news.qxp 2/19/2009 10:32 AM Page 1 ® The Materials Information Society ASM NEWS www.asminternational.org IN THIS ISSUE Sue Baik-Kromalic named 50 to lead 2009 Nominating Committee Nominate Candidates Members of the 2009 Nomi- The 2009 Nominating Committee members are: for the TSS Board nating Committee have been Dr. Viola L. Acoff, Professor, University of Ala- selected and Ms. Sue Baik- bama, nominated by the Handbook Committee. Kromalic, Staff Engineering of Dr. Iver E. Anderson, FASM, Senior Metallur- 51 Corporate Planning, Honda of gist, Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, nominated Supporting Young America Manufacturing, Inc. by the Awards Policy Committee. has been elected chair by ASM’s Mr. Patrick I. Anderson, Senior Materials En- Professionals Board of Trustees. A member of gineer, The Timken Company, Canton, Ohio, ASM International since 1988, nominated by the Emerging Professionals Com- Sue served as Trustee of from 2005-2008, served mittee and the Canton-Massillon Chapter. 52 on the ASM Materials Education Foundation Dr. Robert L. Freed, Senior Consultant, DuPont President Fabian Board, was ASM Columbus Chapter Chair, ASM Company, Wilmington, Del., nominated by the Membership Development Chair, member of the Education Committee. Visits Chapters ASM Chapter Council, and member of the Dr. Elizabeth A. Holm, FASM, Distinguished Chapter Development Task Force. In 2004, Sue Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National co-chaired the Material Solution Materials Mini Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.Mex. nominated 53 Camp in Columbus, Ohio. by the International Materials Reviews Com- Officers appoint members: ASM President, mittee. Rath Receives India’s Roger J. Fabian, FASM; Vice President Frederick Dr. Marian S. Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Padma Bushan Award J. Lisy, FASM; and Immediate Past President Di- Clemson University, Clemson, S.C., nominated anne Chong, FASM have appointed nine mem- by the Web Committee. bers to the Nominating Committee from among Dr. Richard F. Lynch, President, Lynch & As- 54 candidates proposed by chapters, committees, sociates, Inc., Wyckoff, N.J., nominated by the councils, and ASM Affiliate Society boards. This Metro New York-New Jersey Chapter. George Quinn Retires is in accordance with the ASM International Con- Dr. Christian Moreau, FASM, Group Leader, from NIST stitution. Industrial Materials Institute, National Research The committee is responsible for selecting a Council Canada, nominated by Thermal Spray nominee for vice president-trustee (one-year Society. 55 term) and for nominating three trustees (three- Mr. Richard J. Ross, Consultant, Essex Junc- year terms). Members do not select a candidate tion, Vt., nominated by the Electronic Device Architectural Metals for president of the society, because according to Failure Analysis Society. Expert Profiled Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, the of- The Nominating Committee will meet April 21- fice of president shall be filled for a period of one 22, 2009, and its recommended slate of officers ASM NEWS year by succession of the vice president. will be published in the June ASM News. Submit news of ASM and its members, Production of aluminum can reaches golden milestone: chapters, and affiliate societies to Eileen De Guire, associate editor AM&P, CoorsTek honored as Historical Landmark of ASM International ASM International, by Dr. George Krauss, FASM 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073; This technological innovation is as close as your tel: 440/338-5151, ext. 5545; refrigerator: The production of the first seamless fax: 440/338-4634; and recyclable aluminum can has been celebrated e-mail: eileen.deguire@ as an Historical Landmark of ASM International, asminternational.org. the materials information society. CONTACT ASM The award commemorates the CoorsTek facility Contact ASM International in Golden as the site where the first aluminum at 9639 Kinsman Road, can was produced under the direction of William Materials Park, OH 44073; K. Coors, Joseph Coors and colleagues 50 years tel: 440/338-5151, ext. 0, ago, on Jan. 22, 1959. This invention revolution- ized the beer and consumer packaged goods in- or 800/336-5152, ext. 0 From left: John K. Coors, chairman, president, and CEO dustry and spurred recycling efforts nationwide. (toll free in U.S. and Canada); of CoorsTek; William (Bill) Coors, inventor of the alu- “We are proud to be a part of history and the re- fax: 440/338-4634; minum can; George Krauss, ASM past president. cycling revolution that resulted from this inno- e-mail: customerservice@ vative aluminum can invention,” Pete Coors, was president of Adolph Coors Company, began asminternational.org; chairman of MillerCoors, said. researching with his staff engineers, the feasibility website: www.asminternational.org. In 1957, William K. Coors (Bill), who at the time Continued on next page ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES/MARCH 2009 49 news.qxp 2/18/2009 8:42 AM Page 2 ASM NEWS Historical Landmark CoorsTek honored, continued