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American Superabrasives Corp. ........................................................................................... 17Apogee Precision Parts ........................................................................................................... 25China Abrasives Import & Export Corp. .......................................................................... 13Cinetic Landis Corp. – CITCO Products ................................................................................ 6Element Six .......................................................................................................................... OBCEngis Corporation ................................................................................................................ IBCILJIN USA, Inc. ...................................................................................................................... 16Innovative Organics ................................................................................................................ 28Lands Superabrasives Co. ....................................................................................................... 5Nanyang Zhongnan Diamond Co., Ltd. ........................................................................... IFCsp3 Diamond Technologies ................................................................................................... 26Worldwide Superabrasives LLC ............................................................................................... 7

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FINER POINTS is the oldest publication devoted exclusively to the understanding, selection andapplication of diamond, cubic boron nitride and related materials. It is edited for recipients who areinvolved in some way with these “superabrasives”, either as providers of the materials, producers ofproducts containing the materials or users of these products (e.g., grinding wheels, dressing tools,drill bits, saw blades, sawing wires, cutting tools, polishing compounds, CVD film products, etc.).

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A Finer Point of View...Over the last 10-15 years China hasemerged as the largest producer ofdiamond in the world, I, like many, havebeen following with increased interest theevolution of the quality of Chinesediamond. China has acquired areputation for flooding the world marketwith low cost/low quality diamond whichhas been mainly used in less challengingapplications. However, in recent years, thequality of many Chinese diamond grades(particularly saw diamond) has greatlyimproved while the cost advantage hasbeen maintained the result being thecommoditization of the syntheticdiamond market. The fact that Chinesediamond has received recognition outsideChina is documented by import statisticsof many countries, including U.S.

On a recent trip to China, I had theopportunity to learn of sometechnological developments by a selectnumber of diamond synthesizers, whichcontributed primarily to the improvementof the quality of Chinese saw gradediamond. Based on recent developmentof the belt-like cubic press process, whichcombines the advantages of both belt andcubic HPHT processes, coupled with theimplementation of the well establishedpowder capsule technology and theindirect heating technique, high quality,large grit-size saw grade diamond is beingnow produced in large quantities inChina. However, given the large numberof diamond synthesizers, and thediffering levels of technologicaladvancement, consistency of the Chinesediamond grades still represents atremendous challenge for both thediamond synthesizers and the end users.Despite world-class business andmanufacturing capabilities, China stillsuffers from its reputation of a copycatmanufacturer. The lack of technologicalknow-how, systems integration, and theability to design new products fromscratch and get them to themanufacturing line, still representobstacles they need to overcome.However, this will likely happen soonerrather than later.

I use the evolution of the quality ofChinese saw grade diamond as anattempt to illustrate the mechanics oftoday’s world superabrasives industry and,hopefully, to convey a message: the needfor increased U.S. R&D efforts in all areasof superabrasives industry. Unfortunately,the 2008 National Science Board reportentitled “U.S. Basic Research: A Need forSerious National Attention”, signals withconcern the stagnation and even declinein some areas, in support for R&D andespecially basic research. In light of thegrowing importance of knowledge-basedindustries in the global economy, thesetrends are particularly alarming. Theconfluence of these indicators raises

important questions regarding the futureof U.S. competitiveness in internationalmarkets and the future existence of highlyskilled jobs at home. Add this disturbingtrend, to the well-known history the U.S.has in watching other countries capitalizeon what were originally Americaninnovations (i.e. VCR, magnetic levitationtrain, silicon chip, computer, etc.) andone is asked to question the long termprospective of the U.S. superabrasivesindustry. The manufacturing, selection,qualification, and use of superabrasiveproducts are becoming ever morecomplex. Add to that the competitivepressure from outside the U.S. and theneed for increased U.S. R&D within thesuperabrasives industry becomes greaterthan ever. I believe the IDA membercompanies should take into account thesetrends when formulating their long-termstrategies. We should understand thesechallenges (particularly the steps theChinese have taken to further themselvesin the superabrasives industry), and useour creativity and R&D capabilities tocontinually innovate and stay ahead. As amatter of fact, many of the superabrasiveproducts and technologies have beendiscovered in this country and thenduplicated elsewhere. The IDA should bethe conduit for the U.S. superabrasivesindustry to unite and grow in strengthand technology, by promoting the IDAmembers not only to the abrasivesmarket, but also to US governmentagencies to gain funding for R&D in ourindustry.

