Acquisition in the Furnace Manufacturing Industry Leading to Changes
Earlier this year it was announced that Austrian furnace builder "Aichelin" was acquiring the NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX ”Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry" . Everybody in the heat treat industry knew that this would lead to changes in the structure...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” November 2025 Edition Now Available!
The November 2025 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" the world's largest source of news and trends in the heat treatment industry is now available. A few of our top stories include these; What Is Going on at One of North America’s Largest Commercial Heat Treaters? Aerospace Giant Adding Vacuum...
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]
Official Opening of New USA Vacuum Heat Treat Department
For the background on this very interesting heat treat story we would suggest "VAC AERO International Opens First US Operation-Part II" "On Tuesday, our team celebrated the official opening of VAC AERO’s first operational facility in the United States, located within Meyer Tool’s Greenville, South...
“Top 15” Captive Heat Treater Adding More Capacity
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has always ranked auto parts supplier "American Axle & Manufacturing" as one of the "15 Largest Captive Heat Treats in North America" "Number 10 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (AAM), Silao, Mexico. In 2012 auto parts supplier American Axle &...
Hestia Heat Treat, Racine, WI, USA-The Next Step
August 17th the heat treat industry lost a good man, "Mr. Darius Szczekocki", founder and owner of "Hestia Heat Treat" in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. His passing prompted the obvious question-who would take over the business? "Hestia Heat Treat: Leadership Continuity and Commitment to Excellence; Jill...
Solar Atmospheres Commissions New 10-Bar Vacuum Furnace in Greenville, SC
Greenville, SC, October 28 - Solar Atmospheres is proud to announce the installation and commissioning of a new 10-bar vacuum furnace at its Greenville, South Carolina facility. Manufactured by sister company Solar Manufacturing, this state-of-the-art horizontal vacuum furnace features a working...
Material Change Forces Closure of Heat Treat Department
While it is always impossible to predict the future of the heat treat industry, we all sleep well at night knowing that is long as the world continues to use metal in various products we will always have a job. But what if changes in a product's design means no more metal and no more heat...
“Ipsen” Celebrates Second Anniversary of New Tools
Cherry Valley, Illinois (October 28, 2025) – Ipsen Connect, Ipsen’s integrated customer service portal, celebrates its second anniversary with several key updates designed to make it easier for customers to manage their furnaces, parts, and service needs. The latest enhancements to Ipsen Connect...
Top Heat Treatment News Items For the Week of January 13th
"The Monty Heat Treat News" constantly monitors our news stories to see which are the most popular amongst our readers. This is based upon reader feedback and social media viewings. For the week starting January 13th, 2025 these were are 3 top stories; Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New...
Fastener Manufacturer to Bring Heat Treat In-House
Located in Taylor, Michigan USA this is how B&D Cold Headed Products describes themselves; "B&D Thread Rolling, Inc. dba B&D Cold Headed Products, is a U.S. manufacturer of high strength cold-formed bolts, studs, pins and other metal fasteners. Our parts are found in products all around...
CFC Supplier Appoints Head of Sales
Based in Oberasbach, Germany "Graphite Materials GmbH" is a supplier of CFC Fixturing for the heat treatment industry. The company is well known in Europe but less known in North America. Recently the firm appointed Mr. Bastian Schott as Head of Sales to replace Roland Weeske who left the company in...
Nitrex Lands Order From Aluminum Extrusion Supplier
"Enhancing Automotive Aluminum Extrusions with Nitrex System; To meet the automotive industry’s growing demand for high-quality extrusions, a European manufacturer specializing in profiles for the automotive sector has integrated a Nitrex nitriding system into their production process. This addition...
World’s Most Popular Internal Quench Vacuum Furnace?
Furnace builder Ipsen, the "Largest New Furnace Builder" in North America is quite rightly very proud of the fact that their popular "Turbotreater" line of vacuum furnace iss celebrating 40 years of production. This piqued the interest of the team at "The Monty" and prompted us to find out how many...
Nitrex Names New Plant Manager
Commercial heat treater Nitrex who regularly appears on "The Monty Heat Treat News" list of the "50 largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America" has just named a new Plant Manager for their facility in Franklin, Indiana, USA. Mr. Zach Cooney joined Nitrex Heat Treating Services in 2013 and...