Furnace Company Appoints Managing Director
The AICHELIN Group, one of the world’s leading providers of heat treatment solutions, has appointed Philippe Maetz as the new Managing Director of its subsidiary SAFED, based in Besançon, France, effective July 2025. In his new role, he will be responsible for further expanding the wire mesh belt...
“Space Company” To Receive Stress Relieving Oven
"Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of one (1) Electrically Heated Batch Oven with a powered load/unload table to a leading space exploration company. This custom batch oven will be used to stress relieve titanium parts. The stress relieving oven is designed for a maximum operating...
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]
Ask the Expert: Process Gas Handling and Safety Contributors: Jim Grann, Craig Moller, Nate Sroka, Cavan Cardenas
"Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Argon, Acetylene, and Propane are among the most frequently used industrial gases in heat treating. Each have their own use properties, handling instructions, and safety protocols. In this article, we are going to focus on three of the most common gases used by Industrial Vacuum...
GM Enterprises & The Nitrex Acquisition
August 14th, 2025 "The Monty" had this blazing headline; "Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry" which certainly caught the industry's attention. However a number of sharp eyed readers brought up the question; "Where did GM Enterprises go?" January 8th, 2020 Nitrex...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Achieves 24-Month Nadcap® Merit Status for Heat Treatment
"Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced that it has renewed its Nadcap® accreditation in heat treating – a recognition held since 2013. The renewed status is valid until November 30, 2027. Under its Nadcap accreditation, AHT...
Chain Manufacturer Close to Completing New HT Dept
In mid 2024 chain manufacturer "Renold Jeffrey" in Morristown, TN, USA set out on an ambitious project, to expand and modernize their in-house heat treat department, in particular the firm was looking for more batch IQ furnace capacity. The search eventually led the company to 4 late model gas...
Where Are They Now-Logan Glines
"Logan Glines" is a true Sales Professional having worked with a number of different companies in the steel/heat treating industries. We understand that Logan just joined commercial heat treater "Bluewater Thermal" with the title of New Business Development Manager effective September 8, 2025. Logan...
Don’t You Hate Seeing Good Furnaces “Scrapped Out”
July 30th "The Monty" had a news item about a "Timken Bearing" facility in the US "Auctioning Heat Treat Furnaces", in August we had a follow up to this story "Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys!" in which we suggested that most likely most of these items would be...
Most Popular Heat Treat News Item Week of October 21
According to our readers the most read heat treatment news items on "The Monty Heat Treat News" for the week starting October 21, 2024 include an item about a new Heat Treatment facility in Tenesses, USA, a LPC installation in Germany and a profile about commercial heat treater Parker Trutec in...
Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Parker Aerospace Approval
Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Parker Aerospace approval. This achievement expands Solar Atmospheres' reach, offering five facilities able to assist customers with Parker Aerospace thermal processing requirements. Steve Prout, President of Solar...
Aalberts Surface Technologies, Remscheid, Germany
If you are involved in commercial heat treating in Europe or North America, we can guarantee that you have run across the name "Aalbert Surface Technologies" as Aalberts is the second largest commercial heat treater on both continents...
Spring Manufacturer Adds Second Nitrex System
"Special Springs, a leader in the manufacturing of high-quality springs and gas cylinders, has partnered with Nitrex again to expand their production capabilities. This long-standing collaboration, which began in October 2004 with the commissioning of the first Nitrex nitriding turnkey system, has...
Edwards Vacuum to Build Facility in New York
Everybody with vacuum furnaces knows Edwards Vacuum which makes this press release rather interesting; "The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary agreement to grant up to $18 million in funding to vacuum pump and exhaust gas management systems manufacturer Edwards Vacuum through the...
“The Monty” Speaks With SECO/WARWICK About the Heat Treatment Industry
Several years ago, "The Monty Heat Treat News" spoke with "Mr. Slawomir Woźniak", CEO of furnace builder "SECO/WARWICK" about both his company, their products and the global heat treatment industry in general. At the time we were impressed by his candor and his openness both about "SECO/WARWICK" and...