Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has broken ground on a new state-of-the-art, $100 million, 320,000-square-foot facility in La Porte, Indiana, where it will produce nickel-base superalloy jet engine parts.
Continue readingIpsen ships 15 vacuum furnaces for aerospace, automotive, and energy industries
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has recently shipped more than 15 vacuum furnaces to customers around the world for a diverse range of applications and industries.
Continue readingElement Materials lab expands Nadcap accreditation for testing aluminum
Element Materials Technology’s laboratory in Daleville, Ind., has significantly expanded the scope of its Nadcap accreditation for aluminum testing in the aerospace sector.
Continue readingASM Fellow Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi elected Fellow of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences
Pradeep Rohatgi, Fellow of ASM International and Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, has been elected Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters.
Continue readingLucifer delivers single-chamber bench furnace for power-generation parts
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., recently delivered a single chamber bench model box furnace to Power Plant Services, an ISO 9001certified provider of parts and repairs for the power generation and steel mill industries.
Continue readingAlcoa to supply aluminum sheet for aircraft fuselages to Spirit AeroSystems
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a long-term agreement to supply aluminum sheet to Spirit AeroSystems Inc. in a contract valued at approximately $290 million over five years.
Continue readingExOne qualifies nickel-base Alloy 625 for 3D printing of industrial parts
The ExOne Co., N. Huntingdon, Pa., announces that its ExOne Material Applications Laboratory (ExMal) has qualified Inconel alloy 625 for 3D printing industrial applications at more than 99% density, utilizing its binder jetting technology.
Continue readingZimmer to acquire Biomet in transaction valued at $13.35 billion
Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Biomet Inc., both of Warsaw, Ind., have approved a definitive agreement under which Zimmer will acquire Biomet in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $13.35 billion, including the assumption of net debt.
Continue readingIpsen vertical vacuum furnace heat treats flowformed aerospace products
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that PMF Industries in Pennsylvania selected Ipsen to manufacture a vertical MetalMaster vacuum heat treatment system.
Continue readingDuplex stainless steel yacht is lighter than aluminum
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has built a prototype stainless steel yacht manufactured entirely of Sandvik SAF 2507 duplex stainless steel.
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