Another UK Heat Treater “Bites the Dust”
(Editors Note; Times have not been good for commercial heat treaters in the UK for some time and this is yet another example of a UK heat treater being forced to close down). "A more-than-65-year-old business with a "rich history" has entered liquidation and made all of its staff redundant after...
USA Furnace Builder Appoints General Manager of Operations
Furnace builder AFC-Holcroft (part of the Aichelin Group) has promoted Mr. Jason Crook to the position of General Manager of Operations. Jason brings over 14 years of experience in industrial automation, engineering management, and operational leadership. Since joining AFC-Holcroft, Jason has...
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]
New Vacuum Heat Treat Department in Michigan, USA Now Operational
(Also called; "Why does a manufacturer bring heat treating in house") Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" reported that "Exco" a supplier of dies, molds, components and assemblies for a number of different industries was making very substantial investments in their heat treat departments...
European Furnace Builder Declares Bankruptcy?
It was reported to "The Monty Heat Treat News" recently that furnace builder "Cremer Thermoprocess Systems GmbH" of Düren, Germany entered bankruptcy protection November of this year. Some diligent searching turned up the fact that the company was included on a list of "Insolvencies in North...
Bodycote “Optimise Programme” Leads to Changes at 10 French Locations
(Editor's note; "Bodycote" is the world's largest commercial heat treater. Details about the firm's "Optimize Programme" can be found at "Bodycote sees improving momentum as aerospace demand strengthens") "Macclesfield-based listed company, Bodycote, has completed the sale of ten non-core sites to...
USA Heat Treater “Bucks” Trend by Adding Mesh Belt Furnace Capacity
Earlier this year "The Monty" had an in-depth article entitled "Why are so Many North American Commercial Heat Treaters Closing?", the article can be found further down on this page. Included in our list of commercial heat treaters closing were four firms which specialized in large volume...
Aerospace Supplier Adds Heat Treating Capability
(Editors Note: commercial heat treater "Aremac Heat Treating" was originally based in the western USA but back in 2017 moved to Eastman, Georgia. One of their larger customers has been "Kencoa Aerospace LLC" also in Eastman. According to this press release "Kencoa" recently bought "Aremac" and has...
New Ownership For USA Commercial Heat Treater
(Editors Note; Earlier this year we had this news item about Ohio commercial heat treater P&L Heat Treating & Grinding being sold to the original founder of the company, we now have further details about the transaction; "What Is Going on at One of North America’s Largest Commercial Heat...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Italy
A recent business trip to Italy and Slovenia by "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" led to a series of articles about both captive and commercial heat treaters with a "healthy dose" of furnace manufacturers thrown into the mix. One of those visits was to furnace...
SEW-EURODRIVE Accepts Vacuum Furnace System for Increasing In-House Heat Treat Demands
Congratulations to the SEW-EURODRIVE heat treatment team for the completion of their fully automated in house vacuum furnace system integrated with their patented MOVITRANS® inductive energy power transfer system (pictured parallel with ECM’s transfer system rails). SEWEURODRIVE, prominent global...
“Flame Hardening Acquisition” in the North American Heat Treat Market
While some would consider "Flame Hardening" an older more basic heat treat technology it certainly does have it's place and in some situations it is the best form of heat treating available-this link is as good as any in explaining the "Advantages of Flame Hardening and Where it Should be Used". ...
“50 (2.0) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”
When "The Monty" publishes our list of the "50 (+2) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" the week of April 28th readers will see a new entry in the number 9 position, a company by the name of Ajax Metal Processing. While we have long been familiar with "Ajax" we didn't realize until...
Fastener Manufacturer Upgrades Heat Treat Department
Monday of this week "The Monty" mentioned a fastener manufacturer who recently added more mesh belt heat treating capacity-this exclusive news item was included as part of our "Heat Treatment “Monday Morning Briefing”. As it turns out a publication by the name of "Fastener & Fixing...
“Top 50” Heat Treater Reports Strong Sales
As we count down to our 2025 list of the "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" took the opportunity to visit a company which has been on our list for the past few years and who will be on our list again this year-"Thermetco...