“ITAR” Compliance an Important Accreditation For Commercial Heat Treaters
“ITAR” Compliance an Important Accreditation For Commercial Heat Treaters June 23rd, we had this story about “Texas Heat Treating” becoming “ITAR” registered earlier this year; ” USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered “. As it turns out “Texas Heat Treating” is the second commercial heat treater in the state to become “ITAR” Registered, “Lark…
MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days
MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) has announced that its 2028 YES (Young Executives Society) Leadership Development Program sold out in just five days after registration opened on July 1, making it one of the fastest-selling classes in the program’s history. The…
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]
Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer”
Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer” (About the author; Vanessa Pfeiffer is Director of Strategic Market Development for Aerospace & Defence at Bodycote. She is responsible for identifying and accelerating strategic growth opportunities across the aerospace and defence sector, working closely with…
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered ( Texas Heat Treating is a family owned commercial heat treater which will be on “The Monty’s” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” which will be published the week of June 29th) “June 2026; Texas Heat Treating is pleased to announce that the company is now registered with the…
Pit Nitriding Furnace “Hat Trick” for Furnace Builder
Pit Nitriding Furnace “Hat Trick” for Furnace Builder Since we are in the midst of the world’s largest sporting event of 2026 ” FIFA World Cup 2026™ , please allow us to use a “sporting” term for the title of this press release. “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA is pleased to announce that in the past few months they have seen an…
500 Heating Cells and Counting: ECM Celebrates North America Milestone
500 Heating Cells and Counting: ECM Celebrates North America Milestone Pleasant Prairie, WI – June 22, 2026 – Just over a year after celebrating a long-standing automotive customer’s achievement of processing their 1,000,000th load through their ECM vacuum furnace systems, ECM has achieved another major accomplishment – the commissioning of the…
USA Investment in New Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Vessel
USA Investment in New Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) Vessel (Editors Note; While it is not mentioned in this press release the new vessel is being built by “American Isostatic Presses Inc”. of Ohio. “Kittyhawk Inc has placed an order for a new Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) vessel for installation at its Garden Grove, California, USA, facility. The…
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News”
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News” On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” informs the industry about individuals in the industry making career changes-promotions, retirements, changes in direction-these are the individuals who make our headline for Friday, June 19th 2026; Steven Sumner Retiring; Steven has spent most of his…
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini
Heat Treat Industry Losing One of the “Great” Ones-Mario Ciampini Unfortunately, the global heat treatment industry is losing one of the “great” ones, an individual who is known to heat treaters around the world, Mr. “Mario Ciampini” . Currently Vice President, Strategic Projects and M&A, Bodycote plc Mario has announced that June30th, 2026…
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell”
UK Heat Treater “Saved by the Bell” MAY 20/2026; Earlier this year we had a news item entitled “Be Very Glad you are Not a Heat Treater in the UK!” The story was about a UK based commercial heat treater by the name of “MTE Heat Treatment” which had been forced to close their doors after 70 years in business. As it turns out the story had a good…
Steve Cropper Retired?-Say it Ain’t so Steve
Steve Cropper Retired?-Say it Ain’t so Steve For over 30 years Mr. Steve Cropper has been involved in the global heat treatment industry, originally with furnace builder/rebuilder/salt distributor “Park Thermal” (Park closed their doors a few years back which was no loss to the industry), VP of furnace builder “Can-Eng” for a number of years,…
USA Aerospace Bearing Supplier to Install Vacuum System With LPC
USA Aerospace Bearing Supplier to Install Vacuum System With LPC (Editors Note; We are not entirely sure who the end customer is for this order, if we find out we will let you know). ” SECO/WARWICK will deliver a vacuum furnace from the Vector line, equipped with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas quenching and an optional Low Pressure Carburizing…
How Are We Doing These Days? Furnace Builder SECO/WARWICK
How Are We Doing These Days? Furnace Builder SECO/WARWICK According to this report from global furnace builder SECO/WARWICK the company is doing pretty darn well with both sales and profit up. Read on for all the details about how each geographic region is doing, which technologies are selling and why the company is doing so well these days;…
European Furnace Builder Struggles Due to Tough Business Conditions
European Furnace Builder Struggles Due to Tough Business Conditions (Background; It is no secret that Europe in general and Germany in particular have struggled recently for a number of reasons including very high energy pricing. This turmoil has effected captive and commercial heat treaters and industry suppliers- “ELIOG” , mentioned here is one…