Category: Medical Devices

Alcoa to invest $60 million to develop its Ampliforge 3D-printing plus forging process

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is investing $60 million in its R&D center to accelerate the development of advanced 3D-printing materials and processes.

Materion to provide AlBeCast components to Lockheed Martin for F-35 jet

Materion Beryllium & Composites, Elmore, Ohio, announces that it has delivered the first finished AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium investment cast components to Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS).

CoorsTek Medical to expand production of CeraSurf alumina matrix composites

CoorsTek Medical, Fort Worth, Texas, announces a five-year, multi-million dollar capital investment program to support the growing worldwide demand for its ceramic hip replacement components and turnkey hip arthroplasty solutions.

Lake City acquires new vacuum furnace from VFS

Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., announces that it has acquired a new vacuum furnace, bringing the company’s vacuum heat treating line to seven.

Bioabsorbable magnesium wire for orthopaedic implants

nanoMAG LLC, Livonia, Mich., developed a high strength bioabsorbable magnesium alloy, BioMg 250, whcih is now available in wire form for biomedical orthopaedic procedures.

Alcoa acquires RTI International Metals to expand aerospace growth

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its shareholders have approved a merger agreement with Alcoa Inc., also of Pittsburgh.

Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids

H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.

TA Instruments acquires assets of Bose ElectroForce Group

TA Instruments, New Castle, Del., announces that it has acquired certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, Framingham, Mass.

Ametek acquires Global Tubes for its high-precision small-diameter tubing

Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pa., has acquired Global Tubes, a leading manufacturer of high precision, small diameter metal tubing, for approximately $200 million.

Lake City Heat Treating acquires VFS vacuum furnace

Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., has acquired a VFS Model HIQ3836-6 furnace that can achieve vacuums of 10-6 torr and process temperatures up to 2400°F with a workload size up to 24 x 24 x 36 in.