Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., reports that it will install a 265-foot controlled-atmosphere aluminum brazing line at Banco Products Ltd., an Indian manufacturer and supplier of original equipment for commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and industrial products.
Continue readingArconic’s aluminum Micromill technology wins R&D 100 award
Arconic (formerly Alcoa), Pittsburgh, announces that R&D magazine has named Arconic’s aluminum Micromill technology an R&D 100 Award winner.
Continue readingComputationally Optimized Heat Treatment Process wins R&D 100 Award
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, announces that its Computationally Optimized Homogenization Heat Treatment Process has been named a winner of a 2016 R&D 100 Award.
Continue readingSiemens to acquire Mentor Graphics for its electronics IC and systems design
Siemens AG, Munich, and Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Ore., announce that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for its electronics IC and systems design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions.
Continue readingAmpco Pittsburgh acquires ASW Steel for its specialty steel products
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corp., Carnegie, Pa., has acquired ASW Steel Inc., Welland, Ontario, a specialty steel producer with customers in the oil and gas, power generation, aerospace, transportation, and construction industries.
Continue readingPdMetrics software now included with Ipsen Titan heat treat systems
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that its PdMetrics platform is now included standard with its Titan heat treating systems.
Continue readingRussian scientists develop strong shape memory alloy based on Fe-Ni-Co-Al
The Tomsk University Laboratory for Physics of High-Strength Crystals, Russia, announces that its researchers have designed a new high-strength iron-base shape-memory alloy whose properties are developed through a heat treatment technology that they have patented.
Continue readingAmerican Axle acquires Metaldyne Performance Group
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., Detroit, and Metaldyne Performance Group Inc., Southfield, Mich., announce that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which AAM will acquire MPG for approximately $1.6 billion in cash and stock, plus the assumption of $1.7 billion in net debt.
Continue readingAlcoa completes separation from parent company Arconic
Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the separation from its parent company Alcoa Inc. (now named Arconic Inc.) and has begun operating as an independent, publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AA.
Continue readingBuehler IsoMet High Speed precision cutter enables consistent metal sample sectioning
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the IsoMet High Speed, a precision sectioning machine designed specifically to create consistent and efficient cuts in metals and other materials using diamond or abrasive blades.
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