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PSA feels the heat
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s sliding share price has left the French carmaker trading at a record discount to Volkswagen on investor expectations it will be the worst automotive casualty of the region’s sovereign debt crisis, according to Automotive News Europe.
Auto sales surge in US
Chrysler Group, Nissan North America and General Motors posted gains of 20% or more to pace the major players in September. Chrysler jumped 27%, giving it 18 straight months of higher volume. Nissan sales rose 25%, led by 28% growth for the Nissan brand. GM increased 20%.
Chinese powder metallurgy benefits from auto parts industry
As industries such as the auto parts industries transfer their capacities to China, the country's powder metallurgy industry benefits, according to Research and Markets' China Powder Metallurgy Industry Report, 2010-2011.
Miba: sales up, profits stagnate
Austrian powder metal manufacturer Miba has produced first half sales figures up by nearly 40%, but profits before taxes only slightly up on the same period last year.
Boost for Li-ion technology
Batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles could get a boost from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory discovery that increases power, energy density and safety while reducing charge time.

The growing pull of magnets
China has the world-leading position in rare earth magnets. But things vare changing as the realisation sinks in of the vital commercial and strategic importance of these unseen and unremarked assets...
Powder Metal Markets
How the various regions of the world have fared in recession and current trends in the last quarter.

The electric bicycle race The electric bicycle race
With news that Höganäs has launched a new, light weight motor for electric bicycles, Metal Powder Report looks at the growth of the ‘e-bike’ market in China and the rest of the world and how the motor was designed to meet new requirements for lightweight, environmentally-friendly vehicle components.
PowderMet 2010: North American PM market turning the corner – slowly but surely
There is tangible evidence that the pains of the global recession are subsiding and that an economic recovery – albeit a tepid one – is well under way. But not everyone is feeling the rebound to the same degree. Reginald Tucker, editor, Metal Finishing magazine, recaps the highlights from PowderMet 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where equipment manufacturers, parts makers, and powder suppliers alike convened to network, learn, and, of course, buy and sell.
A magnetic solution cuts emissions
Truck maker Scania can now satisfy the EU’s new exhaust directive in a different way to competitors thanks to SEM’s skills and Höganäs’ SMC powder...
Hollow metal spheres put Fraunhofer on a roll
Producing metallic hollow spheres is complicated. Up to now it has not been possible to make the small sizes required for new high-tech applications. However, for the first time researchers at one of Germany’s premier research institutes have manufactured ground hollow metal spheres measuring between just two to 10 millimetres.

Attritors and Ferrite Grinding Applications
In today's electronic world, the demand for high quality ferrite products is rising rapidly. There are several types of ferrites and the preparation of all these are similar; the principal difference is in the raw material used.
Low-level demagnetization as preparation process for shaping of metal powder parts
An important cost factor in the production of metal powder pressed parts for the automotive industry are the punches and dies, which are usually made of sintered tungsten carbides and often provided with wear resistant coatings. These tools are subject to strong mechanical wear, and hence have a limited life.

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