The International Powder Metallurgy Directory (IPMD) is the world’s leading directory of powder metallurgy parts producers and industry suppliers worldwide. The all new 468 page 13th Edition, published by Inovar Communications Ltd, now contains in excess ... Read more »
Although Australia has the world’s largest economic reserves of titanium ore and is a leading exporter, the cost and complexity of processing this ore has deterred the development of a local, integrated, titanium metal industry. However, over the past f ... Read more »
Freeman Technology of Malvern, Worc., UK, has received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2007 for the development, commercialisation and sales success of its patented FT4 powder rheometer, which the company states is a new way to measure the ... Read more »
Arburg GmbH of Lossburg, Germany, has opened a new technology centre in Elgin, Ill, USA, close to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The 6,000 ft2 facility has a capacity for six injection moulding machines ranging from 14 ton models to the 618-t ... Read more »
In September 2006 BMW introduced its new BMW Hydrogen 7 car as the world’s first automobile capable of industrialising hydrogen technologies for ‘regular’ production vehicles. The BMW Hydrogen 7 car has been built in a limited series (around 100) in ... Read more »
The giant double-decker Airbus A380 airliner went into commercial service with Singapore Airlines in October 2007 flying from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. The first Metal Injection Moulded (MIM) parts to be used in the Airbus family, including the A380 ... Read more »
GKN plc, which includes production operations for components produced by the powder metallurgy (PM) and metal injection moulding (MIM) processes, released a stable forecast ahead of its financial year end on 31 December. The powder metallurgy division has ... Read more »
The December issue of Powder Injection Moulding International has just been published and includes the following special features. Subscribe today for £95 per year including shipping. Demand for precision components set to drive Chinese PIM manufacturing ... Read more »
Purity Zinc Metals, LLC, (PZM) of Clarksville, TN, USA, has announced the purchase of Advanced Metalworking Practices, Inc. (AMP) of Carmel, IN, USA. Advanced Metalworking is a major supplier of feedstocks for the North American market and internationally ... Read more »
H.C. Starck, of Goslar, Germany, has introduced a new hardmetal (cemented carbide) binder material designated AMPERSINT® MAP which is based on iron and is said to be a cheaper alternative to the cobalt binder normally used. The company states that in add ... Read more »
Fraunhofer IKTS, the Dresden-based research centre for development of advanced ceramics and hard materials, reports that it has successfully demonstrated the manufacture of steel-ceramic composites using multicomponent powder injection moulding (PIM) fol ... Read more »
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Applied Materials Research IFAM in Bremen, northern Germany, have succeeded in developing a miniature MIM demonstration part weighing only 5.4 milligrams and having a wall thickness ... Read more »
Mould Research Co. ltd which has been producing MIM parts in Kasutsu City, Shiga Pref., since 1998 and is today one of Japan‘s leading MIM companies, has changed its name to Technes Co Ltd with effect from August 2007. The company uses a patented single ... Read more »
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