Category: Materials Processing and Treatment

Alcoa to build $100 million superalloy plant in La Porte

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.

Constellium and UACJ form joint venture for aluminum automotive sheet

Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, have signed a Joint Venture Agreement to supply Body-in-White aluminum sheet to the North American automotive industry, following their January 2014 announcement of plans to collaborate.

SSAB 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.

Castrip to build build steel plant for thin-strip casting process

Castrip LLC, Charlotte, N.C., has signed a license agreement with one of North America’s fastest growing steelmakers to build and operate a plant utilizing the Castrip thin-strip casting process.

Vac-Aero commissions vacuum furnace at New Hampshire castings manufacturer

Vac-Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, has commissioned the first of two vacuum furnaces at a castings manufacturer in New Hampshire.

EOS expands 3D printing materials with Ti64ELI and StainlessSteel 316L for medical devices

EOS of North America, Novi, Mich., expands its metal materials portfolio with EOS Titanium Ti64ELI and EOS StainlessSteel 316L.

Basque Research studies effects of short, fast, cryogenic cycles on steel

Basque Research, Spain, has been developing cryogenic treatments for steel in a program based on the repetition of short, fast, cryogenic cycles.

Harper wins contracts worth $38 million for carbon fiber production systems

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded contracts worth $38 million for advanced three meter wide oxidation ovens, LT and HT carbonization systems, waste gas abatement systems, fiber handling, and integrated additional unit operations, controls, and services.

Nadcap awards Merit status to Solar Atmospheres of Western PA

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for vacuum heat treating and brazing of metals.

The Metal Treating Institute reports year-to-date sales

The Metal Treating Institute, Jacksonville, Fla., reports that year-to-date sales for the Metal Treating Industry for December 2013 were $877.0 million.