Hopefully, we can all overcome our feargenerated by the current recession, andlook further to the future to make sure wehave one tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Ion C. Benea, Ph.D., PresidentIndustrial Diamond Association of America

PRESIDENTIon C. Benea, Ph.D.

Industrial DiamondAssociation ofAmerica, Inc.

PRESIDENTIon C. Benea, Ph.D.Engis Corporation

VICE PRESIDENTDavid L. EdwardsAction Superabrasive Products, Inc.

SECRETARY/TREASURERR. Christian WinkelWorldwide Superabrasives

PAST PRESIDENTMartin DeakinsDiamond Innovations

BOARD OF DIRECTORSTroy Heuermann (09-11)3M Abrasive Systems Division

William R. Herbst (07-09)Advanced Superabrasives, Inc.

Dwayne (Mike) Mustin (07-09)American Superabrasives Corp.

Edward E. Galen (07-09)Cinetic Landis Corp – CITCO Products

William J. Tully (06-08)Element Six

Jay K.R. Lunzer (08-10)Lunzer, Inc.

David M. Simpson (09-11)Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc.Materials Group

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMr. Terry M. KaneIndustrial Diamond Associationof America, Inc.P.O. Box 29460Columbus, Ohio 43229Phone: 614-797-2265FAX: 614-797-2264

E-Mail: tkane-ida@insight.rr.com

Website: www.superabrasives.org

FINER POINTS is the official publication of theIndustrial Diamond Association of America, Inc. andis published fours times a year. Contributions arewelcomed but the Editor reserves the right to acceptor reject any material for publication. All by-linedarticles published in this magazine represent solelythe individual opinions of the writers and notnecessarily those of the Industrial DiamondAssociation. Executive and Editorial Offices: FinerPoints, P.O. Box 29460, Columbus, Ohio 43229,(614) 797-2265. Editor and Advertising, Terry Kane.Advertising rates and deadlines available uponrequest. Copyright 2002. Material in FINER POINTSmay not be reproduced in any form without expresswritten consent.

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FINDING PURE HARMONY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADEThe international community has established a Harmonized System of numbering import andexport products and any business selling to an international customer has to assign aHarmonization System code number to shipped products. Harmonization Codes are specificidentifiers for a commodity. This number is an aggregate series starting with a broad two-digitcategory range. For instance, 68-71 is everything under “Stone & Glass”. Next comes a two-digitidentifier such as 71, which are “Pearls, stones, precious metals, imitation jewelry, coins etc”. Then is a4-digit identifier like 7102, which is “Dust & powder of natural or synthetic precious or semipreciousstone”. A 6-digit identifier defines the commodity a little further such as 710510 “Dust and Powder ofDiamonds” and then some commodities are taken 10 digits as 7105100025 “Diamond dust or powdersynthetic”. The Harmonized System Committee of the World Customs Organization created the4 and 6-digit codes. As signatories to the Harmonized System Convention, the USA and alltrading partners use these 4 and 6-digit codes for national tariff schedules. Beyond the 6-digitlevel, the US Congress establishes the 8-digit codes, their descriptions and their duty rates. Atthe 10-digit level, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) meets twice a year toconsider requests from other Government agencies, trade associations, etc., for statisticalbreakouts of products. Over the lastcouple of years the Industrial DiamondAssociation of America (IDA) has beenworking to better define productbreakouts in the superabrasives industryfor the Harmonization System. Our nextstep is to determine which products canbe listed separately. The Committee hasthree criteria for product breakout: (1)there must be at least $1 million annualtrade; (2) the trade to be reported underthe new product breakout must notviolate Census rules of confidentiality;and (3) the descriptions must be clearand administrable for Customs. TheUSITC is responsible for maintaining andupdating the Harmonized Tariff Scheduleof the United States, but US Customs andBorder Protection interprets andadministers the tariff, includingclassification, duty assessment andcollection, valuation, country-of-origindeterminations, procedures, etc. Since allparticipating countries report export andimport data, individual companies cansee which countries are involved, and towhat degree, in industries of interest. TheIDA receives these reports quarterly somembers can review International TradeData for superabrasive products. Toassign the proper code is extremelyimportant because these codes candetermine what the tariff may be onproducts shipped. An improper code mayresult in a higher tariff being levied on agiven product, for instance raw materialwould probably be less than a finishedtool. We have found many companies arereporting specific products like PCD,PcBN, cBN and CVD Diamond, which donot have their own code, under differentcodes. We noticed that there was nospecific classification for these productsin our industry. Diamond is listed, as arediamond wheels, but no listing exists forcBN wheels, polycrystalline materials orCVD diamond. The IDA is working toclassify specific products in our industryto reduce tariffs and to accurately trackimports/exports. Accomplishing thisproject will be a tremendous value to theIDA, its members and the industry as awhole, which will be pure harmony forthe international trade of superabrasives.

