Some news surprises us, this is one of them. Jirka Halásek has gone to heat treater heaven forever. We had been seeing each other since the

So I noticed on Linkedin that Simon Lee and Rick Jagodynski had retired. I met both of them in Macclefield as part of the ERP team.

Jiří Stanislav January 18,  2025  

On Saturday, January 11, Standa Dostál passed away. With him, a part of true Czech craftsmanship, golden Czech hands, for whom nothing was ever a problem,

Few people will remember that my whole life was connected with plasma nitriding. In the 1980s I participated in its development, both construction and technology, then

I was invited by Aleš Šlechta and Galvamet to their men’s team building in Tenerife. I didn’t hesitate for a moment with a positive answer, that

Well, this guy and his website, that’s genius. I smile in front of this work and I can only hope that all this remains preserved for

Unexpectedly, a newsletter from the company Prikner from Broumov landed on my computer. Right at the beginning it says:   Dear customers and partners, We are

When our HT-PROGRES was incorporated into the Bodycote structure, Willem was one of the first people I came into contact with. Within CEG (Central European Group)

Quite by chance I met Karol Forycki at the Thermoprocess 2023 trade fair in Dusseldorf. He told me it was just a jump, he was basically

Since I have worked mainly with vacuum all my life (plasma nitriding, vacuum furnaces, LPC, PVD), multi-purpose heat treatment was on the edge of my interest.

When I started with privatization, my partner Vláďa Procházka and I knew that our equipment, plasma nitriding and one PVD coating machine, would not be enough

Representing the ECM company gives me an insight into the new world of heat treatment, especially in the field of low pressure carburizing.  But in fact,

Yesterday was exactly 5 years since I finished at Bodycote. Is this something to think about? Maybe so, but is it worth going back in time?

  At Christmas, I was digging through old photos, and Freddy Hannig peeked out at me. He was one of the personalities who accompanied me at

Jan Kareš is a world-renowned Czech phenomenon. Multiple world record holder in pull ups on the horizontal bar. But he has a strange hobby, when he

Today is simply a “jerk” day. In addition to the passing of my friend Piotr, today is also the fifth anniversary of the death of Djamel

Today I received sad news. Piotr Szkopinski, director of Bodycote plant Zabrze in Poland has died. He was a wonderful person and friend. Piotr, may you

Picture from European Conference on Heat Treatment, Prague in May 2016 On Sunday, it will be 6 years since Mirek Meduna left for his eternal pilgrimage.

…… and my professional memories of her …. September 9, 2022 Jiří Stanislav  

If anyone doesn’t know him, he represents the Ipsen vacuum furnace company in Asia. An exceptional man with exceptional qualities. Today on LinkedIn he published his

Unfortunately, I learned the bad news with a great delay. Evžen scared them away after death. For those who didn’t know him, just a little look