Haynes International announces agreement to be acquired by North American Stainless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acerinox

Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo, Ind., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of technologically advanced high-performance alloys, announced it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by North American Stainless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Acerinox, Spain, in an all-cash transaction valuing the Company at an enterprise value of approximately $970 million and representing a multiple of 12.3x fiscal 2023 EBITDA.

Invisible armor for steel: how hBN coating is reinventing metal durability

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., demonstrated that stainless steel and other metal alloys coated with hexagonal boron nitride, or hBN, exhibit non-stick or low-friction qualities along with improved long-term protection against harsh corrosion and high-temperature oxidation in air.

Spray Tips: Particle classification by sieve analysis

In powder manufacture, particle size distribution, known as classification, categorizes powders into groups or cuts; sieving, the primary method for separating powders into their size fractions, serves as a diagnostic tool for quality assessment or a manufacturing technique for selecting specific size distributions.