Award of a recyclable aluminum container for beer. At the time, beer was packaged in tin containers that not only gave beer an aftertaste, but also re- sulted in an environmental issue due to waste. Nominations Aluminum allowed the company to deliver now being accepted for fresher tasting beer to consumers without needing pasteurization and was 100 percent re- ASM Thermal Spray cyclable. Society board “Over the following 25 years, aluminum would eventually replace steel as the material of choice, The terms of four current and cans would replace bottles as our favorite members of the ASM Thermal containers,” said George Krauss, past president Spray Society Board will and Honorary Member of ASM International, Bill Coors displays the new aluminum beverage can, expire in October 2009. The who presented the ASM Historical Landmark circa 1959. ASM TSS Nominating award. first cans needed an opener with a sharp point Committee is currently to puncture the top in two places. Due to their seeking nominations to fill Remarks by Prof. Krauss, university professor size, those heavy openers were known as these four positions. emeritus at Colorado School of Mines, during “church keys.” In accordance with the TSS the presentation of the ASM Historical Land- Until the dawn of the Space Age, steel flat-tops Rules of Governance, the mark Award on Jan. 22, 2009. were how Americans bought much of their bev- Nominating Committee is It’s a privilege for me to represent the officers, erages. Then came the revolution of 1959. particularly seeking nominees Board, and worldwide membership of ASM In- That’s when the two-piece aluminum beverage for four directors from the ternational today. I’m pleased today to be joined can made its commercial debut right here at academic, user, service, inter- by my fellow ASM members from the Rocky Coors Brewing Company. national, and government/ Mountain Chapter: district representative You don’t have to be a metallurgist to appre- research communities. Stephen Liu and chapter secretary Juan Carlos ciate the benefits of aluminum. For example, Nominations, however, are Madeni. All three of us are did you know that an alu- welcome from all segments of also proud to represent the minum can chills faster and the thermal spray community. Colorado School of Mines. stays colder than any other Nominees must be members First, I’d like to provide beverage container? That it’s of the ASM Thermal Spray some background about the lighter and easier to package Society and must be endorsed ASM Historical Landmark and carry than steel? And by five TSS members. Board Award itself. The purpose of that it’s the most recycled members whose terms are this award designation is to drink container in the world? expiring may be eligible for preserve our materials her- Once Coors showed America nomination and possible itage, and to make people all how to do it, the era of alu- re-election on an equal basis over the world more aware of minum beer cans began. with any other nominee. the many pioneering mile- Over the following 25 years, Nominations must be received stones of metalworking and The ASM Landmark Award. aluminum would eventually no later than May 15, 2009. materials technology. replace steel as the material of choice, and cans Instructions and nomination The first ASM Historical Landmark Award was would replace bottles as our favorite containers. forms are available at presented in 1972, marking the site of the first As brewers began making their own cans on- http://tss.asminternational.org. Heroult-type, electric steel-making furnace in site, technological innovation would make the For more information, please the Western Hemisphere. In the 36 years since cans even better. The pull-tab was invented contact Sarina Pastoric at then, a total of 119 Historical Landmarks have during the early 1960, and eliminated the need 440/338-5151 ext. 5513, or been named, including the site we honor today. for a church-key opener. Cans that were welded email Sarina.pastoric@ ASM Historical Landmarks are located in Brazil, at the seam gave way to the seamless, extruded asminternational.org. Canada, and Mexico. They are located in Aus- (and later, drawn and ironed) cans that we have tria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, today. Sweden, and the United Kingdom. They are lo- Perhaps most significant of all, the aluminum cated in Japan and India, and of course they are can is the only packaging solution that is 100 per- located throughout the United States. cent recyclable. More than 50 percent of all alu- Today marks the second site in Colorado to be minum cans in the U.S. get recycled, saving en- designated as an ASM Historical Landmark, the ergy and minimizing waste. In fact, the weight other being the Climax Molybdenum Complex. of the 1.7 million pounds of aluminum cans re- Now, molybdenum is very important because cycled in 2001 was equal to the weight of 14 air- it has the eighth-highest melting point of any el- craft carriers! ement, and for this reason it is often used in high- So in conclusion, let me say again that it is an strength steel alloys.