The application deadline for the 5-7 October APMI PMT Certification Level I and Level II examinations is 10th September. 02 September 2010
ATW Companies has scheduled the opening of Parmatech-Proform Corp’s new manufacturing facility in Rhode Island, USA, as reported in January. 02 September 2010
Powdermet Inc has developed new PM alloys which it says have lower weight, higher strength, and increased hardness when compared to aluminium alloys currently on the market. 02 September 2010
Chemical reactor specialist HEL has developed a new subsieve autosizer for powder size characterisation using air-permeability, replacing the Fisher Subsieve Sizer (FSSS), which is used for metal powder coatings and pharmaceuticals. 26 August 2010
Polymer-Chemie GmbH has established its metal powder compound division, founded in 2005, as an independent legal entity as of August 2010. 26 August 2010
Vale Inco’s Goro project, located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, has produced its first nickel metal product. 26 August 2010
The EPMA European Hard Materials Sectoral Group (EHMG) will hold open meeting on the 12th October 2010 in Florence, Italy, during the PM World Congress and Exhibition 2010. 26 August 2010
A paper co-written by GKN staff has won the 2010 MPIF Howard I. Sanderow outstanding technical paper award. 19 August 2010
North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd, based in Vancouver, Canada, plans to re-start production at its Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories. 19 August 2010
Arkansas Nuclear One, owned by integrated energy company Entergy Corporation has won a Meritorious Performance in Operations Award 2010 at the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Utility Working Conference for developing a new type of radiological shielding for nuclear reactors. 19 August 2010
Alloy specialist Carpenter Technology Corporation has agreed a deal with SB Specialty Metals LLC, which makes high alloy particle metallurgy materials, to extend the market for sport and military knife blade materials in the US and Canada. 12 August 2010
Scientists from Hong Kong Polytechnic University have discovered that a layer of silver nanoparticles placed between two layers of the organic semiconductor pentacene can improve the performance of the semiconductor. 12 August 2010
Scientists at Cornell University's Energy Materials Center have researched a catalyst coated with platinum nanoparticles that could make PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cells more stable, inexpensive and resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning. 12 August 2010
Copper and bronze specialist SCM Metal Products, Inc, based in North Carolina, USA, plans to expand its copper powder plant production capacity in Suzhou, China, to support the growing market in Asia. 12 August 2010
The organisers of the International Conference on Tungsten, Refractory & Hardmaterials have issued a call for papers for its technical programme. 05 August 2010
According to the MPIF, Royal Metal Powders Inc, based in Maryville, Tennessee, USA, a division of American Chemet Corporation (ACC), has started production of its water-atomized copper powders. 05 August 2010
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp, a division of Plansee, plans to invest more than US$10 million in its plant in Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA by the end of 2011. 05 August 2010
Lions Gate Metals Inc, a Canadian company owning copper and molybdenum mines located in British Columbia, has entered into a consulting agreement with Ken Faulkner to supply strategic and business development services. 05 August 2010
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation has developed a range of carbide grit hole saws for cutting a wide variety of abrasive materials such as brick, block, cement board, glass reinforced plastic and tile. 29 July 2010
H C Starck Ceramics and Kerafol, a Germany-based manufacturer of ceramic tapes, have partnered to manufacture, sell, and distribute high-temperature SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cells) doped with scandium. 29 July 2010
According to Sandvik’s president and CEO Lars Pettersson, demand for Sandvik’s products continued to improve in the second quarter, remaining high in the energy sector and increasing in the automotive, mining and process industries. 29 July 2010
Höganäs, in its January-June interim financial report, said it had won gradual income gains, giving the company strength for the future. 29 July 2010
Miba has opened a new $16 million production site for sintered components in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA. 22 July 2010
Vale Inco has announced the ratification of its new five-year collective bargaining agreements with United Steelworkers (USW), the union representing production and maintenance employees in its Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada plants. 22 July 2010
