Nickel

The International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technology (SMST), an Affiliate Society of ASM International, Cleveland, recently announces a USD $50,000 Fellowship award sponsored by Edwards LifeSciences for a graduate student doing research on shape memory materials such as Nitinol.

South Korea’s steelmaking giant Posco, with branches in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Uruguay and the US, recently announced that the high-performance manganese steel the company has developed will be applied to the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled bulk carrier that is being built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

FloWorks International LLC (FloWorks), a provider of valves and automation services along with specialty metal, pipe, fittings, flanges and related products, recently announced the sale of its Garland, Texas-based plate & sheet business to CL Alloys-Dallas LLC.

Alcoa has opened their own 3D printing metal powder production facility. Located at the Alcoa Technology Center in Pennsylvania, one of the world’s largest light metals research centers, the company will produce proprietary titanium, nickel and aluminum powders optimized for 3D printed aerospace parts.

Mining company Rio Tinto recently unveiled its new organisational structure which it said would better align the company’s assets with its business strategy to help drive further efficiencies and optimize performance.

Mazak, with a US manufacturing plant in Florence, Kentucky, will unveil its new VARIAXIS i-800T Multi-Tasking Machine at the IMTS 2016 (International Manufacturing Technology Show) in Illinois in September.

Yukon Territory-focused Wellgreen Platinum has appointed former Romarco Gold Chief Executive, Dianne Garrett, as its new President, CEO and Director.

Ohio-based Roll-Kraft, a manufacturer of tooling for the tube and pipe and roll forming industry, with tooling material capabilities that include stainless steel, molybdenum, nickel and superalloys, recently announced the addition of several positions across three of its locations.

Rolled Alloys, a supplier of stainless steels, nickel, cobalt and titanium alloys, with 13 locations across North America, is pleased to announce that Marc Glasser, Director of Metallurgical Services, has been named to the 2016 Industrial Heating Executive Committee.

TMK, a manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe for the oil and gas industry, operating 30 production sites in the United States, Canada, Russia, Romania, Oman, UAE and Kazakhstan, has announced the creation of TMK Industrial Solutions, LLC, effective May 16, 2016.