China’s advanced metals and alloys sector is estimated to have been worth $11.3 billion in 2007. By 2012 it is expected to reach $26.8 billion. In terms of value, aluminum alloys and rare earth magnets (NdFeB) have been the top two segments in China’s advanced metals and alloys industry, accounting for more than 80% of the value of China’s advanced metals and alloys market in 2006, according to research published by BCC...
Cincinnati Incorporated, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has integrated its Powder Metal Products press line into the Molded Materials Process Equipment (MMPE) Group as part of an expansion program into new growth markets...
German injection moulding machine makers Arburg has set up a Mexican subsidiary, Arburg SA de CV, based in Naucalpan, Edo de México. The new Arburg entity has recruited staff from its former trading partner, IPLYH, including its head, Juan Carlos Lachica...
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Rotary batch blending is said to improve quality and standards in powder metal blending and boost parts’ green strength compared to conventional double-cone techniques....
UK-based GKN reported that profits for the first 11 months of 2007 showed a solid improvement over the same period in 2006...
ASTM International Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys has honoured James A McMaster with the H R “Russ” Ogden Award.
H C Starck signed a contract to buy 600 000 pounds of tantalum raw materials from Tantalum Egypt JSC.
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Ingo Cremer says that there are many positive aspects to the PM industry in Europe, and a great deal of work to do...
Latest Feature...
The high prices of traditional alloying materials seen
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...
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...
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