Miba has opened a new $16 million production site for sintered components in McConnelsville, Ohio, USA. 22 July 2010
Committees for PowderMet2011 and MIM2011 have issued a call for papers and presentations. 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
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
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 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
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
Federal-Mogul Corp is extending its range of power metallurgy materials designed for use at very high temperatures. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have designed a simulation technique that could improve the distribution of metal powder in a die. 28 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
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
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
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
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
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
Metaldyne Corporation has completed the sale of substantially all of its assets to MD Investors Corporation. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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