Sandvik’s annual report for 2008 revealed that Sandvik took several blows toward the last quarter of last year, however confidence within the company remains strong, and potential in growing trends such as medical-technology was noted.
ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with managing REACH (the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction processes for chemical substances) across the European Union, have disclosed that they will require a ‘crucial’ EUR45 million temporary subsidy to cover a ‘shortfall in fees’ expected in 2010.
SMS Demag, supplier of metallurgical plant and rolling mill technology for the steel and aluminium industry has adopted the ‘traditional’ name of SMS Siemag.
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Nine new designs were celebrated in the 2008 Japanese Powder Metallurgy Association awards, with industry progress also commended in categories including new materials, process development, new powders and further innovation. Particular attention among the winning entries was paid to the mass-manufacture of internal helical grooves…
UK-based Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) has won a major contract in Russia to design and supply a hot gas atomiser and powder classifier. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a material containing copper and diamond powder, suitable for efficiently dissipating heat in electronic devices such as portable computers, giving them a longer life
LAST MONTH saw the 60th birthday of Germany’s Fraunhofer research organisation. It was founded in March, 1949, just six months before the Federal Republic came into existence.
In a bid to negotiate the economic downturn, this month saw the metal powder division of Rio Tinto undertake a 10-day operational shutdown.
in the past few years have forced metal powder manufacturers to evaluate new candidate materials
to allow them to offer customers alternative products
that could cut the cost of manufacturing...