Committees for PowderMet2011 and MIM2011 have issued a call for papers and presentations. 22 July 2010
Hardmetal specialist Kennametal’s chairman, president and CEO Carlos Cardoso has been elected to serve a two-year term as vice chairman of the executive committee of the Manufacturers’ Alliance (MAPI), a business research and executive education organization. 22 July 2010
We are soon to publish the Metal Powder Report 2010 Buyers’ Guide. However, without your entries, it is nothing! Make sure your company is listed in this invaluable reference guide for the powder metallurgy industry. 16 July 2010
American Chemet, based in Deerfield, Illinois, with manufacturing facilities in East Helena, Montana, USA has bought the manufacturing assets of a copper based air and water atomizing and facility in Maryville, Tennessee. 15 July 2010
PM variable valve timing (VVT) system technology has been recognised as a Metallurgy Industry Landmark by the MPIF. 15 July 2010
American Chemet Corporation has appointed William H Shropshire as its new president and CEO, effective 1st July, 2010. 12 July 2010
The winners of the 2010 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, have been announced at PowderMet2010, the 2010 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials. 12 July 2010
The MPIF has released a new report focusing on ways in which the PM industry excels at sustainability. 29 June 2010
The Titanium Industry Development Association (TiDA) has opened a new facility in New Zealand designed to develop new titanium products. 29 June 2010
Michael E. Lutheran, president of the MPIF, has been named president of Royal Metal Powders, Inc, a company newly formed by American Chemet Corporation, based in Deerfield, Illinois, USA. 29 June 2010
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and in Grenoble have found a new way to improve the performance of hardmetal for drill bits. 24 June 2010
Global catalyst specialist Evonik Industries has acquired the precious metal powder catalysts business of Udaipur, India-based Ravindra Heraeus Pvt Limited. 23 June 2010
Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI) has appointed Robert S. Wetherbee as business unit president of its metalworking products division. 23 June 2010
Atlantic Equipment Engineers, a division of Micron Metals, a manufacturer of metal powders and compounds, has launched a new website with improved information search options. 17 June 2010
Umicore’s board of directors has approved various changes to the organisation of the group. 16 June 2010
Miba reports that its sales during the first quarter of 2010 were €98.0 million, a 31.9% increase from the same period the previous year, and a 17.4% increase from the fourth quarter of the 2009-2010 business year. 16 June 2010
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed an agreement with global tin organisation ITRI to improve the traceability of tin in the African country in order to ensure that the metal oxide supply is conflict-free. 16 June 2010
Talks between the United Steelworkers (USW) union and major North American nickel producer Vale Inco that resumed last Friday in a bid to resolve the bitter 11-month old Canadian strike have been adjourned to June 19 by the mediator, Kevin Burkett. 11 June 2010
Janicki Industries, based in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, USA has built a giant 1600°F/871°C annealing furnace, designed to handle large-scale, high-precision metal, composite, ceramic and thermoplastic projects. 11 June 2010
X-ray analytical instrument manufacturer PANalytical has developed a new high-performance diffractometer. 10 June 2010
The MFKK Invention and Research Centre, an R&D establishment based in Budapest, Hungary, has made available to the PM community a database of information about defected PM parts. 10 June 2010
US heat treatment and sintering specialist Harper International has been awarded a contract to supply an advanced thermal processing system for sintering nuclear fuel pellets to China. 10 June 2010
Plansee has developed an extremely corrosion-resistant glass-melting electrode made of molybdenum. 08 June 2010
Mr Yoshiyasu Iino, President of DIAMET Corporation, has succeeded Mr Yutaka Mizuno, President of Fine Sinter Co Ltd, for a two-year term to May 2012 as President of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association. 03 June 2010
According to tin member association ITRI, tin consumption has recovered strongly in 2010, with China continuing to provide massive support to the tin market. 03 June 2010
Hilti Corp has completed its acquisition of India-based Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd. 03 June 2010
Companies working in the powder metallurgy industry have been enrolled as regular members of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). 02 June 2010
