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New boss for QMP spearhead initiative in China QUEBEC METAL POWDERS has appointed David Y Au as General Manager with responsibility for sales for the entire Asian region and for the company's spearhead initiative of the construction and operation of a new blending plant in Suzhou, China, about 80km northwest of Shanghai. A QMP spokesman said: "Mr Au has been a member of QMP's management team, responsible for marketing and business development
for many years, and is an active member of the Metal Powder Industries Federation and the European Powder Metallurgy Association. The nomination of an experienced member of the management team from the Canadian head office demonstrates QMP's long-term objectives to develop and serve the Asian market." The company's President, Martin H Thibodeau, announced the blending plant move earlier this year
(See Metal Powder Report, April 2004) saying that the plant and its associated technical laboratory and product warehouse represent a key element in reinforcing QMP's position as a metal powder supplier in the Asian region. "This new facility will further consolidate our presence in Asia, and particularly China, where QMP will be equipped to efficiently respond to the unprecedented growth in metal powder demand for industrial and automobile production. Powder for the Suzhou plant - expected to open next February - will be produced at QMP's Sorel-Tracy plant in Canada, shipped and then mixed with various additives to meet the different
David Y Au
metallurgical requirements of customers. The company operates a total quality system and is registered to ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 as well as the environmental standard ISO 14001.
Good start for Miba in Q1 MIBA Group reported an increase in sales to 81 million in the first quarter, a rise of about 6 per cent. Profit on ordinary activities rose from 6.2 million to 7.5 million and cash flow from operations rose from 10.3 million to 14.2 million. A company spokesman ascribed the positive trend to "the perceptible recovery in the markets of most importance to global suppliers to
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the vehicle and engine industries."
A finer grind GERMAN ball mill manufacturer Retsch has introduced a new planetary unit capable of grinding solids down to sub micron levels. The company says the PM100, which has an energy input some 50 per cent greater than comparable rivals, is also capable of mechanical alloying.
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New boss for QMP spearhead initiative in China QUEBEC METAL POWDERS has appointed David Y Au as General Manager with responsibility for sales for the entire Asian region and for the company's spearhead initiative of the construction and operation of a new blending plant in Suzhou, China, about 80km northwest of Shanghai. A QMP spokesman said: "Mr Au has been a member of QMP's management team, responsible for marketing and business development
for many years, and is an active member of the Metal Powder Industries Federation and the European Powder Metallurgy Association. The nomination of an experienced member of the management team from the Canadian head office demonstrates QMP's long-term objectives to develop and serve the Asian market." The company's President, Martin H Thibodeau, announced the blending plant move earlier this year
(See Metal Powder Report, April 2004) saying that the plant and its associated technical laboratory and product warehouse represent a key element in reinforcing QMP's position as a metal powder supplier in the Asian region. "This new facility will further consolidate our presence in Asia, and particularly China, where QMP will be equipped to efficiently respond to the unprecedented growth in metal powder demand for industrial and automobile production. Powder for the Suzhou plant - expected to open next February - will be produced at QMP's Sorel-Tracy plant in Canada, shipped and then mixed with various additives to meet the different
David Y Au
metallurgical requirements of customers. The company operates a total quality system and is registered to ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 as well as the environmental standard ISO 14001.
Good start for Miba in Q1 MIBA Group reported an increase in sales to 81 million in the first quarter, a rise of about 6 per cent. Profit on ordinary activities rose from 6.2 million to 7.5 million and cash flow from operations rose from 10.3 million to 14.2 million. A company spokesman ascribed the positive trend to "the perceptible recovery in the markets of most importance to global suppliers to
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the vehicle and engine industries."
A finer grind GERMAN ball mill manufacturer Retsch has introduced a new planetary unit capable of grinding solids down to sub micron levels. The company says the PM100, which has an energy input some 50 per cent greater than comparable rivals, is also capable of mechanical alloying.
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