article about FCA’s (Fiat Chrysler Automobile) transmission plants in Kokomo, Indiana, USA appeared in the “Kokomo Perspective” newspaper just this week. It is interesting because it speaks about one of the largest captive heat treating operations in North America (and the...
Are the Chinese Taking Over?
Now here is a very interesting rumor, one which we take seriously enough to mention today. Rumor has it that a Chinese company involved in the auto industry will be announcing possibly as soon as today that they have acquired a large Western based furnace manufacturer. If this is true it would mark...