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]
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier SECO/WARWICK will supply a Vector vacuum furnace to the Marle Group, a global manufacturer of orthopedic prosthetics headquartered in Europe. The equipment will be installed in France at Marle Nowak’s facility, which specializes in the production of orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, spinal devices,…
Bluewater Thermal Solution Delivers “Burst Heat Treating Capacity”
Bluewater Thermal Solution Delivers “Burst Heat Treating Capacity” (Editor’s Note; According to Google Burst capacity refers to a system’s or service’s ability to temporarily exceed its normal, committed limits to handle sudden, short-term spikes in demand, like traffic surges or increased data usage, without failing or slowing…
MTI Foundation to Award $123,000 in Scholarships
MTI Foundation to Award $123,000 in Scholarships Since 2007, the MTI Educational Foundation has awarded more than $455,000 in educational scholarships to attract and support young talent in the heat treating industry. Continuing this commitment, the Foundation is thrilled to announce the opening of its 2026 scholarship application process,…
15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America-JATCO
15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America-JATCO In a heat treat industry exclusive “The Monty Heat Treat News” regularly publishes a list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America”-the topic comes up today because “The Monty” team is in the process of updating our list for 2026. Our 2026 list will see some changes-as a matter…
Mark Hemsath Update
Mark Hemsath Update Just before Christmas, 2025 “The Monty” mentioned how one of the better known individuals in the North American heat treat industry, “Mr. Mark Hemsath” (formerly with firms such as UPC/Nitrex/GM Enterprises and SECO/WARWICK) had made a change and joined up with heat treat consulting firm “Wingens Consultants”. Mark provided…
AECO Corp. Announces Promotion of Maryann Remner to President
AECO Corp. Announces Promotion of Maryann Remner to President “Berea, Ohio — [Insert Date] — AECO Corp proudly announces the promotion of Maryann Remner to President , effective immediately. In her new role, Maryann will lead AECO Corp and its three operating subsidiaries — Alloy Engineering , Mach3 Machining , and Thermcraft — driving strategic…
IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader
IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader To go with this press release we have this photo taken at the HK 2024 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany October of 2024. We see (from the left) Gord Montgomery, Natasha Rohde, Joern Rohde and in the front row Konstantine Rohde. “In a historic move,…
New Nitriding Installation Mexico
New Nitriding Installation Mexico In Mexico, commercial heat treater HT-MX has just added a new gas nitriding system provided by “Nitrex”. Humberto Ramos of the company has this to say; “This equipment expands our capabilities for nitriding and FNC processes, with a load capacity of up to 2,600 lbs, as part of an investment close to 1M USD to…
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding In our recent “Industry Exclusive” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” ranked by estimated 2025 sales we included for the first time ever a company by the name of “Vacu Braze” in Quakertown, PA, USA. After publishing the list, we learned that the firm has been making some…
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a replacement Ipsen VFC-924 hot zone to a prominent U.S.-based global aerospace company. This customer performs thermal processing on a variety of critical aerospace components used across multiple aircraft…
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project
McLaughlin Furnace Group Lands Large Furnace Install Project In 2024 commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada announced that they were closing down with all of the equipment going on to the used market. Cambridge always took great pride in their equipment and it showed-most of it was relatively new and in very…
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry
Acquisition in the US Heat Treat Industry Now is this real heat treating or not since it involves “on site stress relieving” ? You can certainly argue the point since it doesn’t involve flames but at the end of the day “The Monty” Team voted to mention it; “NEDERLAND, Texas–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Industrial Thermal Services (ITS), a leading…