Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., announces that it has signed an amended sublicense agreement with Visser Precision Cast LLC (VPC) in which Liquidmetal is freed from its commitment to use VPC as its exclusive contract manufacturer, and VPC is freed from its commitment to use Liquidmetal as its exclusive sales and R&D channel.
Continue readingFord heat treatment nearly doubles strength of aluminum parts in Ford F-150
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., says that the aluminum door panels and box panels in its new Ford F-150 pickup truck are more resistant to dents than the previous steel panels.
Continue readingMetal Technology to build precision parts via additive manufacturing
Metal Technology Inc., Albany, Ore., has purchased a ProX 300 Direct Metal Sintering production 3D printer to build precision functional metal parts layer by layer with metal powder.
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 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.
Continue readingZimmer to acquire Biomet in transaction valued at $13.35 billion
Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Biomet Inc., both of Warsaw, Ind., have approved a definitive agreement under which Zimmer will acquire Biomet in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $13.35 billion, including the assumption of net debt.
Continue readingDuplex stainless steel yacht is lighter than aluminum
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has built a prototype stainless steel yacht manufactured entirely of Sandvik SAF 2507 duplex stainless steel.
Continue readingGlobal stainless steel production for third quarter 2013 was all-time high
Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum, Brussels, show that global stainless crude steel production increased by +5.5% for the first nine months of 2013 year-over-year.
Continue readingMaterion introduces zirconium-base metallic glass alloys
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has introduced a bulk metallic glass product line based on zirconium.
Continue readingAllegheny Technologies acquires Dynamic Flowform for capabilities in the aerospace and oil/gas industries
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has acquired Dynamic Flowform Corp., Billerica, Mass., which fabricates thin-walled tubular components in net or near-net shapes by a precision flowforming process.
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