The president of the European Powder Metallurgy Association has called for the formation of more specialist groups under the umbrella of the organisation as a way of bringing the membership closer together. 02 June 2010
Plansee SE says that it plans to acquire a majority share in Wolfra-Tech Pvt. Ltd, a private company with approximately 150 employees is headquartered in Mysore, India. 27 May 2010
Umicore is to build a technology development centre for automotive catalysts in Suzhou, China, close to the company’s current automotive catalyst production facility. 27 May 2010
Additive layer manufacturer Material Solutions, has installed a EOS M 270 additive layer manufacturing (ALM) machine at its new facility in Worcester, UK. The company now operates four of the machines. 27 May 2010
H.C. Starck GmbH has put in place a sourcing process called Responsible Supply Chain Management, refuting claims that the company use illegal materials. 27 May 2010
The Fraunhofer Institute working with industrial partners, including H.C. Starck Ceramics and EagleBurgmann Germany, has produced a wear-resistant diamond-coated ceramic composite material. 25 May 2010
Injection moulding specialist Arburg has developed a micro-injection moulding module which combines an 8 mm injection screw with a second screw for melting the material. 20 May 2010
Carbide tool specialist General Carbide, based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA, has acquired full ownership of the business and assets of General Carbide Europe Limited of Daventry, Northants, UK, now called General Carbide UK Limited. 20 May 2010
Statistics for the US and European PM industries have shown a remarkable bounce-back from the first quarter of 2009. 19 May 2010
Centorr Vacuum Industries has re-engineered its Sinterbar line of production high pressure sintering furnaces. 18 May 2010
US refractory goods supplier Zircoa Inc has launched an online sale of excess inventory through its website. 17 May 2010
The European Commission (EC) plans to boost the electric car industry in Europe by promoting the development of a network of publicly accessible high voltage charging stations for electric cars around Europe. 12 May 2010
Hilti Group has increased its presence in the North American solar market by acquiring US-based solar mounting specialist Unirac Inc. 12 May 2010
Russia's largest state universities and research centres will be integrated into a countrywide nanotechnology network (NNS), whose members will receive access to information about one another's research developments and facilities. 12 May 2010
Federal-Mogul Corp is extending its range of power metallurgy materials designed for use at very high temperatures. 12 May 2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) which operates and enforces Europe’s REACH environmental legislation will stage its fourth Stakeholders’ Day next Wednesday, 19 May, at the Congress Wing of the Helsinki Fair Centre. Participation is free of charge. 12 May 2010
A number of major companies have posted their quarterly reports, with results varying between the positive and the optimistic. 06 May 2010
The UK-based parent company of Canada’s PM auto components manufacturer Stackpole has noted a “greater than anticipated” upturn in underlying demand for its auto and industrial products in the first quarter that has helped push margins into double figures. 06 May 2010
Intrinsiq Materials Ltd, formerly Qinetiq Nanomaterials, has secured exclusive, worldwide rights on a new low temperature way of making nanoparticles. 05 May 2010
Höganäs has developed a new range of electric motors for electric bikes and light vehicles. 05 May 2010
Belgian advanced materials group Umicore has posted a 17% increase in revenues in its Q1 results. 29 April 2010
Powder metal specialist Kato Yoshiyuki, has retired from his role as director of Epson Atmix Corporation to establish a consultancy office in Yokahama, Japan. 28 April 2010
Aircraft landing gear systems specialist Messier-Dowty Canada has developed a new non-hazardous metal coating method which could eliminate the use of environmentally-unfriendly chrome plating on undercarriage legs and other components. 28 April 2010
Miba AG, based in Austria, has completed its purchase of Teer Coatings Ltd, a supplier of polymer coatings, electroplated overlays, and PVD coatings based in Droitwich, UK. 28 April 2010
Sandvik Coromant and Precorp Inc have reached a co-operation agreement with the aim of being a joint solution provider for composite machining. 28 April 2010
Höganäs has reported a positive income performance in its interim report covering 1 January to 31 March 2010. 22 April 2010
Höganäs AB is collaborating with ship repair specialist Roussakis SA in producing what is probably the world’s largest laser surface coating. 22 April 2010
Diana Lados, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has received the Robert Lansing Hardy Award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). 21 April 2010
