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Ecka heads for US with new plant in South Carolina GERMAN non-ferrous powder producer Ecka Granules is installing a new powder plant in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Ecka purchased the land and existing plant facilities from Federal-Mogul Powertrain. The company is thought to have been on the acquisition trail after losing out to Gibraltar Industries when North American Höganäs sold off most of the copper interest it acquired in another takeover.
Scheduled to be on-stream during this summer, the new plant will produce copper, bronze, brass, tin, aluminium, and magnesium powders. According to Gert Rohrseitz, president & CEO of Ecka Granulate GmbH & Co KG, “this significant investment into the American market is part of a strategy to improve service to US and regional customers and meet their growing needs”. Leon Fabrikanov will run the
Don makes it three PEs in three generations DON HEANEY, one of the Associate Directors of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products at Penn State, has earned his Pennsylvania Professional Engineering License. Don received his license earlier this year. He is a third generation PE: his late grandfather was a PE in Chemical Engineering and used his license in developing freeze drying technology for Nestlé, his late father was a PE in Civil Engineering and designed and built sewage treatment plants for the iron and steel processing industry. Now he is a PE in Metallurgical Engineering, Don plans to continue his family legacy and use his PE license to expand the use of
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powder-processed materials in the medical, military, and automotive markets. His current areas of interest are in micro-miniature device fabrication utilising tooling fabricated by micro EDM and lithography techniques, titanium PM processing, utilisation/understanding of polymers for net shape fabrication, and alloy development for predictable fracture behaviour and process-independent strengthening.
new operation as president of Ecka Granules of America LP. Ecka has about 600 employees in 18 production plants in Europe, the UK, India, and China. Its 2005 sales exceeded $500 million. • Noted as canny players of the corporate acquisition and disposal game, Ecka swooped on the UK’s BSA powder operation, rescuing the company from the receivers on New Year’s Eve and preserving some 30 jobs.
Its an ill wind... THE devastating tornado that hit Tennessee on April 7 did not damage Hoeganaes Corporation's Gallatin steel powder plant. The company reports there has been no disruption of powder deliveries or service to customers. Although the surrounding area sustained severe damage, a temporary power outage was the only problem the plant encountered. Located northeast of Nashville, it was built in 1980 and has an estimated annual production capacity of more than 350 000 short tons. Since its opening, the plant has shipped more than 5.4 billion pounds of steel powder.
PM bomb will ‘do less harm’ IN AN effort to reduce collateral damage in fighting terrorists, the U.S. Air Force is considering a new bomb design using metal powder, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Pressure to reduce civilian casualties is behind the move. The new carbon-fibre bomb, weighing 250 pounds, mixes an undisclosed highdensity metal powder with the traditional explosive charge, reported WSJ in its
April 6 edition. During the initial blast, powder particles fan out at a lethal speed causing casualties in a contained area but falling quickly to the ground, thus minimising damage beyond a relatively short distance. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came up with the idea. Air Force scientists are working on perfecting the new bomb design, scheduled for initial production by 2008.
Miba takes eco award FRENCH car maker PeugeotCitroën (PSA) gave its Ecotech Award to Austria's Miba AG, which is based in Laakirchen. The PM parts maker was honoured for technological cost savings in two clutch bodies and a differential housing cover. Beginning in February 2006 the two PM clutch bodies
replaced a pair of costly, mechanically finished steel bodies in PSA's six-speed MCP transmission. The PM differential housing cover has been operating in the TA 96 four-speed automatic transmission since November 2004, replacing a steel and aluminium design.
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Ecka heads for US with new plant in South Carolina GERMAN non-ferrous powder producer Ecka Granules is installing a new powder plant in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Ecka purchased the land and existing plant facilities from Federal-Mogul Powertrain. The company is thought to have been on the acquisition trail after losing out to Gibraltar Industries when North American Höganäs sold off most of the copper interest it acquired in another takeover.
Scheduled to be on-stream during this summer, the new plant will produce copper, bronze, brass, tin, aluminium, and magnesium powders. According to Gert Rohrseitz, president & CEO of Ecka Granulate GmbH & Co KG, “this significant investment into the American market is part of a strategy to improve service to US and regional customers and meet their growing needs”. Leon Fabrikanov will run the
Don makes it three PEs in three generations DON HEANEY, one of the Associate Directors of the Center for Innovative Sintered Products at Penn State, has earned his Pennsylvania Professional Engineering License. Don received his license earlier this year. He is a third generation PE: his late grandfather was a PE in Chemical Engineering and used his license in developing freeze drying technology for Nestlé, his late father was a PE in Civil Engineering and designed and built sewage treatment plants for the iron and steel processing industry. Now he is a PE in Metallurgical Engineering, Don plans to continue his family legacy and use his PE license to expand the use of
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MPR April 2006
powder-processed materials in the medical, military, and automotive markets. His current areas of interest are in micro-miniature device fabrication utilising tooling fabricated by micro EDM and lithography techniques, titanium PM processing, utilisation/understanding of polymers for net shape fabrication, and alloy development for predictable fracture behaviour and process-independent strengthening.
new operation as president of Ecka Granules of America LP. Ecka has about 600 employees in 18 production plants in Europe, the UK, India, and China. Its 2005 sales exceeded $500 million. • Noted as canny players of the corporate acquisition and disposal game, Ecka swooped on the UK’s BSA powder operation, rescuing the company from the receivers on New Year’s Eve and preserving some 30 jobs.
Its an ill wind... THE devastating tornado that hit Tennessee on April 7 did not damage Hoeganaes Corporation's Gallatin steel powder plant. The company reports there has been no disruption of powder deliveries or service to customers. Although the surrounding area sustained severe damage, a temporary power outage was the only problem the plant encountered. Located northeast of Nashville, it was built in 1980 and has an estimated annual production capacity of more than 350 000 short tons. Since its opening, the plant has shipped more than 5.4 billion pounds of steel powder.
PM bomb will ‘do less harm’ IN AN effort to reduce collateral damage in fighting terrorists, the U.S. Air Force is considering a new bomb design using metal powder, reports the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Pressure to reduce civilian casualties is behind the move. The new carbon-fibre bomb, weighing 250 pounds, mixes an undisclosed highdensity metal powder with the traditional explosive charge, reported WSJ in its
April 6 edition. During the initial blast, powder particles fan out at a lethal speed causing casualties in a contained area but falling quickly to the ground, thus minimising damage beyond a relatively short distance. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came up with the idea. Air Force scientists are working on perfecting the new bomb design, scheduled for initial production by 2008.
Miba takes eco award FRENCH car maker PeugeotCitroën (PSA) gave its Ecotech Award to Austria's Miba AG, which is based in Laakirchen. The PM parts maker was honoured for technological cost savings in two clutch bodies and a differential housing cover. Beginning in February 2006 the two PM clutch bodies
replaced a pair of costly, mechanically finished steel bodies in PSA's six-speed MCP transmission. The PM differential housing cover has been operating in the TA 96 four-speed automatic transmission since November 2004, replacing a steel and aluminium design.
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