Terry Kane, Editor

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ENGIS LABORATORY OFFERSADVANCED MATERIALSEXPERTISE – Leading developer ofdiamond superabrasive finishing systems

for the manufacture of MEMS, data storage components, opticsand opto-electronics, Illinois-based Engis Corporation has createdan Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory to provide aresource for developers seeking technical support and expertise inpolishing and thinning of advanced materials. In this laboratoryexpert staff work directly with manufacturers and researchers to solve thetechnical challenges posed by processing the multitude of new materialsnow being used in the production environment. Engis provides products,services and technological advances in several key areas including: diamondflat lapping/polishing, diamond and CBN-plated tools, bore finishing tools andmachines, tool room products and accessories along with R&D and technical support. Forfurther information visit www.engis.com

VOLLMER OF AMERICA HOSTED THEISKA (International Saw and KnifeAssociation) SEMINAR – The seminar was heldat their US headquarters in Carnegie,

Pennsylvania. Over 50 attendees representing 28 different companieswere present to hear guest speakers discuss sharpening of HSS andCarbide Saws, selection of grinding wheels, overviews of diamondtooling, and measuring techniques. The speakers represented sixdifferent companies from North America and Europe.

ABRASIVE TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCESENHANCED WEBSITE – Lewis Center, OH, July 9, 2009– Abrasive Technology, a worldwide leader in themanufacturing of superabrasive grinding and toolingproducts, is pleased to announce an enhanced version of itswebsite: www.abrasive-tech.com. The new version features a bright, new look on the homepage, with improved access to product offerings and information, while maintaining the site’sexisting e-commerce capabilities. Features of the enhanced site include: Company productcapabilities, New functionality allowing visitors to self select how Abrasive Technology canbest serve their needs, a new Spotlight section showcasing the Company’s latest news andproducts and on-line literature. Additionally customers may continue to order on-line, as wellas access their order history, quotes, open orders and invoices.

HAAS INTRODUCES LIMITED-EDITION TONY STEWART MACHINE! –Oxnard, CA – To commemorate thehistoric partnership betweencelebrated NASCAR driver Tony

Stewart and Haas Automation founder Gene Haas – co-owners of Stewart-Haas Racing –Haas Automation is building a Limited-Edition Tony Stewart VF-2SS VMC. TheLimited-Edition (Haas Automation will build only 75 of these speciallydesigned machines during 2009) Tony Stewart Haas VF-2SS features aspecial racing paint scheme, and sports decals of Tony's signatureand the No. 14 of his NASCAR ride. To complete the look, theStewart-Haas Racing logo is etched in stainless steel below themachine's control pendant. "The Tony Stewart VF-2SS provideslegendary Haas performance in a great looking, race-inspiredpackage," said Gene Haas. Each will feature an engraved andnumbered aluminum plaque personally signed by Tony Stewart, andinclude a certificate of authenticity. For further information contact: E-Mail:srathburn@haascnc.com or visit: www.haascnc.com

CITCO HIRES NEW SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR – Chardon, OH – JohnLeone has been hired as Director of Sales and Marketing of CITCO, a specialistof diamond and cBN products, forming with Gardner Abrasives theConsumables Operations of Cinetic Landis Corp., members of the Fives Cinetic

Division of the global Fives Group of companies. John Leone comes toCITCO with an extensive sales and marketing background in industrialhighly engineered products. He has worked with direct sales personnel,independent manufacturer’s representatives and distributors worldwide.

Mr. Leone has been active member of many professional organizations including the SAE anda committee member for the SPE.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TYROLIT IS NOWOFFERING WEBINARS. – Webinar is short for Web-basedseminar, a presentation, lecture, or seminar that is transmitted overthe Web. A key feature of a Webinar is its interactive elements bothpresenter and the audience are able to communicate in this forum.

This format allows TYROLIT to provide the customer with a cost-effective solution for training.TYROLIT conducted its first webinar on Tuesday, March 31st and another in June 2009. Thewebinar, Thinking Super - Superabrasive Tooling was attended by eight different companies.For more information contact Jamie Crowe Jamie.

