COMPANY NEWS - TOSHIBA CORP INCREASES PRODUCTION OF BALL BEARINGS

Advanced Ceramics Report, September, 1992

Toshiba Corp of Tokyo, Japan, has invested about YEN500 million in its Keihin plant to increase its production of ceramic ball bearings to 300 000 pieces per month.

The company can now produce silicon nitride bearings with diameters in the range 0.1-51 mm, reports the Daily Industrial News.

For further information, contact: Toshiba Corp, Public Communications Office, 1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan; tel: 81-3-457-2105; fax: 81-3-456-4776.

The UK research group AEA Technology has won a GBP253 000, three-year contract to provide a National Standards Facility for the measurement of thermal diffusivity in thin films and coatings. The contract has come from the UK Department of Trade and Industry. The work will make use of existing thermal...

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