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Kymera to acquire Reading Alloys for its aerospace, defense, and medical materials

Kymera International, a specialty materials company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has entered into a definitive agreement with Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pennsylvania, to acquire its Reading Alloys business.

One Minute Mentor: Surface Induction Hardening

Induction heating is used for through hardening, for secondary hardening of carburized parts, for tempering, for preparation of surface material to modify outcomes of subsequent heat treatment, and for other purposes.

Grupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico

Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, Queretaro City, Mexico, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology. The partnership provides local support to Buehler customers and other manufacturers for all their metallographic product and service needs.

Women In Engineering Profile: Janet Gbur

This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Janet Gbur, research associate at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, investigator at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, and adjunct faculty at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.

Arconic Inc. to separate into Howmet Aerospace and Arconic Corporation in second quarter

Arconic Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that Arconic Rolled Products Corporation (to be renamed Arconic Corporation upon separation) has publicly filed a preliminary Registration Statement on Form 10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with Arconic Inc.’s pending separation into two standalone, publicly-traded companies.

U. S. Steel to idle some plants and focus on Mon Valley Works, Gary Works, Big River Steel

United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces additional actions to advance the company’s “best of both” strategy by combining leading integrated and mini-mill steel technologies, and by aligning the company around three core assets within its North American Flat-Rolled operating segment.