Constellium N.V., Paris, and UACJ Corp., Japan, have signed a Joint Venture Agreement to supply Body-in-White aluminum sheet to the North American automotive industry, following their January 2014 announcement of plans to collaborate.
Continue readingNikon stereomicroscopes feature higher zoom ratio and improved chromatic aberration correction
Nikon Instruments Inc., Melville, N.Y., has added two new stereomicroscope systems to its product portfolio.
Continue readingAK Steel engineer and ASM member Grant Thomas wins award for steel-quenching research paper
AK Steel, West Chester, Ohio, announces that Research Engineer and ASM International member Grant Thomas, Ph.D., has received the AISI “Finalist Medal” for the technical paper titled, “Tensile Properties Obtained by Quench & Partition Processing of Mn-Ni Steels at Room Temperature Quench Temperatures.”
Continue readingASM Fellow Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi elected Fellow of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences
Pradeep Rohatgi, Fellow of ASM International and Distinguished Professor of Materials Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, has been elected Fellow of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters.
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 readingIpsen to provide advanced heat treating equipment to new Mexican automotive plant
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it is working with Imesaza, Spain’s largest heat treatment company, to provide advanced heat treating equipment for its new production center in Mexico.
Continue readingSiemens and Mitsubishi to form joint venture for production of iron, steel, and aluminum
Siemens AG, Germany, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Japan, have agreed to form a joint venture to provide plants, products, and services for the global iron, steel, and aluminum industries.
Continue readingLucifer delivers single-chamber bench furnace for power-generation parts
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., recently delivered a single chamber bench model box furnace to Power Plant Services, an ISO 9001certified provider of parts and repairs for the power generation and steel mill industries.
Continue readingAlcoa to supply aluminum sheet for aircraft fuselages to Spirit AeroSystems
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a long-term agreement to supply aluminum sheet to Spirit AeroSystems Inc. in a contract valued at approximately $290 million over five years.
Continue readingZinc-magnesium coating protects against corrosion at lower cost
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany, has developed EcoProtect and ZM PrimeProtect, zinc-magnesium coatings that are said to meet the high surface requirements for exposed automotive body panels.
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