Sold out

The latest share offering by Umicore has been rapidly oversubscribed, with high levels of interest shown by North American investors.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Patents and intellectual property to be discussed in Luxembourg

The importance of intellectual property and the latest developments in electronic tools and the Internet for patent information are to be discussed in Luxembourg at two conferences in a three-day session later this month.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

BASF’s new focus

BASF’s industrial coatings unit is to restructure its operations and consolidate.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Mothballed plant

Metal Powder Products has mothballed its Coldwater, Michigan, plant. The PM parts facility dates back to the 1960s.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news     

Joint trading

Umicore and Arcelor have agreed to combine non-ferrous and ferro-alloy activities into a trading, marketing and distribution joint venture named Traxys.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Companies weave business webs

Centorr Vacuum Industries, the New Hampshire furnace builder has launched a foreign-language web site to accommodate its changing customer base.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Microwaves studied for commercial ends

The Fraunhofer IFAM Institute in Dresden, Germany is installing a high-temperature microwave-sintering furnace with hybrid heating technology for IFAM's innovative sintering research programme.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Treibacher takes back its rare earths division

The rare earths division of Treibacher AG has been taken back into the control of the main company after almost 10 years' semi-autonomous operations.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Chinese aerospace titanium melt contract for PSI

A specialist UK atomisation company has won major equipment contract to provide the Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (BIAM) with a cold-crucible inert gas atomisation system.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

New tech centre

Metaldyne's Engine Group has opened a 14?000-sq foot European Technical Centre in Dieburg, Germany, to support advanced development of the Engine Group's products.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news     

Stainless winners

According to American Metal Market, Ford is set to use a record number of PM stainless steel parts in new premium midsize saloons and sport wagons.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Spring show

Mechanical processes for powder and bulk solids technologies will be showcased at Powtech 2004 from 16 - 18 March at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre in Germany.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

ALD — Osprey link brings new melt package to market

UK spray-forming specialists Osprey and German vacuum-melting experts ALD have signed an agreement that puts together a unique software/hardware package for customers using the patented Osprey process.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Brisk business in the Asia-Pacific

A German furnace and gas atomiser manufacturer has been doing good business in the Asia-Pacific Region, selling one system to Japan and another to China.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Hoeganaes funds new Chair in PM at Philadelphia's Drexel

Hoeganaes Corporation has established a $250?000 endowment for a Chair in Powder Metallurgy in the department of Materials Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Making the swing even sweeter

Golf club maker Bobby Grace Putters, of Clearwater, Florida, is using PM tungsten-copper and pure tungsten weights in its putters to expand the sweet spot.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

New chair

Richard Clark of Sheffield University has taken over from Harvey Smith as chairman of the UK Magnetics Society. Professor Barry Middleton of Manchester University is the vice chairman.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Specialists in the very small move into the market for big ideas

THE New York nanomaterials company that last month said it had made a breakthrough in the development of intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells is moving into the sphere of intellectual property.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest powder metallurgy industry news.     

Standards ‘to be more transparent’

One of the world's largest international voluntary standards development organisation is to launch an internet-based system designed to initiate, develop and track draft standards and revisions before and during their balloting stage.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news     

ASL builds service with new atomisers

Two years after their move from Sheffield Science Park to an industrial unit, Atomising Systems Limited (ASL) has expanded their range of atomising equipment to improve service flexibility.This is a short news story only. Visit www.metal-powder.net for the latest metallurgy industry news