When NOT to Bring Heat Treating In-House-A Case Study
It is always a hot topic whether manufacturers should bring heat treating in house or "farm" it out to commercial heat treaters. Many considerations enter the mix including; Do the volumes justify the high costs of installing a heat treat department? Does the manufacturer want to add a process which...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Lets start off the week of March 9th, 2026 by having a look at some well known (and some not so well known) individuals who are changing direction in the global heat treatment industry; Jim Feltner, CEO, FPM Heat Treating. For a number of years now Jim Feltner has been CEO of one of the largest...
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]
Gasbarre Selected to Design Custom Thermal Processing System for Specialized Government Manufacturing Facility
St. Marys, PA — Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems (Gasbarre) has received an order for a custom-engineered box furnace and loading system to be installed at a U.S.-based manufacturing facility, marking a new customer relationship and demonstrating Gasbarre’s ability to deliver solutions tailored...
North American Heat Treater to Install 8th Batch IQ Furnace
In 31st place on our list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2025" you will find "Metex Heat Treating" of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This 40 year old, family owned business processes over 8o million pounds of material per year, mainly through mesh belt continuous furnace...
CAN-ENG Becomes FANUC Authorized System Integrator for Industrial Furnace Automation
"CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is proud to announce that it has been certified as a FANUC Authorized System Integrator (ASI), expanding its capabilities in robotic automation for industrial furnace systems and thermal processing equipment. This certification recognizes CAN-ENG’s...
Ipsen Announced Northeast Terrritory Update
(Editors Note; February 19th "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item entitled "North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction". In that news item we mentioned that furnace builder "Aichelin", through their USA division "AFC-Holcroft" had replaced a number of their independent sales...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” March 2026 Edition
"The Monty Heat Treat News" March 2026 Edition; Welcome to the March 2026 Edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for over 30 years the heat treatment industry's largest source of news and industry trends. Some "trends" and industry exclusive "news" headlines in this issue include these; Increased...
AICHELIN Group: New Management Appointments at UPC and QMULUS in Germany
Mödling / Göppingen / Düsseldorf. As part of the integration of NITREX, the AICHELIN Group is strengthening the organization of UPC in Germany and further intensifying the integration of its expertise in plant engineering, process control, and digital solutions. With personnel changes at United...
New UK Representative for Vacuum Furnace Builder
Vacuum furnace builder "BMI" is known as the largest vacuum furnace builder in France although the bulk of their systems are delivered to customers as far afield as Taiwan. Recently they have been very aggressive at moving into new markets such as North America. This press release tells us how...
Robert “Bob” Struebing 1957-2026
(Editors Note; Bob is well remembered by many long time USA heat treaters. Bob started at Metal-Lab in Sturtevant in 1979 before it was bought by Lindbergh and then Bodycote. He started in the heat treat world back when we still did pack Carburizing and used retorts. Bob was instrumental in the...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Speaks with “Ben Gasbarre”, E.V.P. Sales & Marketing for “Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems”
Ben we did an interview together a few years back, an interview which can be found at “Ben Gasbarre, President Gasbarre Industrial Furnace Division” so I very much appreciate the chance to see what has changed at Gasbarre since that time. Normally I would take this opportunity to ask you about your...
Grace Manufacturing Selects Ipsen TITAN H2 Vacuum Furnace to Expand Medical Production Capacity
Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 26, 2026) – Ipsen announces the sale of a TITAN H2 2-bar vacuum furnace to Grace Manufacturing, supporting the company’s continued growth in medical component manufacturing. Grace Manufacturing, located in Russellville, Arkansas, selected the TITAN H2 following...
Be Very Glad you are Not a Heat Treater in the UK!
The insane energy policy in the UK has been having an effect on industry and certainly commercial heat treaters are also feeling the pain-this press release mentions yet another one closing their doors. From what we can tell this was a fairly "high end" shop offering press quenching, carburizing and...
Aerospace Heat Treating Continues to Boom
While heat treating around the world tends to be in the doldrums these days-not great/not terrible Aerospace continues to be a bright spot as is witnessed by yet another furnace order for the aerospace industry; "A leading international aircraft motion-control manufacturer has once again selected...