Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, announce the official opening of their new manufacturing plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to supply aluminum automotive body sheet to the North American automotive industry under their joint venture, Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC.
Continue readingBodycote acquires Nitrex Metal Technologies for precision gas nitriding
Bodycote, Macclesfield, England, announces that it has acquired Nitrex Metal Technologies, which specializes in precision gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing in both batch and continuous processes.
Continue readingStrong scandium-aluminum-magnesium powder-metal alloy designed for 3D printing
Airbus Group APWorks GmbH, Germany, in cooperation with Airbus Group R&D, has developed Scalmalloy, a high-performance scandium-aluminum magnesium powder metal alloy designed for additive manufacturing of high-strength aerospace structures.
Continue readingHow manganese prevents oxidation in high-strength steel
The University of Warwick, England, announces that a team of researchers has discovered that the amount of oxide that forms at the surface of automotive high-strength steels depends on the ratio between manganese and additional alloying elements.
Continue readingAK Steel launches advanced high-strength steel for automotive applications
AK Steel, Westchester, Ohio, launches its Nexmet 440EX high-strength steel that provides greater ductility, strength, and formability for automotive applications.
Continue readingAleris Aluminum to be acquired by Chinese aluminum extrusion company
Aleris Corp., Cleveland, Oho, a global aluminum rolled products producer, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Zhongwang USA LLC, a Chinese company.
Continue readingPurdue receives grant to design strong and ductile aluminum
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., announces that ASM member Prof. Xinghang Zhang has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Dept. of Energy to investigate methods for increasing the strength of aluminum alloys.
Continue readingNucor to acquire steel plate mill in Texas
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire the Joy Global steel plate mill in Longview, Texas, for approximately $29 million.
Continue readingBodycote adds nitrocarburizing service at its new Georgia plant
Bodycote, U.K., announces that it will add nitrocarburizing to its heat treatment services at its new 60,000-square-foot heat treatment plant in Covington, Ga., which replaces the plant in Conyers.
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft heat treating systems to process aluminum auto parts
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., announces that a Tier 1 automotive supplier has ordered a roller hearth homogenizing furnace and a solution heat treat line for the processing of aluminum auto parts.
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