Aluminum going into super duty pick-ups

Rolls-Royce joins Purdue University in fostering aerospace research

Purdue University’s aerospace district research complex, established in September as part of the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus, won’t actually “be about bricks and mortar,” says Purdue Research Foundation President Dan Hasler. “It will be about the intellectual capital.”

Precision Castparts’ latest acquisitions reveal a widening materials strategy

The benefits of a multi-year highway bill are well known. But can legislators summon the political will to create adequate financing?

Modern Metals toured countless exhibits at the combined METEC, GIFA, ThermProcess and Newcast shows, held June 16-20 at Messe Düsseldorf, Germany. The event attracted 78,000 visitors from 120 nations.

Ford builds durable vehicles, using tough materials, that officers say make them feel safer

PCC writes down assets, reduces headcount while TIMET plant outage lengthens

Toyota announces new Mexico assembly plant, Canadian factory will switch to luxury models

A sharp drop in oil pricing has a ripple effect but how far it spreads depends on timing and fortitude

Producers reshape, diversify and strengthen capabilities by integrating assets

2014 deals dominated by strategic acquirers.

Aerospace metals suppliers refine their scope of capabilities to match higher order rates for business and regional jets

Reaching a tipping point in volume, steel imports face the weight of politics

With its emphasis on integrity and leadership, the Boy Scouts of America attracts dedicated fundraisers from the metals sphere

Producers look to secure supply of vital feedstock and lower costs

How metal products play an important role in advanced energy technologies

The U.S. metals and manufacturing community welcomed a decision by the World Trade Organization that supported claims by the United States that China illegally imposed antidumping and countervailing measures upon U.S.-made passenger vehicles.

The Original Equipment Suppliers Association’s sentiment index rose 3 points to 59 in May—from March’s 56—driven by healthy U.S. auto sales and higher capacity utilization rates both among automakers and at component and subassembly production plants.