Oerlikon, Switzerland, announces that it has acquired Primateria AB in Sweden, and signed an agreement to acquire the assets of DiaPac LLC and Diamond Recovery Services Inc (DRS) in the United States.
GKN Driveline Florence, Italy, reports a 70% reduction in production time of certain tools, because the company uses customized 3D printing to build replacement parts for machinery as needed, eliminating costly downtime of the production line and ensuring business continuity.
Stryker Corp., Allendale, N.J., announces that its 3D-printed Tritanium C anterior cervical cage is the latest spinal fusion implant constructed of its proprietary Tritanium In-Growth Technology, a novel, highly porous titanium material designed for bone in-growth and biological fixation.
The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, has selected four projects to move on to a second phase of research in its effort to advance recovery of rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts.
Frost & Sullivan, Santa Clara, Calif., announces that Norsk Titanium, Norway, has won the 2017 Europe Technology Innovation Award for its novel Rapid Plasma Deposition additive manufacturing technology.
