AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative
AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative (Editors Note; Wm. Wright & Associates has represented AFC-Holcroft in their US Midwest territory for many years. What is new is that they will now also be representing some of the other companies under Aichelin’s banner including Nitrex, G-M and UPC-Marathon)….
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace Longstanding ECM USA customer, Andis (Sturtevant, WI family-owned professional grade electric hair clipper/handheld grooming tools manufacturer), recently successfully finalized their FLEX vacuum furnace system PLC upgrade with a top-of-the-line processor and communication network. This 3-cell…
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]
USA West Coast Manufacturer Upgrades In-House Heat Treat Department-Update
USA West Coast Manufacturer Upgrades In-House Heat Treat Department-Update July 7, 2025 “The Monty” had an exclusive news item about a manufacturer on the US West Coast updating their heat treat department with 2 new electrically heated batch IQ furnaces with working dimensions of 36″ X 48″ X 36″ (our original story is below)-we can now provide…
What’s it Worth? A Guide to Used Furnace Values
What’s it Worth? A Guide to Used Furnace Values From time to time over the years “The Monty Heat Treat News” plays the “What’s it Worth” game where we look at a used furnace and give our readers an idea about what it is worth in current market conditions. Today we look at a complete furnace line located at a captive heat treater in…
German Auto Parts Supplier Hirschvogel Group Commissions Furnace Line
German Auto Parts Supplier Hirschvogel Group Commissions Furnace Line Back in March of 2025 it was announced that auto parts supplier “Hirschvogel” would be installing a new, automated heat treat line provided by “Aichelin Group” of Austria (the original news item can be found below). Recently the line entered full production with the ability…
Strong Business Conditions Leads to New Vacuum Furnace Order
Strong Business Conditions Leads to New Vacuum Furnace Order “Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 12, 2026) – Ipsen USA has received a new equipment order from Urschel Laboratories, Inc., a global manufacturer of precision food cutting equipment headquartered in Chesterton, Indiana. The order includes a MetalMaster HR 54×48 2-bar vacuum furnace,…
Automotive Supplier Expands Stainless Steel Brazing Capacity with New Gasbarre 24″ Belt Furnace Order
Automotive Supplier Expands Stainless Steel Brazing Capacity with New Gasbarre 24″ Belt Furnace Order “St. Marys, PA — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) has been selected by a long-standing customer to supply a new 24-inch belt, 4-zone brazing furnace supporting automotive component production. The system will be installed at…
New President for North American Furnace Builder
New President for North American Furnace Builder (Editors note; for more information about “Nutec Bickley” we would suggest these stories from “The Monty” ” Nutec Bickley Installs Roller Hearth Furnace”, “North American Furnace Builder Lands Large Order” & “Nutec Group Announces Change of CEO”) “NUTEC Group Chairman Genaro Cueva and…
Darius Szczekocki, “Hestia Heat Treat”
Darius Szczekocki, “Hestia Heat Treat” It is with true shock that we are reporting the very unexpected passing of Mr. “Darius Szczekocki”, owner of “Hestia Heat Treat” in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. “Darius” was a long time heat treater having worked with commercial heat treat firms such as “Bodycote” and “Bluewater Thermal” before…
USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
USA Heat Treater Consolidates Operations Recently the North American commercial heat treat industry has seen a wave of consolidations/closings-a recent example features “Atmosphere Group Inc” in Michigan, USA ” USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations”. Another example (although this has not been publicly announced) concerns …
Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating”
Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating” Last week we had a news item entitled; ” Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales”, at that point in time we promised to provide our readers with more details about the firm; “In 2012, Tom Darby, owner of aerospace components manufacturing company…
Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA Although very few details are currently available it would appear that Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater will be opening a brand new facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. What we know so far is that this facility will fall under the Aerospace & Defense division, it will be…
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry August 11th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item about a UK based heat treater who recently added “Robotics in a Vacuum Brazing Application” -the press release prompted the team at the “The Monty” to contemplate robotics in the commercial heat treatment industry. The bottom line is of…
Largest Capacity Plasma Nitriding Furnaces in North America?
Largest Capacity Plasma Nitriding Furnaces in North America? Three years ago “The Monty” visited a commercial heat treater in South Lyon, Michigan, USA by the name of “Sun Steel Treating” and “profiled” the company-a profile which can be found further down in this article. Just last week “The Monty” again had the chance to visit and we…