USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors
USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors Earlier this week, Phoenix Metal Treating, located at W190 N11350 Carnegie Drive in Germantown, Wisconsin, officially closed down. This 40 year old family owned company operated several medium sized Beavermatic and Ipsen batch IQ furnaces and catered largely to the local automotive parts suppliers….
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace (Editor’s Note; In this press release Maciej Korecki, Vice President of the SECO/WARWICK Group’s Vacuum Segment states; “This order will support the production of components for gas turbines”. Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” published an article entitled, ” AI Data Centers Spiking…
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]
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Shows “The Monty” In House HT Department
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Shows “The Monty” In House HT Department And speaking of “KGO” nitriders in Europe lets look back at another captive/commercial heat treater which “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited just last year which also features KGO nitriders; “MARCH 18th/2025; Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the…
Average New Vacuum Furnace Price/Largest Hot Zone Order-“Ipsen”
Average New Vacuum Furnace Price/Largest Hot Zone Order-“Ipsen” A Year Defined by Confidence and Growth In 2025, Ipsen strengthened its position as a trusted partner for high-precision heat-treating solutions across critical manufacturing sectors. Continued demand from aerospace, defense, medical technology, advanced manufacturing,…
“HIP” Furnace Explosion Update
“HIP” Furnace Explosion Update February 4/2026 “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item entitled “Massive “HIP” Explosion at USA Commercial Heat Treater”, we followed this story up with another related article entitled ” Are Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Accidents Common?”. We now have updates on both stories, the first…
SECO/WARWICK Lands Another “CAB” Order
SECO/WARWICK Lands Another “CAB” Order It sometimes appears that furnace builder ” SECO/WARWICK ” announces a new “CAB” (Controlled Atmosphere Brazing) order weekly. We exaggerate of course but here is another one; “The SECO/WARWICK Group will deliver a continuous Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) line to a Chinese manufacturer…
Ipsen USA Announces Updates for 2026 Ipsen U Classes
Ipsen USA Announces Updates for 2026 Ipsen U Classes Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 5, 2026) – Ipsen USA has announced updates to its 2026 Ipsen U schedule, introducing new instructors, interactive elements and hands-on demonstrations to the company’s vacuum furnace training program. Ipsen U is a three-day program designed for vacuum furnace…
Are Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Accidents Common?
Are Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Accidents Common? Yesterday we had a news item about an explosion in a “HIP” furnace at a location in the USA “Massive “HIP” Explosion at USA Commercial Heat Treater” , this story prompted us to look into the history of any accidents in the “Hipping” industry. “Wikipedia” describes the process thusly; ” Hot…
Vac Aero Expanding Into The USA?
Vac Aero Expanding Into The USA? “The Monty Heat Treat News” just posted a heat treat industry exclusive in the form of a list of the “The 52 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America” based upon estimated sales for 2025. Amongst those on our list was “Vac Aero International” -the largest commercial heat treater in Canada and also a…
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…