Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., and Tokyo Electron Ltd., Japan, announce a definitive agreement to merge into a new company whose name has not been released. This combination brings together complementary leading technologies and products to create an expanded set of capabilities in precision materials engineering and patterning. The companies expect the transaction to close in mid to second half of 2014.
Innovative thermal spray coatings for turbine engines to improve heat protection and fuel efficiency
Thermal Spray Technologies, Sun Prairie, Wis., in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, helped to develop innovative thermal spray coatings to improve heat protection and fuel efficiency in the next generation of jet turbine engines. The team’s experimental results were published in the August issue of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technologies in an article titled “Application of Plasma Spraying as a Precursor in the Synthesis of Oxidation Resistant Coatings.
Siemens and Midrex to build direct iron reduction plant for Voestalpine in Texas
Siemens Industry Inc., Washington, D.C., and consortium partner Midrex Technologies Inc., Charlotte, N.C., has received an order from the Austrian Voestalpine group to build a direct iron reduction plant in the United States. The Midrex plant will be constructed near the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. It is designed to produce two million metric tons of hot briquetted iron (HBI) per year, making it the largest single module of this type worldwide.
Beralcast beryllium-aluminum alloys under consideration for F-35 Lightning II optical components
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Wilmington, Mass., reports that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, IBC Engineered Materials Corp., is working directly with Lockheed Martin to develop specific investment-cast optical components on the F-35 Lightning II aircraft to demonstrate the technical and commercial viability of Beralcast beryllium-aluminum alloys. Beralcast principal alloys are more than three times stiffer […]
Canada Council
Canada Council The goal of the ASM Canada Council is to foster a Canadian identity within the society and to serve the particular interests of Canadian members within the international position of ASM. ASM Canada Council serves as a focal point through which Canadian Chapters can act together to achieve goals not attainable separately. In […]