China’s forging industry has made remarkable progress since 1978.

It gives me pleasure to bring readers news of heat-treatment activities in Europe.

The immigrants who arrived in Brazil around the year 1500 were quite interested in discovering natural treasures that could mean fame and fortune.

Automation in China’s die-forging industry began in the 1970s. It aimed to reduce labor intensity, enhance productivity and improve the quality of forgings.

It was a sad to learn of the retirement of Robert Wood, now ex-general secretary of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE).

Immigrants from around the world constitute what Brazil is today – a country where all races are present. This immigration helped create the Brazil we know today.

From 2000 to 2011, the machinery manufacturing industry in China increased annually by at least 15%.

While there is a great need for academic research and understanding of the metallurgical events that happen during the thermal treatment of any metal, there is an even greater need for that understanding to be given to the person on the shop floor.

In my first column (January 2015), I wrote about the reason for the existence of the Portuguese language in Brazil. Now I would like to talk about the origin of the Brazilian people, which helps explain in some ways my name, Udo Fiorini (German mixed with Italian).

As secretary of The Contract Heat Treatment Association (the U.K.’s equivalent of MTI) and editor of its Hotline newsletter, I take a keen interest in upcoming global events that promise to expand our industry’s knowledge base and capabilities.