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]
Countdown to “North Americas Largest Captive Heat Treaters”
Countdown to “North Americas Largest Captive Heat Treaters” As we count down to the 2026 list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treaters-North America-2024″ (coming the week of January 26th) ” The Monty” looks look back at a company which was in the #2 position on our 2024 list of “The Largest”- “GKN ePowertrain Newton, North…
You Think You Have a Big Vacuum Furnace?
You Think You Have a Big Vacuum Furnace? Courtesy of furnace builder “SECO/WARWICK” we have a photo of the largest vacuum furnace we at “The Monty” have ever seen. This unit is capable of loads of over 100 tons and has a diameter of 12′ (4 meters). The furnace (which was installed a few years ago at a location in California) is designed to…
Commercial Heat Treater Receives Vacuum Furnace in “Double Quick” Time
Commercial Heat Treater Receives Vacuum Furnace in “Double Quick” Time (Editors Note; Yes, the name of the commercial heat treater mentioned in this SECO/WARWICK press release really is “More Heat Treatment A.S.” -threw us off also). “It took just four weeks from the moment the order was placed for SECO/WARWICK to deliver one of…
What do the Largest Captive Heat Treaters Look Like in 2026?
What do the Largest Captive Heat Treaters Look Like in 2026? In a heat treatment industry exclusive “The Monty Heat Treat News” regularly publishes a list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America” . Currently we are in the process of putting together our 2026 rankings, a list which will see some substantial changes from our 2024…
USA & European Furnace Builders Enter Licensing Agreement
USA & European Furnace Builders Enter Licensing Agreement “St. Marys, PA — January 2026 — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) announced a licensing agreement with SOLO Swiss SA (Porrentruy, Switzerland) granting Gasbarre exclusive rights to promote, sell, and manufacture the SOLO ProfiTherm® heat treating system in North America….
John Hillenbrand Joins McLaughlin Furnace Group as Sales Manager
John Hillenbrand Joins McLaughlin Furnace Group as Sales Manager “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA is very pleased to announce that Mr. John Hillebrand recently joined the company as Sales Manager. In this position, John will be responsible for the firm’s sales efforts around the world. John brings a wealth of experience to the…
What’s It Worth? Used Furnace Pricing/North America
What’s It Worth? Used Furnace Pricing/North America From time to time “The Monty Heat Treat News” plays the “What’s It Worth” game where we give our readers an honest and unbiased idea about what used heat treat furnaces are selling for these days. It is a very tired cliche to say that we live in troubled times and that the future is…
Top 3 Global Heat Treatment News Stories For the Week of March 10th 2025
Top 3 Global Heat Treatment News Stories For the Week of March 10th 2025 Each week “The Monty Heat Treat News” looks back on our previous weeks heat treatment news stories to see which were the most popular-this is based upon feedback from our readers, traffic on our website and social media views. What makes this interesting is that even…
World’s Largest Heat Treater-2024 Financial Results
World’s Largest Heat Treater-2024 Financial Results The globe’s largest commercial heat treater”, UK based “Bodycote” has released their financial results for 2024, the complete results can be found at “Bodycote Results” and a brief summary from “London East Side” can be found below. We are always fascinated by “Bodycote’s” …
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Installs “First of it’s Kind” Furnace Line
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Installs “First of it’s Kind” Furnace Line “Cieffe Thermal Systems” of Colle Umerto, Italy is one of the best-known brands in Europe for thermal processing systems. Recently Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the chance to spend some time with the company and this included…
Heavy Equipment Component Supplier Invests in New Heat Treat Department
Heavy Equipment Component Supplier Invests in New Heat Treat Department It is always really “cool” to see manufacturers treat heat treating with the respect it deserves as a crucial part of the manufacturing process-let us introduce you to I.M.G. S.p.A. (INDUSTRIA MECCANICA GIRARDELLO) in Italy, a company which believes in the value of quality…
Annealing Oven For Aluminum Cable Supplier
Annealing Oven For Aluminum Cable Supplier “NUTEC Bickley has just manufactured and installed an annealing oven, custom designed for processing reel-mounted compact aluminum cable. The client for this contract operates numerous plants across North, Central and South America and has a portfolio of products supplied to organizations involved in the…