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]
“Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes
“Bodycote” Report-Recent Changes The world’s largest commercial heat treater and the only truly global one with 165 facilities across 22 countries is UK based “Bodycote” . “The Monty” has long said that if you want to know how the heat treat industry is doing overall, which markets are growing and shrinking and which manufacturing…
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier
Vacuum Furnace For Medical Supplier SECO/WARWICK will supply a Vector vacuum furnace to the Marle Group, a global manufacturer of orthopedic prosthetics headquartered in Europe. The equipment will be installed in France at Marle Nowak’s facility, which specializes in the production of orthopedic implants, surgical instruments, spinal devices,…
Bluewater Thermal Solution Delivers “Burst Heat Treating Capacity”
Bluewater Thermal Solution Delivers “Burst Heat Treating Capacity” (Editor’s Note; According to Google Burst capacity refers to a system’s or service’s ability to temporarily exceed its normal, committed limits to handle sudden, short-term spikes in demand, like traffic surges or increased data usage, without failing or slowing…
MTI Foundation to Award $123,000 in Scholarships
MTI Foundation to Award $123,000 in Scholarships Since 2007, the MTI Educational Foundation has awarded more than $455,000 in educational scholarships to attract and support young talent in the heat treating industry. Continuing this commitment, the Foundation is thrilled to announce the opening of its 2026 scholarship application process,…
15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America-JATCO
15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America-JATCO In a heat treat industry exclusive “The Monty Heat Treat News” regularly publishes a list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America”-the topic comes up today because “The Monty” team is in the process of updating our list for 2026. Our 2026 list will see some changes-as a matter…
Mark Hemsath Update
Mark Hemsath Update Just before Christmas, 2025 “The Monty” mentioned how one of the better known individuals in the North American heat treat industry, “Mr. Mark Hemsath” (formerly with firms such as UPC/Nitrex/GM Enterprises and SECO/WARWICK) had made a change and joined up with heat treat consulting firm “Wingens Consultants”. Mark provided…
SPS Fire Origin Still Unknown
SPS Fire Origin Still Unknown Yesterday “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item about a Devastating Fireat SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mentioned this because the facility has always included a reasonably large in house heat treatment department and the fact that initial reports referred to “Heat Treat Chemicals” being the…
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater From the “Philadelphia Inquirer” we have this story about a massive fire at aerospace fastener supplier “SPS Technologies”in Jenkintown, PA, USA. We mention this story as the company has a very substantial in house heat treat department although at this point in time it is unknown whether the fire originated…
UPC Receives Order for “Endo” Generator From Repeat Customer
UPC Receives Order for “Endo” Generator From Repeat Customer From controls company UPC-Marathon we have word about an order the firm has just received for an endo generator-this marks the fifth order for an endothermic generator from the same customer; “The 4th repeat order of an Endothermic Gas Generator has been installed for the…
Furnace Builder Lands Order for Drop Bottom Oven
Furnace Builder Lands Order for Drop Bottom Oven “Nutec Bickley has manufactured a heat treat drop-bottom furnace designed for heat treatment of aluminium castings. The furnace will shortly be installed and commissioned at a facility operated by a multinational power solutions corporation. The custom-designed furnace is indirect gas fired using…
Heat Treatment Industry Updates
Heat Treatment Industry Updates To keep you in the know about the global heat treatment industry here are a number of heat treat news items from around the globe; Defense Supplier Close to Completing New Heat Treat Facility. In 2024 “The Monty Heat Treat News” announced that IMT Corp., Was Investing in a New Heat Treat Department. It is our…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Celebrates Winter
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Celebrates Winter Perhaps celebrates is too strong a word but for good or for bad the headquarters of “The Monty” in North America is seeing near record snowfalls in 2025. This photo taken just a few hours ago shows “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty” standing in the parking lot of our facility backed by…