Materials/Manufacturing

Now Investor-Owned, VAC to Build Big Magnet Factory in South Carolina 

Vacuumschmelze, one of the world’s leading producers of magnetic materials and products has announced it will build a major new magnet factory in South Carolina that will supply domestically produced magnets in the USA. The move comes shortly after the company, based in Hanau, Germany, was acquired by investment group Ara Partners in October.  […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Zhaobao Building New Factory to Boost Neodymium Magnet Production 

Targeting to boost its production capacity of sintered neodymium magnets to 8,000 tons per year, Zhaobao Magnet of Ningbo, China is building a large new factory with plans to go onstream next year. Formally known as Ningbo Zhaobao Magnet Co., Ltd., the company is one of China’s highest-volume magnet manufacturers.  […]

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Bilfinger Noell to Produce More Superconducting Wigglers for Synchrotrons 

Bilfinger Noell will supply customized superconducting wigglers to two leading synchroton facilities, Diamond Light Source in the UK and the Australian Synchrotron, strengthening its position as a major supplier of superconducting insertion devices such as superconductor undulators and superconductor wigglers with its unique and patented design. The insertion devices are the result of a collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) which will also carry out the cold test of the units. […]