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Industry News
AMETEK SMP to present its full metal powder offering at APMA 2019
February 14, 2019
Reading Alloys and SMP Eighty Four, two of the six metallurgical businesses comprising AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP), Collegeville, Pennsyl...»
Umicore reports records results for full year 2018
February 13, 2019
Belgian-based speciality materials group Umicore states that it has achieved record results for the full fiscal year 2018. The company further stat...»
EPMA Young Engineers Day 2019 to be held during Euro PM2019
February 13, 2019
The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) is to hold its annual EPMA Young Engineers Day during the Euro PM2019 Congress & Exhibition, set ...»
Chicago Powdered Metal Products appoints new General Manager and Quality Manager
February 13, 2019
Chicago Powdered Metal Products (CPMP), Schiller Park, Illinois, USA, has announced the addition of Mark Coughlin as its new General Manager and Dh...»
Rio Tinto Metal Powders: Celebrating fifty years of metal powder production
This year, Rio Tinto Metal Powders celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of its metal powder manufacturing facility in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada. Today, the company offers a full range of ferrous powder grades for almost all Powder Metallurgy applications, and is strongly committed to a programme of research and development. This article provides a brief history of the company, as well as highlighting the importance of working with PM part makers as it looks to the future.
Catalus Corporation enters a new era of Powder Metallurgy manufacturing
Catalus Corporation is an international supplier of custom Powder Metallurgy parts to a diverse range of markets and applications. Headquartered in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, USA, the family-owned business was, until recently, known as SMC Powder Metallurgy. With almost 70 years in the PM industry, Catalus has recently opened a new state of the art production facility, as well as establishing dedicated R&D operations.
Automotive teardown:
Dismantling of three modern vehicles to identify PM parts
In order to establish a better understanding of the use of PM components in modern automobiles, a team of engineers from Höganäs AB recently stripped back three new vehicles to their component parts. As well as discovering the exact content of PM in each vehicle, the team were able to identify numerous components that could easily be converted to PM.
