SKF has inaugurated its Global Technical Centre in Bengaluru, India (GTCI), addressing its five technology platforms – bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems and services.
30 December, 2011
RUSAL’s IRKAZ, an aluminium smelter based in Irkutsk, and specialists from RUSAL’s Engineering and Technology Center, have tested Nanocomp Metcast, nanocoatings developed by ItN Nanovation AG (Germany).
29 December, 2011
Metal Powder Report would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
23 December, 2011
China's demand for metal could grow at a slower rate in 2012 and prices are predicted to fall, according to Wang Huajun, Deputy Secretary General of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association.
19 December, 2011
The Plansee Group sells its provider of sintered components and systems for the automotive industry, PMG, as it plans to focus more strongly on developing its molybdenum and tungsten-based materials in the future.
19 December, 2011
The arc welding equipment and filler metals market saw revenues of US$11.70 billion in 2010 and analyst Frost & Sullivan estimates this to reach US$19.29 billion in 2017.
16 December, 2011
US powder metal demand is projected to grow 6.3% annually, reaching £1.5 billion in 2015, according to ReportLinker.
15 December, 2011
Miba saw sales of €429.6 million in the first three quarters of financial year 2011/12, up 37% compared to the same period last year.
15 December, 2011
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) will hold a two-day Short Course on PM Sintering Fundamentals and Mass Production in Helsingborg, Sweden, on 18-20 March 2012.
14 December, 2011
Molycorp Inc, Daido Steel Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation have formed a joint venture to manufacture and sell next-generation neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent rare earth magnets.
14 December, 2011
Cosma International, part of Magna International Inc, is acquiring BDW technologies group's four operations within vacuum high-pressure aluminium die casting.
13 December, 2011
Epson Atmix Corporation is investing YEN3.2 billion in a new superfine alloy powder production plant at the Hachinohe Kita-Inter Industrial Park in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, approximately tripling current production capacity.
12 December, 2011
Kennametal Inc Chairman, President and CEO Carlos Cardoso, has been selected to help lead the Governor’s Manufacturing Council as part of the Team Pennsylvania Foundation-led initiative.
09 December, 2011
PLANSEE is now offering customers to pay for their standard and semi-finished products made from molybdenum, tungsten and tantalum and their alloys using online payment system PayPal.
08 December, 2011
Sweden's Höganäs, SwePart and Vicura have joined their knowledge on transmission design, materials and manufacturing to produce transmission for electric vehicles, featuring powder metallurgy (PM) gears.
07 December, 2011
The joint venture (JV) Otavi Steel Mill Pty Ltd has been formed to build a steel mill in Otavi, Namibia.
06 December, 2011
Russia's Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works OJSC (MMK) has made a cash offer for Australian Flinders Mines Ltd, which specialises in iron.
05 December, 2011
Tanaka Kikinzoku International K.K., which handles imports, exports and sales of Tanaka Precious Metals, has started full-scale operation of its local subsidiary in Malaysia.
02 December, 2011
Surmet Corporation of Burlington, MA, USA has won a Phase I SBIR programme from the US Department of Energy (DoE) entitled 'Durable ALON® Windows for High Power RF Accelerator Applications'.
01 December, 2011