The Plansee Group now holds a majority interest in Luxembourg-based Ceratizit SA, which makes carbide tools. Ceratizit was created in 2002 as the result of a merger between the Austrian company Plansee Tizit and the Luxembourg company Cerametal, and previously, Plansee’s stake accounted for 50%. The company says that this is the largest transaction in […]
Gurit has announced a three-year core material kit engineering and supply contract with a wind turbine manufacturer, an extension of a contract with similar volumes. According to the company, the contract will generate business for its ten kitting sites, including new facilities being set up in India, and is expected to generate net sales of […]
Composites One has completed its purchase of Solvay’s process materials business. The acquired business has been rebranded as Aerovac and will make process materials and tooling used in prepreg processing, vacuum infusion, glass lamination, and other industrial applications, the company said. The business has locations in Santa Fe Springs, California; Sumner, Washington; Keighley, UK; Mondovi, […]
Algorithmia is today debuting new reporting tools which aim to solve machine learning (ML) governance challenges. Research conducted by the company found that the number one challenge organisations are facing with their deployments is governance. 56 percent of the IT leaders surveyed by Algorithmia ranked governance, security, and auditability issues as a major concern. 67 […]
Stratasys has been awarded a contract extension to produce 3D printed polymer cabin interior components. While the initial Airbus contract with Stratasys was focused on production parts for the A350, this contract extension expands the range of parts printed for Airbus to include replacement and spare parts for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) as well […]
Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly. Two weeks after the storm first touched Mississippi — and one week after the state’s governor announced that he would “restore clean water” — thousands of residents in the capital city, Jackson, are still without water; […]
Here are two tales of the energy transition unfolding in coal country, USA. In late 2019, Pacificorp, an electric utility that operates in six Western states, told Wyoming regulators it wanted to shut down several of its coal-fired power plants early and replace them with wind and solar power and battery storage. It said this […]
Every eco-conscious consumer has felt the frustration of trying to make the least climate-ruining decisions. Nothing you buy is really good for the planet — every new purchase carries a carbon cost. So many factors go into determining the environmental and social impact of everything on your shopping list that even the smallest choices can […]
Multifunctional, yet clinically relevant, biomaterials for tissue repair and regeneration We would like to invite you to submit your work on multifunctional, yet clinically relevant, biomaterials for tissue repair and regeneration to Biomaterials and Biosystems. The prevalence of tissue injuries and pathophysiologies rises and financially drains healthcare systems worldwide in direct proportion to the continuously increasing life expectancy […]
The Delaware River Basin, a 13,539-square-mile area bisected by a sparkling river that stretches from New York’s Catskill Mountains to the Delaware Bay, is officially closed to fracking. Last week, a little-known but powerful interstate commission called the Delaware River Basin Commission, or DRBC, voted 4-0 to make a 2010 de facto ban on fracking […]