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 »
October 20, 2007
QinetiQ Nanomaterials Ltd (QNL) is to commission a new small scale production plant in Farnborough, UK, in October 2007 for its range of nanopowders produced by the plasma vaporisation process – the so-called Tesima® process. ‘The new rig will enable Q ... Read more »
October 9, 2007
DuPont Titanium Technologies, based in Wilmington, Delaware, said to be the world’s largest producer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) – a white pigment used widely in the coatings, plastics and paper industries, has developed a new process for making high-pur ... Read more »
October 9, 2007
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has opened the 2008 International PM Design Excellence Awards Competition. The competition recognizes outstanding achievements in the commercial production of powder metallurgy (PM) and metal injection moulded ... Read more »
September 20, 2007
GKN PLC reported that its powder metallurgy (PM) business, which includes metal injection moulding (MIM) operations at the Bad Langensalza plant in Germany, reports positive progress during the first six months of 2007 with higher sales, profits, and ... Read more »
September 13, 2007
The September issue of Powder Injection Moulding International has just been published. This feature-packed 64 page issue includes 10 pages of industry news plus the following special features: The Powder injection moulding of cemented carbides: a global ... Read more »
August 23, 2007
Metal injection moulding (MIM) related presentations are set to be a highlight of the European Powder Metallurgy Association’s annual conference in Toulouse, France, 15-17 October 2007. The following sessions focus on MIM technology and include a speci ... Read more »
August 1, 2007
GKN plc Powder Metallurgy Division has announced sales of approximately $1.164 billion in 2006. The company is a major supplier of MIM components as well as conventional press and sinter PM parts. Positive sales figures for Europe and Asia were overshadow ... Read more »
August 1, 2007
Raymor Industries Inc, a leading developer and producer of single-walled carbon nanotubes, nanomaterials and advanced materials, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, AP and C Advanced Powders and Coatings established in Montreal, Canada, in 2004, h ... Read more »
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