H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., announces that it has joined the team at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Heat Treating Excellence, an alliance between the industrial sector and university researchers that addresses short- and long-term needs in the heat treating and thermal processing industry.
Continue reading3D-printed titanium hip implant features fully porous acetabular cup
Smith & Nephew, Andover, Mass., introduces its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology.
Continue readingU.S. stainless steel sheet and strip producers file antidumping petitions against China
AK Steel Corp., ATI Flat Rolled Products, North American Stainless, and Outokumpu Stainless USA, the four principal U.S. producers of stainless steel sheet and strip, have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from the People’s Republic of China are causing material injury to the domestic industry.
Continue readingCarpenter to relocate corporate headquarters to Philadelphia
Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, Pa., plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Philadelphia, to provides better access to transportation, customer markets, world-class universities, and increased visibility with broader talent pools. The move positions Carpenter’s head office in a major metropolitan market without incurring any material increased expenses.
Continue readingTresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.
Continue readingHigh-strength magnesium-lithium alloy weighs half as much as aluminum
The University of New South Wales and Monash University, Australia, announce that a team of researchers has developed a high-strength magnesium-lithium alloy with density of 1.4?g/cm3, half as much as aluminum and 30% less than magnesium.
Continue readingSilver nanoparticles in polymer coating prevent infections in dental implants
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute, Germany, have reportedly developed DentaPlas, an antimicrobial coating for dental implants that consists of three layers, with two plasma polymer layers surrounding a center layer of silver nanoparticles.
Continue readingBodycote expands hot isostatic pressing capacity
Bodycote, England, is expanding its high pressure Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability with the addition of a new mid-range vessel to increase its volume capacity.
Continue readingBodycote expands capacity for treating specialty stainless steels in Ohio
Bodycote, England, announces that it has expanded capacity for specialty stainless steel processes (S3P) at its facility in London, Ohio, and is building a new S3P facility in North Carolina that is to open in 2016.
Continue readingBodycote expands electron-beam welding capacity at Cambridge facility
Bodycote, U.K., announces the installation of further electron beam welding (EBW) capacity at its facility in Cambridge.
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