Epner Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., was chosen to use its Laser Gold technology to electroplate gold onto the cast bronze Oscar statuettes this year. Laser Gold is a pure 24 kt gold that is also three times harder than ordinary pure gold.
The United Kingdom’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and nine other European partners are collaborating in the design, scale-up, and build of a high energy ball-mill (HEBM) pilot plant for the production and validation of innovative nanostructured powders.
Arcam AB, Sweden, has announced that its metal powder manufacturing subsidiary AP&C is significantly expanding its titanium powder production capacity with the commissioning of three new plasma atomizers.