As the first pre-production Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids came off the production line at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in the US, the electric car market in Japan seemed set for a price war that will almost certainly spread to other areas of the world. 20 April 2010
Centorr Vacuum Industries has shipped one of its Series LF Furnace Systems to a university in China. 20 April 2010
Yillik Precision Carbides, a division of PSM Industries, Inc., has moved to a new 13,000 square foot building in Ontario, California, USA. 15 April 2010
H. C. Stark has been awarded a Can$4.14 million loan from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to modernize the company’s tungsten powder plant in Sarnia, Ontario. 15 April 2010
The state science and manufacturing power metallurgy association of the National Academy of Sciences in Belarus plans to undertake US$2 million research for the Defence Ministry of India. 14 April 2010
Plansee High Performance Materials, says that it plans to invest in an automated plant in Towanda, Pennsylvania, to make powder metal (PM) metallic plates used in fuel cells. 07 April 2010
International Titanium Powder (ITP), based in Woodbridge, Illinois, plans to begin producing commercial quantities of pure and prealloyed titanium powders at a new plan being built in Ottawa, Illinois. 07 April 2010
The annual meeting of industrial sponsors of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP) at Pennsylvania State University will take place next week, 13 – 14 April, at Days Inn, State College PA. The meeting will be hosted by CISP’s director, Don Heaney. 06 April 2010
Neural networks and mathematical modelling have featured in major contributions to Metal Powder Report this year. Now Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute has pointed out the advantages to be gained in metal injection moulding... 06 April 2010
Intrinsiq Materials, formerly Qinetiq Nanomaterials, has developed Intrinsiq CI, a stable, cost effective 12wt% copper ink formulation designed for photonic curing at room temperature in air. 31 March 2010
Union Process, Inc has redesigned its 110cc mini tank for its laboratory attritors, high energy mills for mechanically alloying metal powder particles. The redesigned mini tank allows customers to process powder metal batches as small as 20-30cc of material. 31 March 2010
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has created “Powder Metallurgy: The Preferred Metal-Forming Solution”, a new video showcasing the fabrication capabilities of powder metallurgy (PM) technology. 31 March 2010
Two German companies have received € 860.000 in funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany's federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia to research the mass-manufacture of low-cost superconductive tungsten wires. 30 March 2010
The nine-month strike at Vale Inco’s Sudbury, Ontario, mining and refining operation is creating significant disruptions in the PM industry, according to MPIF executive director Jim Trombino. 25 March 2010
The dates and location of next year’s Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) conference and exhibition, PowderMet2011, have been shifted west and forward from June in Chicago to May, 18–21, in San Francisco. 25 March 2010
Sandvik subsidiary Walter AG has announced a machining-software combination that could make life easier for manufacturers of medical implants. 25 March 2010
Atomising Systems Ltd (ASL), based in Sheffield, UK, has appointed Simon Dunkley as managing director, taking over from his father, John Dunkley. 25 March 2010
Dates have been announced for the ceramics and powder metallurgy show Ceramitec, to be staged in Munich 18 March 2010
ACuPowder International LLC, based in Union, New Jersey, USA, has resumed production at its water-atomized copper-powder plant in Greenback, Tennessee, says president, Edul M. Daver, following improving business conditions. 18 March 2010
Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) has introduced a laboratory-scale melt spinner to address growing global research into rapidly solidified nanocrystalline materials. 18 March 2010
Toshiba corporation has eneded production of generaluse tungsten filament incandescent bulbs. Toshiba was the first to manufacture them in Japan 120 years ago, 18 March 2010
Molded Fiber Glass Tray Company, based in Linesville, USA, has introduced a new line of high-strength glass-reinforced thermoplastic trays designed for the PM parts-manufacturing process. 17 March 2010
Melling has announced the purchase of Rush Metals, based in Billings, Oklahoma, USA a subsidiary of Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. 17 March 2010
Bearings and sintering specialist Bowman International has acquired most of the assets of the sintering division of MPC Industrial Solutions, which went into administration in October last year. 17 March 2010
