Japans, Nippon Steel, together with Europe’s Arcelor, will jointly assist Tata Steel of India to develop steels for the Indian Automotive market. After this primary goal has been achieved, the second target will be...
Collaboration between scientists at DuPont and the University of North Carolina has resulted in a new processing technology for the manufacture of Teflon fluoropolymer.
The new technology differs from the existing tec...
BP have just opened their first large-scale self reinforced polypropylene composite (Curv TM) plant. The facility has been integrated into the BP fabrics and fibres division at Gronau in Germany.
The plant will initia...
Leading bearing manufacturers NSK and Timken Company are to form a joint venture and set up a manufacturing operation near Shanghai in China. Construction of the plant will commence later this year, with production due t...
After losing over $1 billion on palladium, Ford is planning to sell some of its stockpile of the precious metal.
Palladium is used in catalytic converters for automobiles and is also alloyed with other metals and used...
Altair International and Ntera announced to day that they have filed a joint patent on lithium titanate spinel materials for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. It was also announced that the two party’s would cont...
Bodycote International, the supplier of heat treatment, metallurgical coatings, HIP and materials testing products and services is set to restructure its business after a year of reduced profits. Poor performance was att...
It was announced today that NKK Steel and Kawasaki Steel have been involved with talks with German manufacturer ThyssenKtrupp Steel AG regarding automotive steel. Discussions commenced in April of 2001, between NKK Steel...
TRW may spin off its automotive division to form a separate public company. If the proposal goes ahead, it is likely to do so before the end of the year and will leave defence, aeronautical and electronics divisions as t...
Alcoa Fujikura Ltd (AFL), part of the Alcoa group has acquired 100% ownership of Engineered Plastic Components (EPC). This acquisition gives Alcoa a greater foot hold in the automotive components industry, while at the s...