Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility
Reports Suggest Bodycote Has Sold Their New Berlin, WI Facility A report in the “Milwaukee Business General” is suggesting that commercial heat treating giant “Bodycote” has sold their New Berlin, Wisconsin facility. While details are scarce, the report says; “A longtime New Berlin industrial facility operated by Bodycote Thermal Processing has…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” May 2026 Edition Welcome to the May 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” featuring over 100 pages of the most up to date heat treatment industry news and trends combined with updated surplus heat treat equipment listings. This issue features these stories and lots more; AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace…
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]
Aerospace Company Investing Heavily in Heat Treatment
Aerospace Company Investing Heavily in Heat Treatment (Editors note; for more background on this story we would suggest “Aerospace Supplier Adds Heat Treating Capacity” from “The Monty Heat Treat News” ) “Kencoa Aerospace has begun expanding its defense and space business in the North American market. On January 6, Kencoa Aerospace…
Acquisition Effects Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters
Acquisition Effects Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters January 2, 2026 it was announced that Allison Transmission had acquired the Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems business of Dana Incorporated-read the press release below and we will then tell you why a heat treatment publication such as “The Monty Heat Treat News” cares; …
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2026 Edition
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2026 Edition The link below will take you to the January 2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” the longest running heat treat industry news source in the world. Some stories we are looking at in this issue include these; Controlled Atmosphere Brazing Lines For China & Mexico Heat…
Rich Gagnon, 1949-2026
Rich Gagnon, 1949-2026 Probably few people in the heat treatment industry still remember Rich as he has not been active for quite a few years but he had a long and distinguished career in the industry. For many years he worked with Detrex Furnaces which ultimately was acquired by AFC-Holcroft which in turn was acquired by Aichelin of Austria….
Aerospace Vacuum Brazing Specialist Achieves Rolls Royce Approval
Aerospace Vacuum Brazing Specialist Achieves Rolls Royce Approval “The Manchester (Bury), UK site of aerospace thermal processing specialists, Wallwork , has secured Rolls Royce approval of their recently opened vacuum brazing development laboratory and assembly area. The site has a high concentration of modern vacuum heat treatment furnaces of…
Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes
Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes “London, UK – [December 16 2025] – Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of advanced heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has achieved independent validation by Bureau Veritas for its proprietary product carbon footprint (PCF)…
SEW-EURODRIVE Accepts Vacuum Furnace System for Increasing In-House Heat Treat Demands
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…
“Flame Hardening Acquisition” in the North American Heat Treat Market
“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…
“50 (2.0) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”
“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…
Fastener Manufacturer Upgrades Heat Treat Department
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
“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…
Furnace Builder Shows Off Newest Facility
Furnace Builder Shows Off Newest Facility When furnace builder “Aichelin” , one of the largest furnace builders in the world extended an invitation to “The Monty Heat Treat News” to visit their location in Celje, Slovenia Gord Montgomery jumped at the chance and we are glad we did. Parent company Aichelin Holding is located in Mödling,…