Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire Gerdau Long Steel’s Bright Bar assets located in Orrville, Ohio, and Cartersville, Georgia, which manufacture cold-drawn steel bars and have a combined production capacity of 75,000 tons per year.
Ambrell, Scottsville, N.Y., has launched a line of Ekoheat products featuring Versatile Performance Architecture (VPA), which enables a product to integrate into manufacturing systems or to function as a stand-alone induction heating solution.
The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, Va., the company that developed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, to deliver the new Long-Range Strike Bomber, which is also to be stealthy.
A team from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announces that titanium strength and ductility are both increased when large grains are added to an ultrafine-grain matrix.
Good news! Two leaders of our thermal spray community were elected ASM Fellows for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering.
