Parexel joins Exostar’s Life Sciences B2B platform

Clinical research organization joins cloud-based community to more efficiently and effectively partner with its customers

High BMI a risk for ovarian cancer

For the first time, scientist have linked ovarian cancer to excess body weight

East Afripack set for September 2014

6,000 high-profile potential visitors from target industries in the East Africa Community

Identifying eight common insert failure modes

Insert failure and its negative impact on manufacturing equipment is similar to an athlete exhausting a good pair of running shoes. Much like a shoe under the weight of the runner wearing it, an insert endures tremendous stress over and over again, creating wear and tear. If not addressed, wear can cause pain for an athlete and inaccurate processes or poor productivity for a manufacturer. Manufacturers, however, can analyse used tooling to achieve maximum tool life and predict tool usage, thereb

Digging deep into African mines

Africa is home to a significant portion of the world's mineral resources that include platinum group metals (PGMs) gold, coal, copper and iron ore. The continent is estimated to hold about 30% of the world's mineral resource deposits, has a population of 1 billion people and is expected to deliver steady Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of approximately 5% annually between 2013 and 2018.

Fundamentals of cold forging

Forging is one of the oldest metal working practices in existence and was primarily used as far back as 4000 B.C. to make jewelry, coins and various other items. In the modern day however there are now a whole host of possibilities to reduce the number of issues in what is an inherently high defect forming process including micro-scale modelling techniques which compute the micro-structural evolution during the forming process.

Investments in Turkish aluminium market

The Turkish aluminium industry comprises around 1500 companies with approximately 20,000 employees. Turkey has a primary aluminium production capacity of 65,000 tons per annum by processing bauxite reserves in the region. Eti Aluminum is the only primary aluminium producer in Turkey, while there is also secondary aluminium production from scrap.

Flexible machining cell for milling with robot

Component machining with robots instead of CNC machine tools are gaining importance. There are reasons for this: the robot is highly flexible and can be universally adjusted to different tasks with minimal, often acceptable limitations to precision. Above all, this results in a very cost-effective solution for industrial machining.

Rockwood GM on sustainability practices & moving forward

Rockwood International LLC has a strong history and part of the prestigious Al Reyami business group, the company is a renowned supplier of machines for the steel fabrication industry. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Rockwood’s operations cover the entire Middle East. Their engineering strength, service capability, and peerless reputation for quality have helped position themselves as a leader in the industry all across the region. In a recent interview with International Metalwork

ProPak Vietnam 2014: Strong confidence in local market

Viet Nam is a food-producing country that not only requires the latest equipment and solutions that provide better hygiene, higher quality output, and safety, but also the knowledge to produce food and beverage products that meet the industry’s changing standards.

ProPak Vietnam 2014: FPT Thailand sees strong demand in meat processing sector

The company is a distributor of food processing and packaging equipment used in the meat processing industry in Southeast Asia. In Viet Nam, demand for red meat and chicken is significantly growing as seafood struggles as a result of political issues

ProPak Vietnam 2014: Ishida Japan touts 120 years’ experience

The company provides weighing, packaging and inspection solutions to the food industries, and is particularly strong in the snackfood, seafood and vegetarian sectors.