Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that it will invest $35 million at its Ravenswood aluminum plant in West Virginia to improve quality and increase output production across the entire product range.
Vac Aero sells vertical vacuum furnace to U.S. aerospace components manufacturer
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, reports that it has sold a VAV5448 HV-2 vacuum furnace to a major U.S. manufacturer of components for the aerospace industry, thereby increasing heat-treating capacity to meet growing demand.
Sustainable surfing
World’s first algae-based, sustainable surfboard produced by UC San Diego biology and chemistry students
Diamond and cubic boron nitride combine to create superhard material
Diamonds are forever, except when they oxidize while cutting through iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, or vanadium at high temperatures.
Forum attracts clean energy start-ups
Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts Nov. 3-4 in Denver, Colorado, as the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts its annual Industry Growth Forum.