Materials/Manufacturing

Neo Performance Materials Ships First Magnet Samples Produced at New European Facility to its Tier 1 Traction Motor Customer

Neo Performance Materials Inc. recently announced that its new permanent magnet facility in Estonia has shipped sintered magnet samples for a Tier 1 traction motor customer meeting specific magnetic properties. This milestone marks a significant step forward in Neo’s commitment to providing high-performance materials for the electric vehicle market. […]

Research & Development

Physicists Report New Insights into Exotic Particles Key to Magnetism

MIT physicists and colleagues report new insights into exotic particles key to a form of magnetism that has attracted growing interest because it originates from ultrathin materials only a few atomic layers thick. The work, which could impact future electronics and more, also establishes a new way to study these particles through a powerful instrument at the National Synchrotron Light Source II at Brookhaven National Laboratory. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

VAC Awarded $111 Million Tax Credit for New Magnet Factory in USA, Makes Recycling Deal with Cyclic Materials 

e-VAC Magnetics, part of Vacuumschmelze, has been awarded a $111.9 million Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit to advance the construction of its first USA magnet manufacturing facility in Sumter, South Carolina. The facility was […]

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.  […]