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H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders (H.C. Starck), a member of Masan High-Tech Materials Corporation, now offers special tungsten powders and complementary innovation services for 3D printing (also known as "additive manufacturing") under the 'starck2print' trademark. High flow ability and optimized particle size distribution make the powders particularly suitable for additive manufacturing processes such as powder bed-based laser beam melting and selective electron beam. Complementing existing products, H.C. Starck also develops special blends to meet individual customers' specific needs within the framework of application technology cooperation. Sustainability H.C. Starck's "starck2print" powders are produced by reducing tungsten oxide in a hydrogen atmosphere. This particularly efficient process makes for consistent production quality at customers’ facilities thanks to the products’ consistently high purity. The over-100-year-old company's extensive recycling expertise also … [Read more...] about Masan High-Tech Materials introduces tungsten powders for 3D printing

H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders (H.C. Starck), a member of Masan High-Tech Materials Corporation, now offers special tungsten powders and complementary innovation services for 3D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – under the trademark starck2print. High flow and optimised particle size distribution make the powders particularly suitable for additive manufacturing processes such as powder-bed-based laser beam melting or selective electron beam printing. Complementing its existing products, H.C. Starck also offers to develop special blends for individual customers' specific needs. H.C. Starck's starck2print powders are produced by reducing tungsten oxide in a hydrogen atmosphere. This particularly efficient process contributes to stable production quality at customers’ facilities thanks to the products’ consistently high purity. The over-100-year-old company's extensive recycling expertise also enables the creation of a closed loop, within which the tungsten … [Read more...] about Masan High-Tech Materials introduces tungsten powders

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Malaysian Government will focus on three main issues this year to achieve high-income nation status by 2026, including fiscal strengthening by focusing on increasing revenue and spending rationalisation. According to the country’s Ministry of Economy, Malaysia will identify new sources of growth including high-tech industries and prioritise digitisation such as electrics and electronics, aerospace, smart agriculture and biomass and reform the economic structure towards a higher value chain. The ministry said that the country’s government will identify new sources of growth including high-tech industries and prioritise digitisation such as electricity and electronics, aerospace, smart agriculture and biomass, along with reforming the economic structure towards a higher value chain. It will also focus on developing an economy based on the service sector, empowering micro, small and medium enterprises and encouraging research, development, … [Read more...] about Malaysia focuses on three issues to become high-income nation by 2026

In a remarkable turn for a company that has long touted its job creation, Amazon will have eliminated 27,000 positions in recent months, or 9% of its roughly 300,000-strong corporate workforce. The latest cuts focus on Amazon's highly-profitable cloud and advertising divisions, once seen as untouchable until economic concerns led business customers to scrutinize their spending. The layoffs will affect Amazon's streaming unit Twitch as well. Dan Clancy, who was named as CEO of Twitch last week, said the platform will lay off more than 400 employees. Amazon aims to finalize whom it will terminate in the new round of job cuts by April. The company's stock fell 1.8%. The decision follows a near-endless drumbeat of layoff news in the technology sector that has seen some of the world's most valuable corporations, among them Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc, sever ties with staggering numbers of employees they once courted in droves. "I don't think this means much for … [Read more...] about Amazon deepens tech-sector gloom with another 9,000 layoffs

In the first two months of this year, Da Nang licenced 16 new FDI projects with a total registered capital of 2.55 million USD, a decrease of 53.6% in value year-on-year. To date, the city has lured 965 FDI projects with a total registered capital of over 4.065 billion USD, mostly in industry and real estate. Da Nang will focus on completing infrastructure projects in the development of high-tech industry, information technology and logistics. It is accelerating the completion and upgrading the technical infrastructure of industrial zones and expanding the hi-tech park. Da Nang aims to attract 7 billion USD of FDI by 2030./. VNA … [Read more...] about Da Nang revives FDI inflow

How can 5G and digital transformation impact the performance of industries such as manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and e-commerce over the coming years? Denis Brunetti, president of Ericsson in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos As a critical digital national infrastructure, 5G has the potential to significantly transform society, industries, and the economy, as well as benefiting the environment. In the past, developing economies depended on traditional inputs to fuel growth, such as low-cost labour and natural resources. Moving forward, the new economy will increasingly depend on more sustainable inputs, such as science, technology and innovation, whereby data will become the new oil that creates as much as drives a more inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development, securing broader range prosperity for all. Through 5G, the introduction of Industry 4.0 will be accelerated across thousands of factory floors in Vietnam, enabling robots, digital twin … [Read more...] about Going digital and green in partnership with Ericsson

By Nguyen Manh Hung - Minister of Information and Communications The MIC aims to organise conferences and forums overseas that will focus on investment promotion, digital trade, and Vietnamese digital technology. It will also advise the government to sign digital partnership agreements with other countries, and establish a consulting group to support businesses that expand past our borders. And each month, the ministry will organise at least one event to help digital technology enterprises do business abroad. Going abroad means competing with the best. This is the way for our businesses to become internationally competitive. It also brings Vietnam’s knowledge and digital technology to the world, and means Vietnam can contribute to the development of humanity. Going abroad means taking on new challenges, expanding the knowledge system, and learning to build Vietnam, all to help improve the nation’s standing in the world. Without doing this, without competition, without … [Read more...] about Expanding across borders to close the digital gap

Vietnam is striving to lure more Japanese investments to digital transformation and green growth, as recommended in the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative (VJI). Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Phase VIII of the initiative, launched in 2003, concluded in March 2023, under which 497 out of the 597 items were completed. To promote its role, the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment proposed building a cooperation programme between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of the two countries, focusing on digital transformation, support industry and personnel training. Japanese SMEs have capacity, experience and high tech, and Vietnamese firms have abundant human resources, which is reciprocal during their development cooperation. The ministry suggested the Japanese side take more specific solutions and supplement workforce to further support Vietnamese enterprises in improving their capacity and competitiveness, and participating intensively in … [Read more...] about Vietnam attracting Japanese investments to new areas

Hanoi is facing an increasingly tight space for breeding, as the city has the highest livestock density in the country. Hanoi possesses all the necessary elements to promote public-private cooperation in developing the livestock industry. Safe livestock production in Soc Son District. Photo: Tung Nguyen Nguyen Xuan Dung, Chairman of the Animal Husbandry Association of Vietnam (AHAV), made the remarks on March 16 at a conference on public-private partnership (PPP) in animal husbandry. Dung added Hanoi boasts abundant resources in terms of human capital, materials, knowledge, ambition, businesses, institutions, and educational establishments, which are potential players in such a partnership. Data from the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development suggested the total number of buffaloes in Hanoi had increased by 4.1% to 28,700 heads by February 2023, while the cow herd decreased by 0.1% to 128,400 heads. The pig herd had increased by 3.7% to 1.4 … [Read more...] about Hanoi promotes public-private partnership to boost livestock production

Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communications, said that 2023 is a year for practical implementation of national strategies. These include separate plans on cybersecurity and safety; digital data; digital infrastructure; the digital tech industry; and digital government, economy, and society. VIR to host the 2 nd Digital Transformation forum on March 21 ”This is the time to create practical results and values. The ministry (MIC) must stand out to ensure the quality of the data connection, and ensure the quality of inter-ministerial and inter-local public services,” he said. “Currently, a number of public services when connected with IT systems of other ministries or localities have degraded quality or cannot perform.” The MIC will amend a number of laws and decrees to make new regulations more feasible to better development and management, while using advanced technologies to solve traditional problems in Vietnam while creating great value, Minister … [Read more...] about Strengthening ties to enable a greener digital transition