Tomkins, the UK parent company of Canadian PM components manufacturer Stackpole Ltd has been taken over by a financial consortium. 09 September 2010
Miba has acquired two Austrian producers of power electronics components such as resistors and cooling systems for power electronics. 09 September 2010
SKF is building two new factories in Dalian, China, and Mysore, India, continuing its expansion into Asia. 09 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Global catalyst specialist Evonik Industries has acquired the precious metal powder catalysts business of Udaipur, India-based Ravindra Heraeus Pvt Limited. 23 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
Plansee has developed an extremely corrosion-resistant glass-melting electrode made of molybdenum. 08 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
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
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
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
Hilti Group has increased its presence in the North American solar market by acquiring US-based solar mounting specialist Unirac Inc. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The UK-based parent company of Canadian PM components manufacturer Stackpole has reported improvements in its financial position. 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Finnish cast component supplier Componenta Corp plans to merge its two foundry business units in Heerlen, The Netherlands, into one entity. 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
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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