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 readingSeverstal to sell its steel plants in Michigan and Mississippi
Severstal, Russia, reportedly plans to sell its North American steel operations in Mississippi and Michigan for about $1.5 billion.
Continue readingIpsen to provide advanced heat treating equipment to new Mexican automotive plant
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it is working with Imesaza, Spain’s largest heat treatment company, to provide advanced heat treating equipment for its new production center in Mexico.
Continue readingSiemens and Mitsubishi to form joint venture for production of iron, steel, and aluminum
Siemens AG, Germany, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Japan, have agreed to form a joint venture to provide plants, products, and services for the global iron, steel, and aluminum industries.
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 readingZinc-magnesium coating protects against corrosion at lower cost
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany, has developed EcoProtect and ZM PrimeProtect, zinc-magnesium coatings that are said to meet the high surface requirements for exposed automotive body panels.
Continue readingMesoCoat receives EPA grant to develop CermaClad zinc-based cladding technology
Abakan Inc., Miami, announces that its majority-owned subsidiary MesoCoat Inc., Euclid, Ohio, has received a Phase One SBIR Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a six month project to develop CermaClad high-speed large-area metal cladding technology for bridges and other structures.
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 readingSSAB high strength steels and wear plates meet all requirements for laser cutting
SSAB, Sweden, reports that both its Hardox and Domex high-strength steels meet all demands for laser cutting and can be processed with the same cutting parameters as unalloyed steel grades such as S235.
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