Talks aimed at ending the bitter eight-month strike at Vale Inco’s Sudbury, Ontario, nickel production facility broke down last weekend. 10 March 2010
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. 10 March 2010
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. 10 March 2010
As part of the development of its aerospace business, GKN has opened a new £14.8 million aerospace facility on the Isle of Wight, UK, to research environmental lightweight fan (ELF) blade production. 10 March 2010
PM auto parts producer Federal-Mogul Corporation has reported strong profitability in Q4 2009, with higher gross margin, improved net income of $43 million and a record cash flow of $251 million. 09 March 2010
SB Specialty Metals LLC, a new PM player, has struck a supply deal with Carpenter Powder Products after buying the assets of Crucible Service Centers from the bankrupt Crucible Materials Corp. 09 March 2010
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. 04 March 2010
HC Starck has sold its AMPERKAT business to Evonik Degussa GmbH, based in Essen, Germany. 04 March 2010
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an aluminium steel foam using a combination of powder and cast metal that has a similar elasticity to bone. 04 March 2010
Materials testing, analysis and consultancy firm Ceram has appointed Dr Paul Myers as principal consultant for refractories. 04 March 2010
Russell Finex is supplying its range of separators to Atomising Systems Ltd as part of an atomising system for a major tin producer and exporter in China. 25 February 2010
Alpha Sintered Metals Inc, based in Ridgway, USA, has bought Maxtech Manufacturing Inc, based in Quebec, Canada. 24 February 2010
The European Powder Metallurgy Association has announced its ‘Awards for Excellence in Powder Metallurgy’ competition for 2010, which this year will be sponsored by Metal Powder Report magazine. 24 February 2010
The Belgian materials group, Umicore, said its performance in the second half of 2009 improved substantially from the low levels seen in the first part of the year. 18 February 2010
Hamburg-based metal powder supplier, K-mat GmbH, has opened a dedicated UK office in North Yorkshire. 18 February 2010
Ford and General Motors, both heavy users of PM parts in both engines and transmissions, began the year well with double digit sales gains in January as the crisis at Toyota deepened with a US sales decline of 16% in January. 18 February 2010
US home toolmaker Black & Decker Corp, an early adopter of powder metal technology, announced fourth quarter earnings of $33.9 million, down from $43.7 million in Q4 2008. 17 February 2010
China is accelerating renewal of its steel making capacity at higher than planned rates. 17 February 2010
Vale Inco says it is to restart production at its Voisey’s Bay, Labrador nickel mine and associated processing facility located in Newfoundland despite an unresolved six-month strike over contract terms. 17 February 2010
High-performance magnet producers in the US are calling on the government to unite federal agencies in tackling a perceived looming rare earth metals “supply crisis”. 17 February 2010
General Motors is to build its own electric motors for hybrid and electric vehicles. 16 February 2010
PLANSEE High Performance Materials has installed a new PVD coatings facility that will allow it to develop and analyze sputtering targets in-house. 12 February 2010
Dynamet Technology, Inc, based in Burlington, USA has been awarded a Phase IIB grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop its titanium–tantalum alloys for improved biomedical implants and medical devices. 11 February 2010
Hart Metals Inc, based in Tamaqua, Pa, USA, has received US$1.6 million from the US Department of Defense (DOD) to develop new atomised high-performance magnesium alloy powders. 11 February 2010
In its year end report, Höganäs reported a good fourth quarter and revealed its plans to invest in R&D. 10 February 2010
Schlenk Metallpulver GmbH & Co. KG has changed its name and legal form to Schlenk Metallic Pigments GmbH. 10 February 2010
Cincinnati Inc, a manufacturer of compacting presses, laser cutting systems, press brakes, and shears based in Ohio, says that it is investing 10% of its 2009 and 2010 sales to retool its plant. 03 February 2010
Crucible Industries LLC, based in Syracuse, NY, has partnered with Pennsylvania-based Latrobe Specialty Steel Distribution for the sales and marketing of Crucible Particle Metallurgy. 03 February 2010
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has listed its first molybdenum brands for delivery following the plans for new contracts to trade the metal. 03 February 2010
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) is planning a Powder Metallurgy Summer School, which will take place in Madrid, Spain, from Monday 5th July to Friday 9th July 2010. 29 January 2010
