The project, Large-Format, Low-Cost Metal AM for Army Applications, was one of 23 selections from 189 proposals submitted to the Army’s X19.4 topic call: Expeditionary Technology Search (xTechSearch) Dual-Use Technologies to Solve Challenging Army Problems. The accelerated Phase I effort will leverage Open Additive’s 24” x 24” (600 mm x 600 mm) large-format laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) testbed to pave the…

Optima Specialty Steel Inc, a portfolio company of Optima Acquisitions LLC, announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with ALJ Regional Holdings Inc to acquire 100% of KES Acquisition Company dba Kentucky Electric Steel. KES is a value added manufacturer of Special Bar Quality and Merchant Bar Quality flat steel products. KES has been a supplier to Optima Specialty Steel and…

PALMER - Robert M. Logan, president of Palmer Foundry walked though the company's shipping warehouse pointing at crates full of finished cast aluminum parts and rattling off their destinations: the West Coast, Europe, Canada, China and other parts of Asia. "We have shipments going out to Singapore every week," Logan said. He showed off an aluminum casting that will be used as a reaction chamber in the…

Palmer Trucks will use the former Celadon Group’s 140,000 square foot facility in Indianapolis after Celadon filed for bankruptcy and closed last December. The company said it will invest more than $17 million in the Indianapolis area between current operations at its dealership on the west side and the new location where it will sell Kenworth commercial truck sales and provide parts and services.…

Long before the pistons for General Motors Co V-6 engines reach the U.S. No. 1 automaker’s Romulus, Michigan plant, they are seasoned international travellers. Powdered aluminium from Tennessee is shipped to Pennsylvania and forged at high temperatures into connecting rods for the pistons, which are then sent to Canada to be shaped and polished. They are then shipped to Mexico for sub-assembly and finally…

PurePOWER Technologies LLC, a Navistar Company, has begun production of Compacted Graphite Iron (CGI) cylinder blocks at its Indianapolis, Indiana casting facility. The heavy-duty CGI cylinder blocks are produced using the SinterCast process control technology. The SinterCast System 3000 process control system has been configured at the PurePOWER Technologies Indianapolis casting facility to provide…

RG Steel LLC has announced four key executive appointments for the newly formed company. Mr Richard D Caruso has been named CFO Mr David A Howard has been named CCO Mr David A Pryzbylski has been named chief administrative officer Mr Mark D Whalen has been named COO Mr Caruso has 25 years of financial and strategic leadership experience in a variety of industries including steel, aluminum, copper, iron…

'This is an exciting acquisition which extends our market line and provides access to new rail projects and customers', said RIOTECH President & CEO Greg Hackbarth. 'Having worked with the talented staff at Innovative Solutions for over 15 years, we recognise the tremendous potential of combining our teams'. Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp is to undertake a ¥2·4bn modernisation of the wheel mill at its…

Reuters reported that a World Trade Organization panel ruled that various quotas, duties and other devices used by China to restrict exports of key raw materials violated commitments it made to join the world trade body. US and EU officials hope the decision will persuade China that its similar export restrictions on rare earth minerals crucial to making high tech electronic products also are vulnerable to…

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co announced that it has acquired all the outstanding limited liability company interests of National Specialty Alloys LLC, a global specialty alloy processor and distributor of premium stainless steel and nickel alloy bars and shapes, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Source: Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co