Category: News Articles

Thyssenkrupp, Germany, announces that it has agreed to the merger of its steelmaking business with India's Tata Steel, making the merged firm Europe's second biggest steelmaker.

Terves LLC, Euclid, Ohio, announces that it has been selected by the U.S. Army and Missile Defense Agency to continue development of novel high-strength, non-flammable, nanostructured magnesium alloys for light-weighting applications.

Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind., announces plans to invest approximately $140 million to expand its offering of value-added flat-rolled steel products through the addition of a new galvanizing line at its plant in Columbus, Mississippi.

Arconic, New York, announces that it is supplying C6A1, a new proprietary and highly formable aluminum alloy, to FCA US LLC to shed weight and boost performance of its 2018 Jeep Wrangler.

ASM International Publishes New Handbook Dedicated to Nondestructive Evaluation Invaluable Guide to Nondestructive Evaluation Practice and Interpretation MATERIALS PARK, OHIO— Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is an area of science and technology that is increasingly important to the field of engineering. NDE is an interdisciplinary endeavor that brings together the expertise of materials science and metrology, along with the underlying physics for inspection methods, as well as statistics, computers, robotics, and software. The adoption of advanced manufacturing requires new metrology tools and methods to provide data for assessing new materials including powder metals (as used in additive manufacturing) and various composites.

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) , Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., announces that its researchers have developed a novel, structurally-stable, aluminum-base nanogalvanic alloy powder that reacts with water to produce hydrogen on-demand without a catalyst.