Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer”
Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer” (About the author; Vanessa Pfeiffer is Director of Strategic Market Development for Aerospace & Defence at Bodycote. She is responsible for identifying and accelerating strategic growth opportunities across the aerospace and defence sector, working closely with…
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered ( Texas Heat Treating is a family owned commercial heat treater which will be on “The Monty’s” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” which will be published the week of June 29th) “June 2026; Texas Heat Treating is pleased to announce that the company is now registered with the…
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]
When NOT to Bring Heat Treating In-House-A Case Study
When NOT to Bring Heat Treating In-House-A Case Study It is always a hot topic whether manufacturers should bring heat treating in house or “farm” it out to commercial heat treaters. Many considerations enter the mix including; Do the volumes justify the high costs of installing a heat treat department? Does the manufacturer want to add a process…
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Heat Treatment Names in the News Lets start off the week of March 9th, 2026 by having a look at some well known (and some not so well known) individuals who are changing direction in the global heat treatment industry; Jim Feltner, CEO, FPM Heat Treating . For a number of years now Jim Feltner has been CEO of one of the largest commercial heat…
Gasbarre Selected to Design Custom Thermal Processing System for Specialized Government Manufacturing Facility
Gasbarre Selected to Design Custom Thermal Processing System for Specialized Government Manufacturing Facility St. Marys, PA — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) has received an order for a custom-engineered box furnace and loading system to be installed at a U.S.-based manufacturing facility, marking a new customer relationship and…
North American Heat Treater to Install 8th Batch IQ Furnace
North American Heat Treater to Install 8th Batch IQ Furnace In 31st place on our list of the ” 52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025″ you will find “Metex Heat Treating” of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This 40 year old, family owned business processes over 8o million pounds of material per year, mainly through mesh belt…
CAN-ENG Becomes FANUC Authorized System Integrator for Industrial Furnace Automation
CAN-ENG Becomes FANUC Authorized System Integrator for Industrial Furnace Automation “CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is proud to announce that it has been certified as a FANUC Authorized System Integrator (ASI), expanding its capabilities in robotic automation for industrial furnace systems and thermal processing equipment. This…
Ipsen Announced Northeast Terrritory Update
Ipsen Announced Northeast Terrritory Update (Editors Note; February 19th “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item entitled ” North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction”. In that news item we mentioned that furnace builder “Aichelin”, through their USA division ” AFC-Holcroft ” had replaced a number of their independent sales…
Desktop Metal Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Desktop Metal Files for Bankruptcy Protection “Desktop Metal” of Burlington, MA, USA a supplier of jet metal 3D printing system has just entered “Bankruptcy Protection”. Our readers might very rightly ask; “why should ” The Monty Heat Treat News” a website dedicated to the heat treatment industry care about this?” The answer is rather…
“H-O-T” Completing Furnace Installation
“H-O-T” Completing Furnace Installation Commercial heat treater “H-O-T” ( Härte- und Oberflächentechnik) is one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Europe and as such we have mentioned this company several times over the years, most recently just a few months ago when they announced that they had invested in a…
“Top 52” Heat Treater Completes Expansion
“Top 52” Heat Treater Completes Expansion “Advanced Heat Treat Corp.” of Waterloo, Iowa, USA has consistently made “The Monty Heat Treat News” list of the [http://52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025]”52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” for many years now. According to this press release the…
UK Heat Treater Adds Plasma Nitriding System
UK Heat Treater Adds Plasma Nitriding System Located in Bletchley, UK, commercial heat treater Titanium Heat Treatment Services would appear to be quite a success story as you can see by this story from “The Monty” in 2021; “OCTOBER 2021 POSTING; “Titanium Heat Treatment UK Installing Low Pressure Carburizing Furnace; In 2016 Pawel…
Mark Hemsath “Nitrex”-The Interview
Mark Hemsath “Nitrex”-The Interview “The Monty Heat Treat News” is very pleased to be able to offer our readers an interview with “Mr. Mark Hemsath” “President, Nitrex/UPC-Marathon/GM Enterprises” 1) Mark, in all honesty, I can say that you are extremely well known in the heat treatment industry around the world. In the unlikely…
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-“The Monty Predictions”
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-“The Monty Predictions” Later on this month bearing manufacturer “Timken” will be holding an auction for surplus equipment located at a location in North Carolina, USA-an auction which will include a number of surplus heat treatment furnaces and ancillary equipment. A look at the equipment list…