Parmatech-Proform Corp says that it plans to open a new 25,000 ft2 metal injection moulding (MIM) manufacturing plant in East Providence, Rhode Island, USA. 28 January 2010
Harbec Plastics, Inc, based in Ontario, NY, US, has upgraded its direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) machine to run stainless steel, cobalt chrome, maraging steel, directmetal20 and titanium. 28 January 2010
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have designed a simulation technique that could improve the distribution of metal powder in a die. 28 January 2010
Speaking exclusively to Metal Powder Report, Jonathan Wroe, executive director of the European Metal Powder Association (EPMA) outlined his forecast for the PM industry in 2010. 22 January 2010
Sandvik has invested in a direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) machine, which, it says, can significantly reduce the time required to cost-effectively develop working prototypes, particularly in the field of medical devices and complex custom-made instruments. 21 January 2010
Crucible Industries LLC has partnered with Latrobe Specialty Steel Distribution for the sales and marketing of the company’s Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) advanced powder metal material. 21 January 2010
Demand for nickel is set to rise again over the next few years after a recent fall in prices, says a report from UK-based Roskill Information Services. 14 January 2010
Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation has reported the sale of its powder core business unit located in Shenzhen, China to Micrometals, Inc of Anaheim, California. 14 January 2010
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF SE have founded a joint laboratory for the production of nanomaterials in Karlsruhe, Germany. 14 January 2010
Diran Apelian, director of the Metal Processing Institute at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA, has received the 2010 Robert Earll McConnell Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). 07 January 2010
According to a new statement Michael E. Lutheran newly elected president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), the PM industry faces a slow recovery in 2010, but will return to its previous strength. 07 January 2010
New 2010 editions of Standard Test Methods for Metal Powders and Powder Metallurgy Products, and Standard 35, Materials Standards for PM Self-Lubricating Bearings have been issued by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF). 07 January 2010
Robert Bosch GmbH, DEUTZ AG, and Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG have set up a joint venture in the area of diesel exhaust aftertreatment. 17 December 2009
GM has announced that Saab Automobile AB has sold Saab its 9-3 and current 9-5 models, along with powertrain technology and tooling to Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co. Ltd (BAIC). 17 December 2009
Miba, a manufacturer of sintered components for the automotive industry, has recorded decreased sales in its last market report, but suggests that there is a levelling-out of markets discernible in the third quarter. 17 December 2009
EOS has developed new metal materials for its OSINT M 270 systems: EOS NickelAlloy IN718 and EOS Aluminium AlSi10Mg. 11 December 2009
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen, Germany have made it possible to equip metallic components with RFID (radio frequency identification) chips during the operating process. 11 December 2009
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has included two ceramic fibre materials in its Candidate List of 15 substances of very high concern. The list will formally be updated in January 2010. 09 December 2009
Plansee plans to expand its range of sputtering targets for all types of metallic functional layers used in LCD displays with the addition of aluminium and copper. 02 December 2009
Treating and pressing specialist Bodycote’s has released its latest interim management statement, in which the company says that sales and trends in its sectors have remained stable over the last six months. 02 December 2009
General Motor’s chief executive officer (CEO) Fritz Henderson has resigned after only eight months in the role, according to reports. 02 December 2009
Ametek Foundry Products has partnered with Comanche Technologies, a leader in metal filtration casting applications, in developing Cerra-Flex®, an innovative new line of refractory cloth filters. 26 November 2009
US powder giant Hoeganaes Corporation has appointed Michael L Marucci as director of Research and Development reporting to the company’s president, Dave Kasputis. 26 November 2009
The Modal Shop, Inc has developed a resonant acoustic method called NDT-RAM which detects internal and external flaws in metal injection moulded (MIM) parts. 26 November 2009
