Constellium opens aluminum automotive structures plant in Mexico
March 12, 2018 Source: ASM International
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces the grand opening of its new automotive structures plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to supply aluminum crash management systems and structural components to automakers in Mexico.
Continue readingStratasys develops metal additive manufacturing platform for short-run applications
March 5, 2018 Source: ASM International
Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the development of a new metal additive manufacturing platform that is designed to become a viable manufacturing technology to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing.
Continue readingBodycote to provide thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, and HIP to Safran
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Bodycote, U.K., announces that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with Safran, U.K., to provide manufacturing services such as thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and heat treatment to Safran aerospace companies and their key strategic first-tier suppliers.
Continue readingBoeing and Oerlikon collaborate to develop materials and processes for 3D printing
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Oerlikon, Switzerland, and Boeing, Chicago, announce that they have signed a five-year collaboration agreement to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing.
Continue readingHöganäs completes takeover of HC Starck’s SurfaceTechnology & Ceramic Powders unit
Source: ASM International
Höganäs AB, Sweden, reports that it has completed the take over of H.C. Starck’s Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders (STC) business.
Continue readingHarper awarded $90 million in contracts for carbon fiber production plants
Source: ASM International
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., announces that it has been selected by prominent international firms for $90 million in major contracts to supply production-scale carbon fiber processing plants.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing designs furnaces for processing repaired aerospace engine parts
Source: ASM International
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., reports that it has shipped two vacuum furnaces to an aviation engine repair services facility located in the western region of the United States.
Continue readingHot Form Quench technology enables stamping high-strength complex aluminum parts
Source: ASM International
Impression Technologies Ltd., England, has developed Hot Form Quench technology, a process in which stamping and heat treating are combined in a single operation to produce complex aluminum parts up to 20 percent lighter than corresponding cold-formed components.
Continue readingNanovea dual-load tribometer provides controlled loading from 0.001 to 2000 Newtons
March 1, 2018 Source: ASM International
Nanovea, Irvine, Calif., introduces the Nanovea T2000, the world’s first dual-load-controlled Tribometer, providing vertical force oscillation at frequencies up to 150Hz.
Continue readingShiloh Industries to acquire Brabant Alucast Facilities In Italy and Netherlands
February 25, 2018 Source: ASM International
Shiloh Industries, Valley City, Ohio, reports that it has entered into two definitive agreements with Brabant Alucast Services B.V., to acquire its Alucast facilities in Italy and Netherlands, enabling Shiloh to expand into aluminum and magnesium casting and stamping in Europe.
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