Bill Disler, CEO Of AFC Holcroft Leaving
“The Monty Heat Treat News” searched through our archived photos for our most recent picture of Bill and we came across this one taken in October of 2022 at the heat treat exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Bill is on the left, flanked by the former CEO of Aichelin, Peter Schobesberger, Christian...
Bodycote 2022 Financials
Commercial heat treat giant UK based Bodycote has just released their full year results for year ended 31 December 2022 and they are impressive. The highlights are below and the full report (which makes for fascinating reading about the global heat treating market) can be found here;...
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]
Aalberts Surface Technologies Announces Expansion Of Austempering Capabilities In Ohio And Arkansas
"Aalberts surface technologies - HIP | braze | heat treatment announces a significant expansion of its austempering capabilities and capacity in Canton, OH and Ft. Smith, AR. Three atmosphere-to-salt furnaces will be added at the existing facility in Canton, OH. This expands the number of...
Induction Heat Treating Corp., Makes Acquisition
Located in Chrystal Lake, Illinois, USA Induction Heat Treating Corp., is a very rare type of commercial heat treater in that the company only offers Induction heat treating. Founded in 1946 it now has over 60 employees working out of a 35,000 square foot facility. Induction Heat Treating -...
Captive Heat Treater Finishing Installation of 3rd Mesh Belt Line
Recently we have had several stories about chain manufacturer and captive heat treater Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA expanding their heat treat department. In a November 2022 posting we told how the company was installing a third mesh belt furnace line. These photos show the existing two...
Ipsen Repurposes Ceramics Facility for Hot Zone Production
Pecatonica, ILLINOIS (March 15, 2023) – Ipsen in Pecatonica, Illinois (formerly Ipsen Ceramics) is being repurposed for vacuum furnace hot zone assembly. The plant is currently undergoing major refurbishments, including new lighting, HVAC, roofing, and other interior and exterior upgrades. The...
European Furnace Builder Makes Management Changes
After company founder and long-time CEO of BOSIO d.o.o., Mr. Hugo Bosio, turned to new challenges, the management of the successful industrial company was reorganized on February 1, 2023. As a new addition to the management team of AICHELIN Group, Mr. Marko Klinc will be in charge of production at...
Heat Treat Legend Retiring
Mike Reichling, Operations Manager at Cincinnati Steel Treating in Ohio, USA will be retiring March 17th of this year after 49 years in the heat treatment industry. He leaves with a host of accolades from organizations such as MTI (Metal Treating Institute) and ASM (American Society for Metals)...
Metcor, St. Eustache, Canada
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...
Andrea Schienbein, Ipsen International, France
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...
Used Large Batch IQ Furnaces North America
Over the years the most common heat treating furnace in North America the “Batch Integral Quench Furnace” (also known as a sealed quench or controlled atmosphere furnace) has grown from a slim, svelte size of 30” wide X 48” deep X 30” high to the larger 36” X 48” X 36” configuration. Ask any new...
North American Cutting Tool Manufacturer Buys Another SECO/VACUUM Tempering Furnace
To go with this press release from SECO/WARWICK we have this photo. What you see in the picture is an older version of the furnace (manufacturing date 2006 to be exact) mentioned below which is currently installed at a Timken Bearing facility in the US; “A global manufacturer of cutting tools has...
Quintus Technologies HIP Order
This press release from hot isostatic press manufacturer Quintus refers to an order the company received from an additive manufacturing company. It remains to be seen how heat treating fits into this very interesting new technology but for the time being we mention this because several commercial...
Monday Morning Briefing
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV Reports First Quarter 2019 Results. If you're interested AMG Group reported their first quarter financial results which can be found at https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amg-advanced-metallurgical-group-n-050100718.html AMG is the parent company of ALD which is a...