Category: general

Tata Steel awarded contract to supply heat-treated steel rail for London project

Tata Steel, India, announces that is has been awarded the contract to supply highly wear-resistant steel rail for the Crossrail project beneath the heart of London.

Novelis Evercycle aluminum for food containers is made of 100% recycled aluminum

Novelis, Atlanta, announces the first product in its Evercycle portfolio of certified high-recycled-content aluminum for specialty applications.

Seco-Warwick nitriding system reduces ammonia usage by 140 metric tons/year

Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., reports that a global automotive manufacturer reduced ammonia usage by 140 metric tons per year while producing a million gears per year when it replaced traditional gas nitrocarburizing with ZeroFlow nitriding.

Proto Labs adds nickel steel and chrome-moly steel to its line of MIM materials

Proto Labs, Maple Plain, Minn., has added two nickel-steel alloys and a chrome-moly steel that is the metal injection molding equivalent of 4140 steel to its portfolio of MIM materials.

Head of Mars Curiosity Rover Mission to speak at ASM’s Megashow

SM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announced that Dr. John Grotzinger, chief scientist and head of strategic science planning for NASA’s $2.5 billion Curiosity rover mission to Mars, was selected as the plenary speaker for their co-located show which takes place on May 11-14.

Ipsen announces helpline to optimize customer equipment function

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that customers can receive technical support, order parts, schedule service, and request hot zones, upgrades, or retrofits with its new Aftermarket Support Helpline.

Thermal Product Solutions acquires Wisconsin Oven

Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), New Columbia, Pa., has acquired Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis.

Seco-Warwick brands improved drop-bottom furnace as VertiQuench

Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that after significant improvements to its drop-bottom furnace, the company has decided to register the furnace under a new brand name: VertiQuench.

United States Steel to invest $277 million in Birmingham Fairfield Works

United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces two capital investment projects valued at a total of $277.5 million at its Fairfield Works in Birmingham, Ala.

Glass infused with carbon nanotubes and tungsten powders resists impact, conducts electricity

N1 Technologies Inc., Daytona Beach, Fla., reports that it has infused a borosilicate-based glass with tungsten and multilayered carbon nanotubes during the kiln melting process to produce Tungsten Glass.