October 2021

Ink World

Evonik intends to divest its Lülsdorf site in the medium term. More detailed plans will be drawn up by spring 2022. The aim is to transfer the entire site to a new owner, although the sale of parts of the business to various interested parties will also be considered.

Manila Bulletin

The Malaysia government is backing 12 of its private engineering companies in seeking to strengthen its foothold in the Philippine railway development projects.
From DOTR website — railways projects

3D Printing Industry

Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) and automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group are partnering to carry out four pilot projects exploring how 3D printing and artificial intelligence (AI) can transform the manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs).

ScienceDirect Publication: Surface and Coatings Technology

SiO2 coatings doped with four different functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (COOH-GNPs) concentrations (from 0.005 to 1 wt%) were deposited on AZ31 magnesium substrates to control the corrosion rate and to increase the cytocompatibility of this alloy for MC3T3 pre-osteoblastic cells, to develop biodegradable implants for bone fracture and orthopedic applications.

Shanghai Daily

A 3D-printed park with a total area of 5,523 square meters and a greening rate of 88 percent was recently unveiled at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center in south China. According to a report by Askci, a market consultancy based in Shenzhen, the scale of China’s 3D printing industry reached 20.3 billion yuan (US$3.14 billion) in 2020, accounting for 24 percent of the global total and an increase of 31 percent compared with 2019. It is estimated to reach 25.1 billion yuan in 2021, up 24 percent from last year.