Nickel

The 2019 International Titanium Association’s (ITA) ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ recipient has been announced. George L. Durfee, a metallurgist who build his career around pioneering applied research projects for the titanium industry while at Wyman-Gordon Co., will be honored at the ITA’s 35th annual Titanium USA 2019 Conference and Exhibition.

Co-Operative Industries Aerospace & Defense (CIA&D) has expanded their protective braiding capabilities by adding new braiding units, as part of its airframe and engine wiring harness manufacturing.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT^®) has designed and developed white Nylon Weld Purge Plugs™, providing a barrier for weld purging at a low cost.

Huntingdon Fusion Techniques’ (HFT®) newest PurgEye® 200 Weld Purging Monitor® has been designed to reach oxygen levels as low as 50 parts per million (ppm), which is required when welding reactive metals such as stainless steel, zirconium, nickel alloys, and titanium.

AMETEK Specialty Metal Products’ Superior Tube has recently announced new key appointments in order to continue developing their operational excellence and customer service.

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.’s chairman, president and CEO, Dennis M. Oates, has been named the Stainless Steel Executive of 2018 at the 17th Annual Stainless & Special Steel Conference in Helsinki, Finland, which took place from September 18 to 20.

Hamilton Precision Metals, one of six businesses within AMETEK Specialty Metal Products, is a producer of rolled strip and foil.

Argus has reported that the stainless steel scrap market has enters the second half of 2018 supported by positive consumer sentiment and LME nickel price momentum.

In the June 2018 issue of Stainless Steel World Americas,