Ipsen Launches ICON, the Next Generation of Vacuum Furnace Controls
Ipsen Launches ICON, the Next Generation of Vacuum Furnace Controls Ipsen USA is proud to announce the launch of ICON, its next-generation vacuum furnace control platform, now available on most standard Ipsen furnace models. Developed through extensive customer collaboration and real-world testing, ICON combines the proven strengths of Ipsen’s…
Heat Treat Furnace Causes Massive Issues in Dallas, Texas, USA
Heat Treat Furnace Causes Massive Issues in Dallas, Texas, USA In “lightweight” heat treatment news, we have this story about how a heat treat furnace managed to bring chaos to the roads of Dallas, Texas, USA. Apparently this 34,000 pound bell annealing furnace managed to escape from a transport truck on the Southbound Dallas North Tollway last…
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]
The Monty Heat Treat News” April 2026 edition.
The Monty Heat Treat News” April 2026 edition. Welcome to the April, 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” for 30 years the most up to date heat treatment industry news source on the planet. Some news and trends we are following in this edition include these; Aerospace Industry Continues to Invest in Thermal Processing Equipment Is There…
“The Monty” Visits USA Heat Treater Making Major Investments
“The Monty” Visits USA Heat Treater Making Major Investments In 2025 commercial heat treater “Vacu Braze” of Quakertown, PA, USA was named as one of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” by “The Monty Heat Treat News”. In spite of this very impressive achievement the firm is not “sitting on their…
Furnace Builder Continues to Change North American Sales Direction
Furnace Builder Continues to Change North American Sales Direction (Editors Note; February 19th of this year “The Monty” had a news story entitled ” North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction”. In this story we spoke about how furnace builder “Aichelin” has been making changes to their outside sales network. According to this…
Boeing Invests $7 Million in 2 Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnaces
Boeing Invests $7 Million in 2 Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnaces (Editors Note: This press release comes from “Mr. Dave Farmery” , President of vacuum furnace builder and commercial heat treater “Vac Aero” . Dave is justifiably very proud of this recent order from “Boeing” ). “Boeing is committing $7 million CAD to VAC AERO International…
Bodycote Announces New Heat Treatment Facility in Monterrey, Mexico
Bodycote Announces New Heat Treatment Facility in Monterrey, Mexico (Editors Note; Bodycote is the world’s largest commercial heat treater and this new facility will strengthen their already strong position in the Mexican heat treatment market). “Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing…
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! Due to the “Good Friday” Easter Holiday the offices of “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be closed on Friday April 3/2026. Regular news updates will resume Monday, April 6th/2026.
Aviation Supplier Adds 7th Vacuum Furnace
Aviation Supplier Adds 7th Vacuum Furnace “Production in the aviation industry is accelerating. The year 2024 was record-breaking for aviation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the largest manufacturers of aircraft parts are investing in devices that increase production efficiency. CPP has been a long-term partner of the SECO/WARWICK Group,…
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations “ Atmosphere Group, Inc. , a division of AFC-Holcroft” (part of Aichelin Group of Austria) has for many years maintained two commercial heat treating facilities in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area- “Austemper Inc.” and “Atmosphere Heat Treating” both of which specialize in austempering. …
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry Now this press release will certainly catch people’s attention in the global heat treatment industry- “Aichelin Acquires NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX” as explained futher down. The whole team at “The Monty Heat Treat News” and indeed many in the industry look…
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider From Heat Treat Australia, the largest commercial heat treater in the country we have this press release; “HTA Group is excited to announce the arrival of a second Rubig Plasma Nitrider at our Melbourne branch! With this addition, we now proudly operate two Rubig plasma nitriding systems in…
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales When posing the question of; “how is business these days” to most commercial heat treaters in North America elicits a typical response of: “OK, could be better could be worse” it is a breath of fresh air when one actually says; “business is great!” Such was the case though with “Darby Metal…
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study “B&D Cold Headed Products” “In 1969, Albert Doyle saw an opportunity to provide better value for businesses requiring high quality fasteners. So he began rolling parts in his garage in Detroit, MI. Soon his hard work and customer focus started paying off. Over the years the Doyle family…