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news Cremer acquires HIP business The EPMA reports that Dieffenbacher has sold its isostatic press lines business to Cremer Thermoprozessanlagen GmbH of Düren, Germany, in order to concentrate on the press lines for the production of
fibre-reinforced composites. Industrial furnace equipment manufacturer Cremer has acquired the spare parts and service sections of Dieffenbacher, extending its portfolio to manufacture isostatic presses.
Arcam and Oak Ridge introduce AM tech Arcam and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a co-operation agreement to help introduce Arcam’s Electron Beam Melting (EBM) additive manufacturing technology to US industry. Since 2009 Oak Ridge and Arcam have worked together to create opportunities for US industry to adopt Arcam’s EBM technology. This new agreement enables Arcam and Oak Ridge to “deepen their collaboration to bring even greater advanced manufacturing benefit to US industries.” As part of this agreement, Arcam will create an application development centre at Oak Ridge to support US industry.
“As a manufacturer of production equipment for the industries of the future, we are glad to work closely with renowned team at [Oak Ridge], creating a stronghold for a wider introduction of EBM technology to US industry,” said Magnus René, CEO at Arcam. Craig Blue, programme director for advanced manufacturing and manufacturing demonstration facility at Oak Ridge, concurred. “With this collaboration with Arcam, we see exciting new opportunities to fulfill our mission to support US industry in their quest for growth through advanced manufacturing technology,” he said.
H.C. Starck expands tungsten business in China Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Group Holding Co Ltd (JXTC), one of China’s largest tungsten mine operators, and H.C. Starck, a leading manufacturer of technology metals, have created a joint venture plant in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China. The plant, which will begin production in late 2013, will make tungsten metal powders and carbides exclusively for the Chinese market. The facility will create about 400 new jobs. “This alliance between two giants of the tungsten industry is another successful strategic cooperation integrating into world economy,” said Zhong Xiaoyun, president and CEO of JXTC. “This cooperation plays to the competitive strengths of both part-
The plant will be situated in the Jiangxi Province, China.
ners and creates a new model of close cooperation between Chinese and German hightech companies.” Andreas Meier, president and CEO of the H.C. Starck Group, added: “This joint venture is our largest project to date in China and the core of our growth strategy in Asia. I am pleased that we could win an experienced and reliable partner like JXTC for this project. We will primarily supply the products of our joint venture to the hardmetal manufacturers for the automotive and engineering industries as well as to suppliers for the mining and energy industry in China.” The companies say that the joint venture will contribute to preserving resources and creating sustainable development in the Chinese tungsten industry. The joint venture will also strengthen H.C. Starck’s raw material supply chain. Ganzhou, known as “the tungsten capital of the world,” is one of the largest cities in the Province of Jiangxi, which has abundant, natural-tungsten deposits.
Arburg certified to ISO standards Arburg has received ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification. ISO 9001 covers quality assurance, ISO 14001 environmental issues, and certification according to ISO 50001 covers Arburg’s use of energy efficiency throughout the company. According to international certification organization TÜV Süd, “The core of ISO 50001 is the continuous enhance-
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ment of an organisation’s energy-related performance. The standard outlines the requirements that an organisation needs to fulfil for the purposes of introducing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system. This systematic approach is intended to enable an organisation to improve its energy-related performance, increase its energy efficiency
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and optimise its energy utilisation.” Arburg aims to manufacture energy-efficient injection moulding machines in an energy-efficient production system. In the future, a key component of the energy management system will involve energy measurements to work out how much energy is used and where it is consumed in the energy-intensive
production process. As well as this, increasing numbers of Allrounder injection moulding machines now bear the Arburg e² energy-efficiency label. Arburg’s facility also uses geothermal energy, photovoltaics, block-type thermal power plants, rain water, wind power and production-generated heat as well as the natural ventilation and extraction.
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fibre-reinforced composites. Industrial furnace equipment manufacturer Cremer has acquired the spare parts and service sections of Dieffenbacher, extending its portfolio to manufacture isostatic presses.
Arcam and Oak Ridge introduce AM tech Arcam and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed a co-operation agreement to help introduce Arcam’s Electron Beam Melting (EBM) additive manufacturing technology to US industry. Since 2009 Oak Ridge and Arcam have worked together to create opportunities for US industry to adopt Arcam’s EBM technology. This new agreement enables Arcam and Oak Ridge to “deepen their collaboration to bring even greater advanced manufacturing benefit to US industries.” As part of this agreement, Arcam will create an application development centre at Oak Ridge to support US industry.
“As a manufacturer of production equipment for the industries of the future, we are glad to work closely with renowned team at [Oak Ridge], creating a stronghold for a wider introduction of EBM technology to US industry,” said Magnus René, CEO at Arcam. Craig Blue, programme director for advanced manufacturing and manufacturing demonstration facility at Oak Ridge, concurred. “With this collaboration with Arcam, we see exciting new opportunities to fulfill our mission to support US industry in their quest for growth through advanced manufacturing technology,” he said.
H.C. Starck expands tungsten business in China Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Group Holding Co Ltd (JXTC), one of China’s largest tungsten mine operators, and H.C. Starck, a leading manufacturer of technology metals, have created a joint venture plant in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China. The plant, which will begin production in late 2013, will make tungsten metal powders and carbides exclusively for the Chinese market. The facility will create about 400 new jobs. “This alliance between two giants of the tungsten industry is another successful strategic cooperation integrating into world economy,” said Zhong Xiaoyun, president and CEO of JXTC. “This cooperation plays to the competitive strengths of both part-
The plant will be situated in the Jiangxi Province, China.
ners and creates a new model of close cooperation between Chinese and German hightech companies.” Andreas Meier, president and CEO of the H.C. Starck Group, added: “This joint venture is our largest project to date in China and the core of our growth strategy in Asia. I am pleased that we could win an experienced and reliable partner like JXTC for this project. We will primarily supply the products of our joint venture to the hardmetal manufacturers for the automotive and engineering industries as well as to suppliers for the mining and energy industry in China.” The companies say that the joint venture will contribute to preserving resources and creating sustainable development in the Chinese tungsten industry. The joint venture will also strengthen H.C. Starck’s raw material supply chain. Ganzhou, known as “the tungsten capital of the world,” is one of the largest cities in the Province of Jiangxi, which has abundant, natural-tungsten deposits.
Arburg certified to ISO standards Arburg has received ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification. ISO 9001 covers quality assurance, ISO 14001 environmental issues, and certification according to ISO 50001 covers Arburg’s use of energy efficiency throughout the company. According to international certification organization TÜV Süd, “The core of ISO 50001 is the continuous enhance-
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ment of an organisation’s energy-related performance. The standard outlines the requirements that an organisation needs to fulfil for the purposes of introducing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system. This systematic approach is intended to enable an organisation to improve its energy-related performance, increase its energy efficiency
MPR September/October 2012
and optimise its energy utilisation.” Arburg aims to manufacture energy-efficient injection moulding machines in an energy-efficient production system. In the future, a key component of the energy management system will involve energy measurements to work out how much energy is used and where it is consumed in the energy-intensive
production process. As well as this, increasing numbers of Allrounder injection moulding machines now bear the Arburg e² energy-efficiency label. Arburg’s facility also uses geothermal energy, photovoltaics, block-type thermal power plants, rain water, wind power and production-generated heat as well as the natural ventilation and extraction.
0026-0657/12 ©2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved