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HP’s newly opened, 3-acre research facility in Barcelona solidifies the company’s commitment to integrating digital technologies with 3D printing. It also offers a prime setting for aligning HP engineering, R&D groups, customers, and partners.
Steel Dynamics Inc. has announced it has chosen a site outside of Sinton, Texas, in the Corpus Christi region, as the location for its $1.7 billion steel mill project. The facility is anticipated to have an annual production capacity of approximately 3.0 million tons, with the capability to produce...
Steel prices recently went up, but plenty of skeptics believe that they will fall again, continuing the recent downward trend.
The International Titanium Association (ITA) and its International Titanium Foundation, in a partnership with Michigan State University (MSU), has received a $21,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Initially, funds from NSF will be used to support up to 15 college students...
How do additive manufacturing companies like EOS, Concept Laser, 3D Systems, Renishaw, SLM Systems, and Velo3D produce the flour-fine powdered metal used in their 3D printers?
Aerosport Modeling and Design uses additive manufacturing for everything from jewelry fixtures to appearance models of exotic cars, and it continually adopts new technologies to better meet customer needs.
Fagor Arrasate has delivered an aluminum cut-to-length line with a line width of 2,650 mm to a China-based producer of aluminum for the aeronautical and automotive industries. The line width allows it to work with large aluminum formats. Features include a roto-oscillating shear to perform curved...
Rolled Alloys has added a line of products in 2507 superduplex stainless steel (UNS S32750) for applications requiring exceptional strength and corrosion resistance. The products include plate, sheet, round bar, pipe, and fittings. The company also stocks three other duplex stainless steels: LDX...
Mill Steel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., a distributor of flat-rolled carbon steel, has announced the rebrand of its steel framing company, Steel Structural Products, to Mill Steel Framing. The company will continue to supply metal framing materials from three processing and distribution centers in the...
SSAB is now accepting applications for the Swedish Steel Prize 2019, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Open to any individual, company, or institution, the prize is awarded to the method or product that best displays how the properties of the chosen grade of steel have contributed to...
Privately held diversified financial services company Hilco Global, Northbrook, Ill., has issued a perspective on the evolution and detailed impacts of continuing Section 232 tariff actions on the U.S. steel and aluminum industries. “The Evolving Story of Steel & Aluminum Tariffs” by Michael...
Market dynamics and overproduction by U.S. mills are keeping steel prices down. Service centers aren’t quite sure what to expect in the coming months in terms of steel prices.
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce (DOC) has announced its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico. In the China and Mexico investigations, the DOC made affirmative determinations, finding that...
BigRep America’s president says that compared to large corporations, small companies are likelier to try 3D printing because “these guys ... make their own decisions”
Direct Metals, a steel service center providing specialty metals with locations in Kennesaw, Ga., and Waukegan, Ill., has appointed Howard Miles as sales representative. Miles previously worked as an inventory control/logistics manager at Southern Aluminum Finishing. He holds a bachelor’s degree...
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start your free subscriptionThis week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
Follow the link below to find an AMPD member steel supplier near you.