US auto sales during October climbed again to an annualised manufacturing rate of 10.4 million vehicles from September’s 9.2 million. 18 November 2009
Piracy is gaining momentum – and not only on the world’s seas. 18 November 2009
The UK-based parent company of Canadian PM components manufacturer Stackpole has reported improvements in its financial position. 18 November 2009
Centorr Vacuum Industries has introduced two new full size metal injection moulding furnaces. 16 November 2009
PM manufacturers in the US are among those who could benefit from last week’s decision by the government to expand net operating loss (NOL) tax relief as part of the Unemployment Insurance Bill. 11 November 2009
The Perdac/Atomising Systems course “Atomising Metals for Powder Production” is to run again on 25 and 26 March, 2010, in Manchester, UK. 11 November 2009
New Hampshire-based Centorr Vacuum Industries (CVI) has received orders for two high-temperature sintering furnaces for 2009-2010 delivery from customers in the US and South America. 04 November 2009
Tooling giant Walther has developed a sintered polycrystalline diamond (PCD) spiral flute drill manufactured by PM specifically for composite materials such as carbon fibre-reinforced plastics (CFRP) and glass fibre reinforced plastics (GFRP). 04 November 2009
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published Guidance on Chemical Safety Assessment in a Nutshell. 04 November 2009
Parmatech-Proform Corporation, a subsidiary of metal components specialist ATW Companies Inc has acquired the metal injection moulding (MIM) business of Morgan Advanced Ceramics. 04 November 2009
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) which is in charge of implementing REACH environmental legislation is staging its third Stakeholders’ Day at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Finland on 7 December. Up to 500 participants are expected. 30 October 2009
China’s largest nickel trader is taking a 15% stake in Royal Nickel Corp, a small mining outfit led by former Inco executives including ex-CEO Scott Hand. 30 October 2009
Former Tier One PM auto parts supplier Delphi has emerged from Chapter 11, almost four years after it filed for bankruptcy protection and signalled the start of the downward spiral that has since decimated Detroit and the US auto business. 30 October 2009
A £1.5 million development grant to Metalysis, is to help provide 90 jobs at the speciality metals technology innovator. 30 October 2009
Michael E Lutheran, vice president of United States Metal Powders Inc (USMP), based in Flemington, New Jersey has been elected president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) and Barton White, president of SCM Metal Products Inc, of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, was elected president of the Metal Powder Producers Association (MPPA). 30 October 2009
Business performance at Belgian materials group Umicore improved in Q3, reflecting a combination of better than expected sales developments in most segments and the effect of cost reductions. 30 October 2009
OM Holdings Limited (OMH) has bought a large stake in the Tshipi é Ntle manganese project in the Kalahari Basin, South Africa. It has acquired 49.9% equity from co-investors. 30 October 2009
Metaldyne Corporation has completed the sale of substantially all of its assets to MD Investors Corporation. 27 October 2009
Data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) shows a total of 1.3 million vehicles were sold in China during September, up 77.8% year on year. 27 October 2009
India, with the ninth largest auto industry in the world, is becoming a major export base for the global business. 27 October 2009
GKN’s powder metallurgy business returned to profit in June, towards the end of a half year that was described by Sir Kevin Smith, CEO of UK-based GKN plc as “very challenging”. 27 October 2009
The online Global Powder Metallurgy Database (GPMD) has added a new section which contains more than 130 full fatigue curves for a number of Fe, Cu and C steels covering a range of material conditions and fatigue loading conditions. 27 October 2009
Researchers from Japan have developed a method for producing metal nanowires that heats carbon nanotubes and a metal powder together in a vacuum. 27 October 2009
Following the jailing of three people earlier this year in the wake of the conspiracy to steal trade secrets from powder-forging experts Metaldyne (Metal Powder Report, March 2009), the FBI has filed trade secrets theft charges in Detroit against a former employee of Ford. 27 October 2009
This month sees the opening of an innovative new centre in Höganäs, Sweden, aimed at promoting the advantages of metal powder technology and provide support for new application development projects. 23 September 2009
