LPW Technology Inc., Pittsburgh, and Metalysis, U.K., have formed a collaboration with the goal of developing an alternative supply chain for clean, spherical tantalum and tungsten powders for critical applications.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres Southeast opens in South Carolina
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that its new plant in Greenville, S.C., has officially opened its doors for business, bringing the first furnace online the first week of May.
Continue readingLei Zhang wins 2015 HTS/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating Award
Lei Zhang, a Ph.D. student in materials science engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is the winner of the 2015 HTS/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating Award.
Continue readingRoger Jones receives 2015 George Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award
Roger A. Jones, corporate president of Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., is the recipient of the 2015 George H. Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award.
Continue readingOutokumpu now categorizes its stainless steels by properties instead of chemistry
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, has developed a way to categorize its wide range of stainless steel products by arranging them according to strength, hardness, machinability, heat resistance, and corrosion resistance.
Continue readingNASA awards Boeing first commercial human spaceflight mission
NASA, Houston, has issued a task order as part of Boeing’s $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract to include the company’s first-ever service flight to the International Space Station.
Continue readingThyssenKrupp supplies elevators and stainless steel to One World Trade Center
ThyssenKrupp, Germany, has installed stainless steel for the spire of the tower, and the fastest elevators in North and South America at One World Trade Center in New York.
Continue readingTA 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.
Continue readingConferences convene for successful Mega Show event
Aerospace and thermal spray professionals gathered for aerospace coating and materials information.
Continue reading3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are holding a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3D printed habitat for deep space exploration.
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