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Graftech to relocate headquarters to Independence, R&D to Brooklyn Heights

GrafTech International Ltd., Parma, Ohio, announces that its global headquarters will be relocated to Independence, Ohio, and will house approximately 50 employees working in the company’s corporate functions.

Solar Atmospheres wins Bell Helicopter “approved supplier” status

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, Pa., announces that it has attained an approved supplier status for Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Sensor could improve nanoresearch microscope

Spotting molecule-sized features—common in computer circuits and nanoscale devices—may become both easier and more accurate with a sensor developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md.

Alcoa invests $16.7 million in Thermatech coating plant

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, reports that Alcoa Power and Propulsion, Whitehall, Mich., will invest $16.7 million in a 7700 sq. ft. building expansion to double coating capacity at its Thermatech Coatings plant in Whitehall.

Alcoa to acquire TITAL for titanium aircraft structures

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has agreed to acquire privately held TITAL, a German producer of titanium and aluminum investment castings for aircraft engines and airframes.

Fine-pitch copper pillar flip chip enables lower cost, green compliance

Amkor Copper, Chandler, Ariz., has available a copper pillar bump flip chip interconnect, which offers advantages in many designs while meeting current and future ROHS requirements.

RF transistors made of films of black phosphorus

Researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, have shown that films of black phosphorus can be used to make radio-frequency transistors, components found in many telecommunication devices.

CoorsTek to acquire Covalent Materials Corporation

CoorsTek Inc., Golden, Colo., has reached a definitive agreement with the Carlyle Group and Unison Capital Group to acquire Covalent Materials Corp., Japan.

Semiconductor equipment sales to reach nearly $44B in 2015

SEMI, San Jose, Calif., projects that worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 19.3% to $38.0 billion in 2014, according to its year-end forecast.

Sematech makes progress in EUV-resist outgas testing

Sematech, Albany, N.Y., reports that promising progress has been made in qualifying outgassing specifications for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.

Mentor Graphics EZ-VIP provides re-usable building blocks to cut testbench assembly time

Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces the immediate availability of its new Mentor EZ-VIP PCI Express Verification IP (VIP).

Helios PFIB designed for semiconductor failure analysis and process development

FEI Corp., Hillsboro, Ore., offers the Helios PFIB for large area deprocessing to enable electrical fault isolation of advanced process ICs, and advanced failure analysis of 3D packages.

Fourth-generation Intel Core processor enables 50% longer battery life

Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., has introduced the 4th generation Intel Core processor family, with power levels as low as 6 watts, up to 50% improvement in battery life over the previous generation in active workloads, and two to three times improvement in standby battery life.

Bruker launches NanoForce nanomechanical testing system

Bruker, Billerica, Mass., introduces the NanoForce nanoindenting and nanomechanical testing system.

Cadence system SoC verifier enables up to ten times improvement in productivity

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., has developed the Cadence Perspec System Verifier platform, a software-driven system-on-chip (SoC) verification solution.

Bulletproof solar panels protect military equipment

A new solar panel system for defense forces provides ballistic protection and is lighter and more portable than systems currently available.

Ipsen ships vacuum furnaces to aerospace companies

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that three separate companies recently purchased different Ipsen furnace models, all of which are for the aerospace industry.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum completes acquisition of Fox Metals and Alloys

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, announces that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Fox Metals and Alloys Inc., Houston.

Alcoa cuts production time for auto alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pa., has developed a technology called Micromill, that is said to reduce production time for automotive aluminum alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes.

Bodycote agrees to provide aircraft thermal spray coating services to Messier-Bugatti-Dowty

Bodycote, U.K., announces the signing of an eight-year agreement with Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group), a maker of aircraft landing and braking systems.

Hard, dense, smooth nanocomposite coating provides anti-icing properties

NEI Corp., Somerset, N.J., has introduced Nanomyte SuperAi, a nanocomposite coating that imparts anti-icing properties to the underlying substrate.

Digital Metal 3D printers offer high productivity and accurate detail in stainless steel

Hogänäs AB, Sweden, announces that it has added two new Digital Metal 3D printers to its print fleet, which now consists of four precision printers.

Video: 3D printing a lunar base

Could astronauts one day be printing rather than building a base on the Moon?

Composite materials replace titanium on Orion space capsule

TenCate Advanced Composites North America, Fairfield, Ca., developed a heat resistant composite for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle.

Tungsten-chromium-iron PM alloy has hardness of 21 GPa

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that researchers have developed a tungsten-chromium-iron powder metallurgy alloy that could replace depleted uranium in armor-piercing projectiles.

3D printer builds first object in space

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.

Engineering plastics proven safe for railways

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), Germany, recently introduced a range of high performance plastics materials for the railway industry.

Tom-auto: Car-ketchup collaboration enables plant-based plastic

Dried tomato skins could become vehicle wiring brackets or the storage bin a driver uses to hold coins and other small objects.

U.S. Steel announces new Pittsburgh headquarters location

United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that the company will relocate its corporate headquarters to the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh’s lower Hill District.