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The German Nabaltec AG will increase prices for all products by up to 15 % effective 1 January 2019, or as current contracts allow.

When it comes to lightweight design with Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP), efficient series production is key to further establish this material class in more and more applications and industries. The production method of fibre placement – and automated, load-path optimised, material efficient laying and cutting of fibres – plays an important role, as this type of method is ideal for industrial production. To incorporate the technology into more high-volume applications across industries and further improve efficiency and resource utilisation, SGL Carbon and Fraunhofer IGCV founded the joint Fibre Placement Center at the beginning of this year.

The Schunk Group has ceremoniously laid the foundation stone for the new production facility to be built in Heuchelheim/DE. All in all, Schunk will invest about EUR 30 million in the new facility and, by extension, in the Middle Hessian branch of the company as well.

Richard Boulter was appointed to the Executive Board of CeramTec/DE as of 5 November 2018.

The PI Shareholders appointed Dr Patrick Pertsch as additional Managing Director of PI Ceramic GmbH/DE, and this appointment takes effect from 1 October 2018. PI Ceramic, a subsidiary of PI (Physik Instrumente in Karlsruhe/DE), is located in Lederhose in the German Federal State of Thuringia and is also one of the global leaders for actuator and sensor piezo products.

Innovnano/PT, an expert manufacturer of structural zirconia ceramics, measured fracture toughness by the Single Edge Precracked Bean (SEPB) method with the Japan Fine Ceramics Center/JP.

After concluding a due diligence review, the newly formed US company Naprotec LLC acquired land and buildings in Chatta­nooga, Tennessee/US, effective 27 July 2018. Naprotec LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nabaltec USA Corporation.

Nabaltec AG/DE will be significantly expanding its operations in the US.

The two traditional companies SAFED Suisse SA/CH, a company of the Aichelin Group, and Linn High Therm GmbH/DE have entered into cooperation at the beginning of this year.

TAV VACUUM FURNACES S.p.A./IT recently designed and produced, for a very prestig­ious client, an advanced sintering furnace developed above all to process boron carbide parts, with 1700 dm³ useful volume (useful dimensions: 1250 mm W × 900 mm H × 1500 mm D) and 2250 °C max temperature, capable of oper­ating in an argon partial pressure range usually avoided because of glow discharges, resulting in improved resilience of the sintered parts.