Japan

8 news results for the tag: Japan.

Yankee Hat Makes High Grade Tungsten Discovery; Kidlark Project, Yukon

October 29th, 2008

Yankee Hat Minerals Ltd. announce that as a result of the regional joint venture grassroots exploration program with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (”JOGMEC”) a new property, Kidlark, has been explored. Surface sampling has returned high grade tungsten assay results from this scheelite skarn occurrence.
The Kidlark Property was explored in late July, [...]

China Precision Steel Increasing Market Share of High-Precision Cold-Rolled Steel

October 21st, 2008

China Precision Steel, a niche precision steel processing Company principally engaged in producing and selling high precision, cold-rolled steel products, today announced that its market share is expanding as the Company is receiving increased orders from manufacturers in China and Africa.
“We are experiencing strong demand for our high precision, cold-rolled steel products despite the current [...]

WorldAutoSteel Releases Preliminary Styling for Future Steel Vehicle

August 10th, 2008

Future Steel Vehicle (FSV) Programme has produced early styling sketches based on the packaging studies initiated in the Phase I research, which are released today by WorldAutoSteel member companies.
FSV’s technical team, which includes EDAG, Quantum Technologies, Inc., SFCV/Tongji and WorldAutoSteel material experts, is considering four technical specification options for the proposed year 2015-2020 vehicle: electric [...]

Cognex Receives Multi-Million Dollar Order from China Steel

July 28th, 2008

Cognex Corporation announced that China Steel Corporation, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of integrated steel products, has placed an order for seven Cognex SmartView® surface inspection systems. This multi-million dollar sale represents the largest single order that Cognex’s Surface Inspection Systems Division (SISD) has ever received. The SmartView systems will be used to perform automated quality inspection [...]

Kyocera Develops New Fine Ceramic Resembling 18-Karat Gold

July 28th, 2008

Kyocera Corporation is pleased to announce that it has developed a new fine ceramic with a color that closely resembles 18-karat gold. The material has been created by raising the brightness level approximately 5% (approx. 3.6 points) above previous gold ceramic products. It is a beautiful reflection of the materials development and manufacturing technologies that [...]

TIN PRICE CRASHED DOWN TO US$22,540 PER TONNE

July 26th, 2008

As reported by the media that the Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) fell sharply by US$655 to US$22,540 per tonne today following a steep downtrend on the London Metal Exchange (LME), dealers said.
They said expectations of a weaker economic growth has reduced demand for industrial metals, especially copper which is a [...]

Metaldyne Enhances Product Focus by Seeking to Divest Two Facilities in North America

July 22nd, 2008

As part of the strategic focus developed under its Plan to Win program, Metaldyne Corporation, an Asahi Tec company, today announced it will seek to divest its Middleville, Mich., and Niles, Ill., facilities.
The decision is the result of a comprehensive product review conducted as part of the Plan to Win, an action-oriented plan to create [...]

Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Systems to Restructure Honduran and Mexican Operations Serving North American Auto Market

July 13th, 2008

Alcoa announced that its Alcoa Electrical and Electronic Systems (AEES) business has initiated a restructuring of its Honduran and Mexican operations serving the North American auto market as a result of continued market softness. In total, the workforce reduction across the Honduran and Mexican operations will impact approximately 1,240 jobs as AEES adjusts capacity to [...]