A new set of guidelines for engineers and others who design or specify high performance pressed and sintered PM parts is on the road to publication in 2011. 23 September 2009
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has set up a continually-updated online document covering specific PM parts applications in North American, European, and Asian light vehicles. 18 September 2009
A new international ASTM standard has been developed to measure the flow rate of metal powders using c Carney Funnel. 10 September 2009
US car dealers submitted more than 690 000 deals worth about $2.9 billion in government rebates under the “Cash for Clunkers” car scrappage scheme that ran during July and August. 08 September 2009
GKN, which owns Hoeganaes Corporation, has reported an upload in its auto business, which includes powder metallurgy. 04 September 2009
Bearings and sintering specialist Bowman International has acquired most of the assets of former competitor Oilite Bearings Ltd, after the UK-based manufacturer was placed into administration at the end of 2008. 04 September 2009
AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol company, has completed a two-year expansion of its silver powder production and recovery capacity in Europe. 04 September 2009
The non-ferrous powder metallurgy business was rocked last month by the news that two leading players in Germany and the UK had filed for insolvency. 28 August 2009
German injection moulder Hock Sachsen GmbH has moved to a new MIM facility, located in Schwarzenberg, near Leipzig, Germany, along with four furnaces and three catalytic ovens supplied by Elnik Systems. 28 August 2009
Auto parts supplier Magna International, one of the bidders for GM’s European operations, has decided to put its North American factories on overtime and six-day work schedules because of demand driven by the “cash for clunkers” programme, said Jim Tobin, its executive VP for business development . 28 August 2009
A recession-driven sale has seen one of the PM industry’s sinter-forged products pioneers fall under new ownership. 28 August 2009
A Hoeganaes submission, "Development of a Dual-Phase Precipitation-Hardening PM Stainless Steel" has won the Howard I Sanderow Outstanding Technical Paper Award. 28 August 2009
Rio Tinto Ltd has made an agreement with Nippon Steel Corp to cut its iron ore prices by more than a third for 2009, foreshadowing likely price decreases in the industry as a whole. 04 August 2009
The European Powder Metallurgy Association has published its ‘Call for Papers’ for the 2010 Powder Metallurgy World Congress, to be held in Florence, Italy, 10-14 October 2010. 03 August 2009
Bayer MaterialScience is partnering with three companies that specialise in aluminium powder metallurgy to develop customized, carbon nanotube-reinforced aluminium materials. 03 August 2009
MDM Engineering Group Limited has commenced work on the front-end engineering and design phase of a sinter plant project in Hotazel, South Africa. 03 August 2009
Researchers from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, have developed a new technique for producing tin disulphide (SnS2) nanotubes by ‘growing’ them from a metal droplet. 03 August 2009
Finnish cast component supplier Componenta Corp plans to merge its two foundry business units in Heerlen, The Netherlands, into one entity. 03 August 2009
Werner Auer has been appointed the CEO of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co. 03 August 2009
According to Mark C Paullin, president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), opportunities in the automotive and green industries could help the powder metal (PM) industry ride out the current recession. 03 August 2009
The winners of the 2009 Powder Metallurgy Design Excellence Awards Competition sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) have been announced at PowderMet2009. 03 August 2009
Austrian hardmetals specialists Plansee drove consolidated sales up 2 per cent to €1.1 billion in the fiscal year 2008 – 2009 which ended on February 28. In a tough market roughly half the sales came from Europe with America and Asia contributing the other 50 per cent. The group continued to strengthen its global position and completed an investment programme worth a total of €400 million. 13 July 2009
Popcorn screens are vital for protecting the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems that reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions in coal-fired power plants. Flue gas has to pass through so the SCR system can do its job. But flue gas contains highly abrasive and corrosive popcorn ash, which can foul and blind the system. 10 July 2009
Nidec Corporation and NTN Corporation have signed an agreement that allows Nidec to purchase all of NTN's interest in two joint ventures. 04 July 2009
Bearings and sintering specialist Bowman International has appointed Paul Mitchell its technical director. 28 June 2009
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