February 27, 2008
The International Powder Metallurgy Directory (IPMD) is the world’s leading directory of powder metallurgy parts producers and industry suppliers worldwide. The all new 468 page 13th Edition, published by Inovar Communications Ltd, now contains in excess ... Read more »
January 18, 2008
Although Australia has the world’s largest economic reserves of titanium ore and is a leading exporter, the cost and complexity of processing this ore has deterred the development of a local, integrated, titanium metal industry. However, over the past f ... Read more »
January 18, 2008
Freeman Technology of Malvern, Worc., UK, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2007 for the development, commercialisation and sales success of its patented FT4 powder rheometer, which the company states is a new way to measure the ... Read more »
January 18, 2008
Arburg GmbH of Lossburg, Germany, has opened a new technology centre in Elgin, Ill, USA, close to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The 6,000 ft2 facility has a capacity for six injection moulding machines ranging from 14 ton models to the 618-t ... Read more »
January 15, 2008
In September 2006 BMW introduced its new BMW Hydrogen 7 car as the world’s first automobile capable of industrialising hydrogen technologies for ‘regular’ production vehicles. The BMW Hydrogen 7 car has been built in a limited series (around 100) in ... Read more »
January 1, 2008
The giant double-decker Airbus A380 airliner went into commercial service with Singapore Airlines in October 2007 flying from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. The first Metal Injection Moulded (MIM) parts to be used in the Airbus family, including the A380 ... Read more »
December 13, 2007
The winners of the EPMA’s ‘Excellence in PM Awards’ for 2007 were honoured at a special Awards Luncheon during the Euro PM2007 congress in Toulouse on October 16. Included among the award entries in the ‘Component Category – Metal Injection Moul ... Read more »
November 26, 2007
Purity Zinc Metals, LLC, (PZM) of Clarksville, TN, USA, has announced the purchase of Advanced Metalworking Practices, Inc. (AMP) of Carmel, IN, USA. Advanced Metalworking is a major supplier of feedstocks for the North American market and internationally ... Read more »
November 9, 2007
H.C. Starck, of Goslar, Germany, has introduced a new hardmetal (cemented carbide) binder material designated AMPERSINT® MAP which is based on iron and is said to be a cheaper alternative to the cobalt binder normally used. The company states that in add ... Read more »
October 29, 2007
OM Group, the Cleveland, Ohio, based producer of cobalt powder and specialist nickel powders, has completed the previously announced sale of its nickel business to Norilsk Nickel for $408 million in cash. Norilsk is Russia’s largest mining and metallurg ... Read more »
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