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NEW 4 AXIS RECEIVER SOLVESINDUSTRIAL ALIGNMENT PROBLEMSPeabody, MA, June 2009 – Pinpoint Laser Systems® isannouncing a new four axis Microgage Receiver thatprovides useful alignment information for evaluating andcorrecting machinery alignment problems. The new 4DMicrogage Receiver measures two linear axes X & Y and their two angular componentsyaw & pitch. The two linear axes show how well machinery is aligned along a commoncenterline and the angular readouts show if parallelism problems are present. The new 4DMicrogage Receiver is ideal for aligning lathes, turning centers, spindles as well asmoving linear slides, rams and pistons, injection molding machinery, moving mechanicalsub-assemblies and more. For additional information contact Pinpoint LaserSystems at info@pinlaser.com.

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LARGE LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS NOWECONOMICAL FOR INDUSTRIALAPPLICATIONSSarasota, FL – The Gemesis Corporation has announcedthat it is now producing laboratory-grown diamonds insizes over five carats and at prices attractive for

industrial users. “With larger sizes and lower prices per carat,” explained Stephen D.Lux, Gemesis CEO, “we believe that we are offering industrial users an opportunity touse lab-grown diamonds in applications for which only natural diamonds or lesser-quality materials have been used in the past. Plus, we can saw and deliver to specificrequirements.” The laboratory-grown diamonds offer many benefits: large crystals,clean material, consistent characteristics, reliable supply, competitive pricing, andenvironmentally responsible production. Gemesis (www.gemesis.com) invitesprospective users to explore opportunities directlywith the Company’s Vice President of Marketing,Martin DeRoy mderoy@gemesis.com.

RENISHAW'S NEW RESOLUTE™ OPTICALENCODER SYSTEM IS THE WORLD’S FIRSTTRUE ABSOLUTE ENCODER CAPABLE OF27-BIT RESOLUTION AT 36,000 RPMFine-pitch system delivers true absolutepositioning in linear or rotary models.Unique single-track scale eliminatesde-phasing from misalignment,allows wider setup tolerances.The fine-pitch system offersexcellent dirt immunity, whiledelivering market-leadingresolution of just 1 nanometer atup to 100 m/s, for both linear andangle encoding applications. Thesystem's ruggedness, ultra-high speed capability andexceptional resolution make it ideal for high-performancelathes, as well as slower-moving axes requiring thehighest levels of precision and motion control integrity.For more information on the RESOLUTE optical encoder,Email: howard.salt@renishaw.com or visitRenishaw's web site at:http://www.renishaw.com/encoders.

SP3 DIAMOND TECHNOLOGIES LAUNCHESTUNABLE DIAMOND COATINGS FOR WEARSURFACES Santa Clara, CA,July 14, 2009 –sp3 DiamondTechnologies, Inc.,a leading supplierof diamond filmproducts,equipment andservices, today announcedthat its chemical vapordeposition (CVD) depositioncapability has been expandedto provide diamond coatingsranging from super smoothnanocrystalline with a surface roughness of less than 10nm to controlled microcrystalline films with a surfaceroughness greater than 10 um. Additionally, sp3’s Model650 CVD diamond hot filament reactors, which are used toapply the coatings, are available for companies interestedin manufacturing diamond coated products in-house. sp3’ssuper smooth diamond is ideal for wear surfaces such asseals or bearings, while the microcrystalline films arehighly suited for applications such as chemical mechanicalplanarization (CMP) pad conditioning. For moreinformation about the company, its products andservices please visit www.sp3diamondtech.com.

August 25-28, 2009CACHOEIRO 2009 Stone FairInternational Marble and Granite FairCachoeiro, Espirito Santo, Brazilwww.cachoeirostonefair.com.br

September 6-10, 2009The 20th European Conference onDiamond, Diamond- Like Materials,Carbon Nanotubes and Nitrides Athens Ledra Marriott® HotelAthens, Greecewww.diamond-conference.elsevier.com

September 8-11, 2009European Offshore Oil & GasConferenceAberdeen Exhibition & Conference CentreAberdeen AB23 8BL, UKhttp://www.offshore-europe.co.uk

September 14-20, 2009Grind-Tec 2009Four Points by Sheraton AshevilleDowntown 22 Woodfin StreetAsheville, NC 28801, USAToll Free: 800.559.5252www.grindtecusa.com

September 15-17, 2009 Gear Expo 2009Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis, INwww.gearexpo.com

September 22-23, 200916th PLM Road Map™ ConferenceThe Inn at St. John’s44045 Five Mile RoadPlymouth, MI 48170 For information call: 251-433-7049www.cpd-associates.com

September 22-24, 2009Design & Manufacturing MidwestExposition & ConferenceDonald E. