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Vale Inco strike talks break down
Talks aimed at ending the bitter eight-month strike at Vale Inco’s Sudbury, Ontario, nickel production facility broke down last weekend.
Restructuring benefits GKN PM businesses
GKN has reported a positive outlook for its PM businesses, due in part to group restructuring. “GKN has made significant progress in realigning its operations to weaker markets and preserving cash,” said Sir Kevin Smith, chief executive of GKN plc.
Apelian to chair materials panel
Diran Apelian, director of Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Metal processing Institute and Howmet professor of mechanical engineering at WPI has been selected to chair a US blue ribbon panel that will look at how materials and materials processes could lead to energy efficiency, energy security and reductions in carbon emissions.
Restructuring plans for Ecka
Ecka Granules in Germany has appointed EA Metal Powders, based Columbia, South Carolina, USA, as its exclusive sales agent in North America for copper and copper-alloy powders.
HC Starck sells catalyst business
HC Starck has sold its AMPERKAT business to Evonik Degussa GmbH, based in Essen, Germany.

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The growing pull of magnets
China has the world-leading position in rare earth magnets. But things vare changing as the realisation sinks in of the vital commercial and strategic importance of these unseen and unremarked assets...
Powder Metal Markets
How the various regions of the world have fared in recession and current trends in the last quarter.

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Metal Injection Moulding
Dr Satya Banerjee received his Bachelors, Masters and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering specialising in Powder Metallurgy from IIT, Kharagpur, in India. He was a faculty member at IIT, Kharagpur and a v...

Features

Putting the best light possible on PM's year
Plenty of rhetoric was in the mix in the review of PM in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific that was delivered in June at the Washington World Congress. Rob Stringer reports on three very different outlooks on the industry…
Taking a lead in markets where ‘clever’ counts
knowledge spreads in the ‘flat world’ of global markets, so the leaders have to raise their game to maintain their competitive position. That is as true in powder pressing as anywhere else. The clever modern-generation presses that are the result work more efficiently, but are also much more adaptable to rapidly changing industrial needs. PM press designers learned from experience gained with hardmetals…
Thinking big to get the mixture right
Bigger loads of heavy powders for tungsten blends call for machinery to match…
Different approaches give choice in picking appropriate powders
Given the competitive nature of business, especially when times are tough, product differentiation is often the real message behind the anodyne phrases that describe ‘customer choice’…

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The Tangled Web: Silent Threats & Invisible Enemies
In a 2009 report, MessageLabs Intelligence revealed that an average of 3,618 new Websites per day were identified as harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs such as spyware and adware.
Using Molybdenum to Keep Structural Steels on Track
Iron-copper steels are among the most widely used structural powder metallurgy (PM) materials. But although elemental copper additions melt during initial sintering, complete homogenization is not achieved at conventional sintering temperatures and sintering times.
Leaner or meaner: Are Low Alloy Systems Hard Enough?
White paper reports on sinter-hardening response of leaner alloy systems.
Business VoIP Buyer's Guide
An explanation of the Hosted IP PBX (Private Branch Exchange) market and what to look for in a proposed system.
Choosing a midmarket ERP solution
Ten important questions to ask when buying an ERP package and how to ensure it integrates with current your technology.

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