NADCA President Daniel L. Twarog to be here in China Daniel L. Twarog, President Of North American Die Casting Association will make a speech on 2010 China International Conference For Investment & Development of Die Casting Industry (2010 CNDCC),organized by Council For The Promotion of International Trade Shanghai (CPIT SH) , Shanghai Die Casting Technology Association and China Die Casting Website (CNDC)…

Be A Millionaire With Safety Award Entries for the 2010 AFS Millionaires Safety Award now are being accepted. This award is designed to recognize AFS Corporate Member firms that succeed in providing the highest level of safe and healthy workplaces. This annual award recognizes facilities that accomplish increments of a million consecutive man-hours worked from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 without incurring an…

Bangkok Post reported that Mitsubishi Motors has confirmed its intention to go ahead with a THB 8 billion eco car production venture in Thailand, with the first models to be rolled out by late next year. Ms Atchaka Sribunruang secretary general of Board of Investment met recently to discuss the progress of the Japanese automaker's venture with Mr Nobuyuki Murahashi president of Mitsubishi Motors Thailand…

Xinhua reported that South Korea's second largest shipper Hyundai Merchant Marine Co in partnership with a Chinese local firm, announced that it has signed a deal worth USD 315 million with China's Hebei Steel Group to transport iron ore for the next 15 years. The deal calls for Hyundai Merchant and China's ShangDong Far East Marine Group to deliver a total of 23 million tonnes of iron ore, including 1.5…

Aluminiumbranche bündelt ihre Kräfte Trimet übernimmt den Metalleinkauf von Honsel Essen/Meschede, 7. April 2010. Die Trimet Aluminium AG, Essen, hat zum 1. April 2010 die Metallversorgung für die Honsel AG, Meschede übernommen. Bereits bislang war das Essener Unternehmen dort größter Lieferant. Künftig sollen jährlich weit über 100.000 Tonnen Primär-Aluminium, Magnesium und Speziallegierungen an Honsel…

Italien weiter hochinteressant für voxeljet Nach dem erfolgreichen Messeauftakt in Italien im vergangenen Jahr präsentiert sich voxeljet technology auch 2010 auf der Metef-Foundeq, die vom 14. bis 17. April in Brescia, Italien, stattfindet. Tiziano Dal Chin Der Auftritt bei der achten internationalen Aluminium-und Gießerei-Veranstaltung erfolgt gemeinsam mit dem italienischen Partner Texer Design, der…

A fledgling Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) metals research facility has been contracted by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to produce test castings for a new vehicle armor program. According to a UAB press release, ARL has released $1 million for an initial round of research to be conducted at the UAB School of Engineering Metals Processing Laboratory, a state-of-the art facility with…

GDF SUEZ has completed the construction of its first UK wind farm project at Craigengelt, near Stirling, in Scotland. The wind farm consists of 8 Nordex wind turbines with a total capacity of 20 MW, and full commercial operation of the wind farm was started. “We are very proud of the successful completion of the project. The UK is an important market for GDF SUEZ to develop, especially in renewable energy,…

With steel makers looking at ways of reducing the cost of production, Electrotherm India Ltd a leading technology solution provider in foundry and steel industry is hopeful of supplying at least 25 medium frequency induction melting furnace for steel melting application within this year after it successfully commissioned the first 40 tonne furnace to a Nagpur based client last month that is expected to…

Novinite reported that the German machine, especially ordered for the construction works for the expansion of the metro in Bulgaria's capital, was officially set in motion on April 6th 2010. The so called mole equipment, weighting 1,600 tonnes, named Saint Sofia, will be used for underground excavations at the speed of 9 meters per day. The mole will be used to build the major part of the second segment…