A recently established Belarus-India research centre for new materials and technologies will bring together projects worth around $10 million, Alexander Iliushchenko, Director of the Powder Metallurgy Institute of the National ... Read more »

Sweden’s SKF, a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services, is establishing a new SKF Campus in Jiading, Shanghai, to support continued growth in China and Asia. The investment includes a new automotive ... Read more »

Federal-Mogul Corporation has announced that the company has begun operating with two business segments, each with a Chief Executive Officer reporting to Federal-Mogul’s Board of Directors. Federal-Mogul’s powertrain segment focuses ... Read more »

Miba AG, Laakirchen, Austria, has reported strong first half-year 2012-2013 (February 1 to July 31) results. Consolidated sales rose in comparison to same period in 2011 by 13.7% to EUR ... Read more »

Light vehicle production in the US surged by almost a third in July 2012 to 650,041 units, bringing the year-to-date total for the country to 6,045,157 units, a rise of some 26.7%. Canadian light vehicle production also showed a steep rise of 25.4% to ... Read more »

The US Government has finalised and passed into law a fuel economy standard that calls for car manufacturers to meet a 54.5 miles/gallon average by the year 2025. “By the middle of the next decade our cars will get nearly 55 miles per gallon, almost doub ... Read more »

PVA TePla Group, which specialises in vacuum and high-temperature systems as well as crystallization systems for semiconductor and solar silicon, generated consolidated sales revenues of EUR 60.2 million in the ... Read more »

Japan’s leading PM companies and conglomerates have reported mixed results for the first quarter (April 1 to June 30) of the financial year 2012/2013. A surge in global vehicle production ... Read more »

Dieffenbacher GmbH, Eppingen, Germany, has announced the sale of its isostatic press business to Cremer Thermoprozessanlagen GmbH, Düren, Germany.The sale allows Dieffenbacher to concentrate on the press lines for the production of fibre-reinforced compo ... Read more »

Swedish metal powder producer Höganäs AB recently unveiled the company’s new powerful and efficient electric bike drive system at the Eurobike 2012 show and announced the selection of AllCell Technologies ... Read more »

Metaldyne, LLC, has announced that its operation in Valencia, Spain, recently received special recognition from Ford for outstanding quality. For almost ten years Metaldyne Sintered Components Espana, S.L has supplied ... Read more »

The ASTM Committee B09 on Metal Powders and Metal Powder Products will hold its bi-annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, USA, October 24 – 26, 2012. The Committee ... Read more »

Fine Sinter Co. Ltd., one of Japan’s leading PM producers, has reported that it is establishing a new manufacturing subsidiary in Indonesia. The new PM plant will start operations in January 2013 with an expected workforce of around 110 people. ... Read more »