Bob Hill Receives Distinguished MTI Heritage Award
"At the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) fall meeting, Bob Hill, President of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA and Michigan, received the prestigious Heritage Award—the highest honor presented by MTI. This award recognizes an individual’s lifetime commitment and significant contributions to advancing...
Bodycote Merging Two Michigan, USA Facilities
The world's largest commercial heat treater, "Bodycote" is planning on merging two Michigan, USA facilities according to what multiple sources have told "The Monty". The "Bodycote", Livonia location in Michigan has always had a strong focus on vacuum carburizing of automotive transmission...
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]
Let’s Talk About Vacuum Heat Treat Furnaces-“Jay Jefsen”
We are honored today to be talking "Vacuum Furnaces" with "Mr. Jay Jefsen", Director of Sales for "Furnacare Inc." (TAV), of Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. Jay is a veteran of the North American heat treat industry and his comments today about vacuum furnaces in particular and the heat treat...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”-October/2025 Edition
Good news for the entire heat treatment industry-the October/2025 Edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" is now available! In this 93 page edition we cover the absolute latest (and in many cases exclusive) news stories and trends in the heat treatment industry including these stories; What Is...
AICHELIN Group Completes Acquisition of NITREX Divisions
August 14th of this year it was announced that "AICHELIN Group" of Mödling / Austria would be acquiring the NTS & UPC business units from NITREX Inc., a portfolio company of Novacap "Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry". This press release tells us that this...
Size of the Commercial Heat Treat Market, SECO/WARWICK
For years now "The Monty Heat Treat News" has commented on the size of the global commercial heat-treating market-we have always pointed out that this is extremely difficult to calculate as every estimate seems to use different criteria as to what exactly constitutes heat treating. This press...
What Is Going on at One of North America’s Largest Commercial Heat Treaters?
For almost 30 years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had an exclusive feature-a list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025" . A quick perusal of this list will show that in 17th position you will find a commercial heat treat group by the name of "Thermal Process...
Midwest USA Commercial Heat Treat Acquisition
Amidst a sea of announcements about closures in the North American commercial heat treat industry it is a joy to see an acquisition. "Metal-Tek, Inc.", a small privately owned commercial heat treater in Fridley, Minnesota was acquired earlier this week by a local company by the name of "INCERTEC"; ...
Thoughts on Nitrogen Generating Systems in Heat Treat Applications
Yesterday "The Monty Heat Treat News" had an article entitled "Paul Cairney & Nitrogen Generation". The article started off by mentioning Mr. Paul Cairney, an individual very well known in the field of on-site nitrogen generation and moved on to some thoughts from "The Monty" about nitrogen...
Paul Cairney & Nitrogen Generation
For a number of years Mr. Paul Cairney was Sales Manager for South-Tek Systems, a manufacturer based in Wilmington, MC who provides nitrogen generating systems, however things change and effective the beginning of 2025 Paul is now Sales Manager at Novair which appears to offer the same product mix. ...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” January 2025 Magazine
Welcome to the first edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for 2025 which can be found by clicking the following link: January 2025 Magazine. In this 96 page edition you will find these stories plus many more; ▪ Major Acquisition in the North American Commercial Heat Treat Industry ▪ European...
Commercial Heat Treat Acquisitions 2024
The end of 2024 brought with it a flurry of acquisitions in the commercial heat treat industry which caused the team at "The Monty" to reflect on how many acquisitions there actually were in the past year-this is what the team came up with in chronological order; Bodycote Acquires Lake City Heat...
Super Systems Inc. Seminar – NFPA Standards And Metallurgy
SSi invites you to an informative seminar dedicated to two critical aspects of industrial safety and material science: NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) standards Metallurgy This brings together engineers industry experts maintenance personnel to explore the intersection of fire safety...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Lets see who in the heat treatment industry has made career changes recently; Jim Buntjer/Thermal Process Holdings; Jim has 10 years in the North American heat treatment industry working with commercial heat treaters such as Bluewater Thermal, Rockford Heat Treating and Service Heat Treating....