WCA March 2009

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Prizes for Plasmait

The Spanish company Hormesa, based in Madrid, has merged with Conticast of the UK. group will produce continuous casting plants, including continuous horizontal casting and vertical upwards continuous casting (VUCC) machines in three versions: gas, induction and graphite technology. Production capacities range from 1,000 TPY up to 10,000 TPY, depending on requirements. Continuous casting merger The Hormesa–Conticast

The VUCC systems are used to produce oxygen-free copper rod as well as many different alloys, such as brass, bronze and CuMg. The group can also supply accessories for casting plants and further processes. Hormesa Group – Spain Fax : +34 91 884 4382 Email : hormesa@hormesa.com Website : www.hormesa.com Conticast – UK Website : www.conticast.com

At the third Enquete award ceremony in Vienna in November 2008, Plasmait GmbH was presented with the inno- vation award for a research project conducted in collaboration with the institute Zentrum für Elektronen- mikroskopie Graz (ZFE). The project investigated plasma coating on ceramic materials with the purpose of process optimisation in industrial plasma heat and surface treatment applications.

The Plasmait team at Enquete m m

This is Plasmait’s second innovation award in two years. In September 2007 Plasmait won the Fast Forward Innovation Award, awarded by the Styrian Development Agency (SFG), for its environmentally-friendly heat and surface treatment process for endless non-ferrous materials. This was the third year that Austrian Cooperation Research (ACR) ran the award competition. The purpose of the competition is to promote, encourage and facilitate cooperation between small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and non-university research institutions in Austria. The prizes were funded in association with the Federal Ministry for Industry and Work in Austria (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit – BMWA). At the award ceremony, Dr Johann Jäger, president of ACR, emphasised the importance of cooperative research to SMEs, “Especially in applied research, it is the SMEs that benefit the most from incentives that encourage their cooperation with research institutions. We are therefore committed to give this area close attention in future.”

Plasmait GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 3182 524754 Email : info@plasmait.com Website : www.plasmait.com

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