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...
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]
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)...
Heat Treating in Vietnam
Dale and Gord Montgomery will be visiting Vietnam in mid march of this year with the intention of visiting at least one heat treat. While news about the heat treat industry there is very rare "The Monty Heat Treat News" has spoken in the past about a pump manufacturer in the country who has a very...
Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Northrop Grumman Approval
"Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Northrop Grumman approval. With this approval, now all five Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with Northrop Grumman requirements for vacuum heat treating services. Steve Prout, President...
Premium Auto Parts Supplier Invests in New Vacuum Furnace
Standard Motor Products, Inc. https://www.smpcorp.com/en is a leading manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive parts to both the aftermarket and original equipment customers. In the aftermarket, SMP's products are used in the maintenance, service and repair of vehicles, and are largely...
Japanese Heat Treater Sees Energy Bill Double to $600,000 USD/Month
Energy Pricing has been an enormous issue to the global heat treatment industry and “The Monty Heat Treat News” has touched on this subject many times. Very recently a Japanese reader sent us this article with a summary that North Americans have little to complain about. Their example is a company...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Visits Solar Atmospheres of Michigan
January 9th of this year it was announced that commercial heat treater Vac-Met in Michigan had been acquired by Solar Atmospheres. That announcement also mentioned that the 9 existing vacuum furnaces at Vac-Met would be moved to a brand new location in Chesterfield, Michigan. Armed with this...
Heat Treat Shop For Sale
Ever have a desire to tell your boss to take a hike and run your own commercial heat treat shop? Then we have a solution. Later today we will have some details about a relatively small (but profitable) commercial heat treat shop for sale in the US. While we hesitate to describe this as a "starter"...
Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Modern Industries/Erie, PA, USA
Now this is a rather eerie picture (pun intended). In Erie PA, Modern Industries is both a manufacturer and a commercial heat treater, as a matter of fact probably the largest commercial heat treater in the area. Recently they had a small nitrogen leak which produced this rather unreal photo; "At...
Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2019
October 22-24/2019 will see the 75th Heat Treatment Congress (HK) in Cologne, Germany. Organized by AWT this is in our opinion the best European heat treat trade show there is and well worth attending. “This year the AWT (Working Group for Heat Treatment and Materials Technology) will be organising...
Metex Heat Treat/Brampton, Canada Adding Mesh Belt Capacity
As part of the “Monday Morning Briefing” yesterday we mentioned in passing that Metex in Brampton, Canada had recently added another mesh belt furnace line, today we can give you a few more details. After installing a 3000 lbs/hr continuous mesh belt line in 2018, Metex has installed another 3000...
Mercedes Benz Flood, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A few weeks back we had some shocking footage of the very large, in house heat treating department of Mercedes in Sao Paulo, Brazil being flooded. What we see is a rather typical heat treating department of a transmission components manufacturing facility with a mixture of pusher furnaces, nitriders...
Monday Morning Briefing
Now this Monday Morning Briefing should appeal to everybody in the heat treating industry around the world whether you are a furnace manufacturer in Europe or Japan, an Aerospace company in North America or a commercial heat treater in the US Midwest.In Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA we see that a...