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Magnesium Extrusions - New Sales Office & Support Announced
DENVER, CO, 4th November 2011. Magnesium Elektron is pleased to announce a newly created sales office to support increased demand for their magnesium ... more...

New Magnesium Alloy Powder Atomizer Installed
TAMAQUA, PA: On September 2, 2011, Hart Metals held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the installation of their new atomizer for the development ... more...

Are you Looking for Magnesium Extrusions?
You’ve found them. The full range of magnesium extrusion alloys is now available from Magnesium Elektron. For standard alloys, hard-to-find legacy a... more...

Magnesium Elektron Wins Award for Best Scientific Paper
Manchester UK – 28th February 2011. At the prestigious 2010 TMS international materials conference, Magnesium Elektron was proud to be awarded the ‘Be... more...

Industrial Technologies Program partners with CANMET-MTL
Industrial Technologies Program partners with CANMET-MTL on Advanced Materials for Clean Energy. A one-of-a-kind rolling mill has been co-designed by ... more...

Magnesium Elektron Signs Joint Research Agreement with POSCO
Magnesium Elektron, a subsidiary of the LUXFER Group, and South Korean steel maker POSCO, the world’s third largest steel producer, have signed an agr... more...

Magnesium Elektron Establishes Integrated Extrusion Facility
Demand for Lightweight Magnesium Components Drives Investment in New Extrusion Facility ... more...

IMA 2010 Environmental Responsibility Award
Manchester, UK - 22nd June 2010. Magnesium Elektron UK has once again been recognised for their dedication to environmental improvements, this time fr... more...

Hart Metals Receives Congressional Funding
Tamaqua, PA, USA - 11th February, 2010. Hart Metals Inc., a magnesium powder manufacturer in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, has received $1.6 million in feder... more...

New Magnesium Forming Technologies for the Aeronautical Industry
Madison, IL, USA & Manchester, UK - 21st December 2009. Magnesium Elektron has played a key role in the European consortium research program MagFormi... more...

Award Winning Poster Demonstrates Novel Microengineering Idea
Manchester UK - 1st November 2009: Magnesium Elektron UK Graphic Arts sponsors Mat Simpkins' replica Cicada wing. Could photochemical etching be ... more...

New Magnesium Armor Plate MIL Spec
Madison, IL, USA - 16th October 2009: Magnesium Elektron North America Inc. is proud to announce its involvement in the new MIL-DTL-32333 specificatio... more...

New Immersion Ultrasonic Testing Service
Manchester, UK – 22nd September 2009: Magnesium Elektron UK announces its new immersion ultrasonic testing service... more...

Caring for the Environment Paramount at Magnesium Elektron UK
Third Successive ISO 14001 Audit Passed with Full Compliance; Manchester, UK - 11th August 2009: Magnesium Elektron UK announced today their third su... more...

Elektron 21 included in the top of the ESA specification
Manchester, UK - August 3rd 2009: Magnesium Elektron UK announced today the inclusion of their newest high performance casting alloy, Elektron 21, int... more...

Elektron Alloys Demonstrate Superior Flammability Resistance
Manchester NJ, USA and Manchester, UK - 24th March 2009. Preliminary flammability testing performed by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) de... more...

Luxfer Agrees to Acquire Revere
MANCHESTER: 6th September 2007: Luxfer Group today announced that they had reached agreement to acquire the assets and business of Revere Graphics Wor... more...

Elektron 21 to be included in MMPDS-03 Design Handbook
Manchester, UK, and Manchester, NJ, USA – 11th May 2007. Magnesium Elektron announced today the inclusion of their latest high performance magnesium s... more...

Magnesium Elektron Graphic Art Products Introduces Elektron-Etch
Madison (USA) - April 2006. A New Choice in Magnesium Etching Oil Additives. After years of research and development, Magnesium Elektron Graphic Art... more...

New Wrought Technology Set to Challenge Aluminium and Titanium
Manchester (UK) - 11 July 2005. Magnesium Elektron today announced that a radical new high temperature, high strength, lightweight wrought alloy, ELEK... more...

MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON SIGNS AJ LICENSE AGREEMENT
Manchester (UK), Toronto (Canada) – 4th April 2005: Magnesium Elektron and Noranda Inc. today announced the signing of a license and technology agreem... more...

Magnesium Elektron at NACExpo 2005
Magnesium Elektron will exhibiting at the NACExpo 2005 in Houston, Texas, from April 3rd to April 7th. NACExpo 2005 will feature more than 500 exhibit... more...

MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON SIGNS LTA WITH LEADING AUTO MANUFACTURER
Manchester UK – 2nd December: Magnesium Elektron, world leader in the development, production and supply of lightweight magnesium alloys, today announ... more...

ISO APPROVAL FOR MAGNESIUM ELEKTRON’S PLANT IN CZECH REPUBLIC
Magnesium Elektron’s recycling plant in Litvinov, Czech Republic has been accredited with ISO 9001 : 2000 status.... more...

5 Tonne Anode- Innovation in Cathodic Protection on a Grand Scale
22nd March 2004. Magnesium Elektron has announced the launch of a new, high performance, magnesium sacrificial anode that will be shown to the public... more...

Magnesium Elektron Launches New High Performance Magnesium Alloy
25th November 2003. Magnesium Elektron has announced the launch of a new high performance magnesium alloy, ELEKTRON® 21, at meetings in San Antonio, ... more...

Magnesium Recycling Brief - 2003
An insight into the High Pressure Die Casting and Recycling industry... more...

Magnesium Recycling for the 21st Century
Magnesium Elektron’s new magnesium recycling facility in Litvinov, Czech Republic has been running at capacity since the middle of 2002, having achiev... more...