Top Heat Treatment News Stories Week of November 25th 2024

For the week starting December 25th 2024 the three most read heat treatment stories according to “The Monty Heat Treat News” include these;
 
Furnace Builder Makes Acquistion; “The ECM Group, co-chaired by Laurent and Marlène PELISSIER, is a manufacturer of capital goods for the treatment and transformation of materials. It is strengthening its presence in Italy as well as its services business, with the acquisition of the Italian company Vacuum SM – Service & Maintenance. This external growth will enable the ECM Group to expand its range of services, strengthen its teams and enable Vacuum SM to pursue its development. Grenoble 25/11/2024
 
ECM Group signed the acquisition of Vacuum Service & Maintenance on November 4th, 2024. Vacuum SM is based in Mozzanica, close to Bergamo in Lombardia, Italy, and is specialized in the maintenance of industrial furnaces for vacuum heat treatment. It currently employs a dozen people Backed by a wealth of know-how, the company provides expert support to its customers, and prides itself on responsiveness, high quality and a customer-centric approach.
 
This acquisition will enable the ECM Group to consolidate its presence in Italy and strengthen its industrial furnace after sales business. This entity will also enable the ECM Group to improve its responsiveness by being closer to its Italian customers and serve them even better. For Vacuum SM, joining the ECM Group will enable it to pursue its growth and benefit from the support of a leading group in its market, while keeping its independence. Still managed by Roberto Bartoli, along with Andrea Cantarini & Lorenzo Tirloni, Vacuum SM will continue its historical activity and, in the medium term, will be trained on the products of ECM Technologies, the Grenoble-based Group’s main subsidiary.” (Editor’s note: the distinguished fellow in the middle of this photo is Mr. Laurent Pelissier)

McLaughlin Furnace Poised to Ship Another Salt Recovery Unit; Two years ago, “The Monty Heat Treat News” announced that “McLaughlin Furnace Group” of Avilla, Indiana, USA had reached an agreement with German Furnace builder “Rohde” to work together on future projects (https://themonty.com/mclaughlin-furnace-group-and-rohde-gmbh-strengthen-ties/). One of the areas of cooperation would include McLaughlin building and servicing Rohde’s line of “SRU”s” (salt recovery units) in the North American market. Since that time McLaughlin has built several of these systems, the most recent one as shown in these photos is ready to ship and is destined for an auto parts maker in the Southeastern US. SRU’s are designed to recover 99.9% of quenching salts that end up in wash/rinse tanks in applications such as austempering. 

HTS Steel Continues to Invest; Earlier this week we had a news item entitled “SECO/WARWICK Lands a Nice Order” which made for rather interesting reading-as it turns out we now have an update for you. The name of the end customer was not mentioned in the original press release but the customer themselves issued a press release as we can see here; 
 
“At “HTS STEEL“, we’ve expanded our capabilities with the addition of the SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace 15VP-9912, featuring a 15 Bars Gas Quenching System. This new equipment enhances our existing heat treatment line to 44 furnaces in total, allowing us to deliver improved precision and efficiency for a range of processes, including hardening, annealing, and tempering.”
 
It would appear that HTS Steel is comprised of 14 companies which were merged together and in addition to their manufacturing capabilities they also offer commercial heat treating in addition to their in-house heat treatment. With a total of 44 furnaces, it is a substantial heat treater by any standards.
 
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