Chicago Area Plating/Heat Treating Company Expands Heat Treat Capacity
Chicago Area Plating/Heat Treating Company Expands Heat Treat Capacity “J&M Plating” in Rockford, IL, USA offers plating, coating, electroplating, sorting, heat treating and Patch- “The Monty” would hazard a guess that there are not more than 10 companies in North America that offers this combination. While it has been a challenging time for…
USA Heat Treat Facility Opens Their Doors for 25th Anniversary Celebration
USA Heat Treat Facility Opens Their Doors for 25th Anniversary Celebration (Background; “The Monty Heat Treat News” rates commercial heat treater “Solar Atmospheres” as the largest privately owned commercial heat treater in North America, “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” . The “Solar Atmospheres of Western PA” facility which…
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 Evolution & Future of Furnace Controls | Bob Fincken | The Heat Treat Podcast #59
The Evolution & Future of Furnace Controls | Bob Fincken | The Heat Treat Podcast #59 We reached deep into our “Heat Treat Podcast” archives and pulled out this “oldie but goodie”. In this episode our charming host, “Mr. Carlos Torres” speaks with industry legend, “Mr. Bob Fincken” of controls company “SSi” for a discussion about where…
Fire at a Heat Treat Leads to Furnace Auction
Fire at a Heat Treat Leads to Furnace Auction April 29th there will be an auction in San Antonio, Texas featuring some older vacuum furnaces, coating systems, machining centers and metal working equipment. The equipment is located at the “Meyer, MT, Texas” location, the site of a large fire August of 2025; ” Massive fire near San Antonio Airport…
European Furnace Controls Firms Announces Partnership
European Furnace Controls Firms Announces Partnership According to this press release two of the larger European furnace controls companies will be working together more closely in the future. This press release is quite vague and provides few if any details beyond the fact that “Stange” and “Demig” feel it necessary to work together more closely…
MTI Educational Foundation Extends Scholarship Application Deadline to May 15, 2026
The Metal Treating Institute Educational Foundation has announced an extension of its 2026 scholarship application deadline to May 15, 2026, providing additional time for students and industry professionals to take advantage of valuable educational funding opportunities. $123,000 will be awarded in total scholarships. The MTI Educational…
Vacuum Aerospace Heat Treating/Singapore
Vacuum Aerospace Heat Treating/Singapore With an estimated 450-500 vacuum furnaces in an area of less than 300 square miles it is doubtful that there is any other region on the planet that is as densely populated with vacuum furnaces as Singapore-virtually every one of which is dedicated to the aerospace industry. (Editor’s note; this estimate of…
Mexico Heat Treat Market Through the Eyes of an Expert
Mexico Heat Treat Market Through the Eyes of an Expert Last week “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a chance to spend some time with “Mr. Salvador Alvarado”, General Manager of furnace controls company SSi during the “ASM Heat Treat Mexico” exhibition in Monterrey, Mexico. Very few individuals have seen as much of the heat treat…
“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.
Ryan McLaughlin, “McLaughlin Furnace Group”-The Interview
Ryan McLaughlin, “McLaughlin Furnace Group”-The Interview Today we are excited to be speaking with Mr. Ryan Mclaughlin, General Manager of furnace builder “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA. Ryan it was back in December, 2023 that we last had a chance for an in-depth discussion, to refresh your memory that interview can be found…