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CI CyberNews, Vol. 8 No. 47
FocusOn: United States Ceramic Tile Facility Auction
United States Ceramic Tile’s facility in East Sparta, Ohio, is closing and all equipment will be auctioned at 10:00 a.m.
on November 29th. Featured equipment includes: Full Tile Ceramic Production Lines; Late Model Sacmi Ceramic Presses; ABB Raymond Roller Mill; Ball Mills; Crushers; Dinison Multipresses; Late Model Ingersoll Rand & Gardner Denver Air Compressors & Dryers; Detroit Diesel & Kohler Generators; Corema Package Chiller; Cranes, Hoists & Material Handling; Maintenance & Lab Equipment; Balers; Pallet Racking; Miles of Conveyor; Silos; Mixing Tanks; and a Large Qty of Parts and Spares. A buyers Premium of 12% will apply for on-site and 14% for online buyers.
Stuart B. Millner & Associates Visit www.sbmac.com for Terms, Specs & Directions Toll Free (866) 842-5280
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ASAHI GLASS MAKES EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. recently announced that, following the recommendation of the nominating committee and approval at a recent meeting of the board of directors, Masahiro Kadomatsu, currently representative director, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, was named representative director, chairman of the board, and chairman and CEO. FULL STORY
ASM REACHES 35TH ANNIVERSARY FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY COURSES ASM International currently offers 10 ceramic technology courses online and four courses in the classroom, and the heritage of these courses goes back 35 years to the founding of Ceramic Correspondence Institute (CCI) in 1972. CCI was founded to offer practical training in ceramic technology to production personnel, technicians, managers and others in the ceramic industry. FULL STORY
NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM CANCARB Cancarb recently launched a new video about Thermax® Medium Thermal Carbon Black. The video highlights various areas that Thermax can be used to improve performance. "In the ceramic industry, the particle size distribution and chemical purity of Thermax make it an excellent choice for porosity control," said Dave Petrie, director, Marketing. FULL STORY
FERRO FORMS ELECTRONIC PACKAGING MATERIALS BUSINESS UNIT Ferro Corp.’s Electronic Material Systems has combined several sub-business units into the newly-formed Electronic Packaging Materials (EPM) unit. The new EPM unit was formed to make it easier for customers to buy both performance-enhancing engineered formulations and cost-effective materials used to produce hybrid circuits, microelectronics, advanced packaging and devices. FULL STORY
MOHR COMPLETES AREVA T&D LIQUIDATION The liquidation sale of all ceramic insulator machinery and equipment on behalf of Areva T&D, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by Mohr Corp. has been completed. The project was signed with Mohr in mid-October, and all machinery and equipment was sold for removal by November 19, 2007. FULL STORY
BISWAS NAMED TO EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF RIO TINTO ALCAN Rio Tinto Alcan recently announced that Sandeep Biswas will join the group’s executive management team. He will lead the Business Development function at Rio Tinto Alcan’s headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Biswas was previously managing director, smelting, Australia, Rio Tinto Aluminum. FULL STORY
SOUND-REDUCED DRYING PALLET AVAILABLE FROM STAFIER Stafier manufactures metal drying pallets for the ceramic and related industries, and research has shown that brick manufacturers are interested in reducing the noise caused by loading and transporting pallets in the factory. FULL STORY
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Case Study Warren/Amplex Superabrasives, a manufacturing unit of Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials, had worked hard to secure the supply of resin-bonded diamond to Disco, a slicing blade manufacturer in Japan that serves the Japanese electronics industry. Stringent terms and measurements are required of the diamond to ensure the slicing blade’s thickness, stability and particle size distribution. Read Disguised as Diamond
to find out how a tiny plastic bead instigated an intense QC/QA investigation.
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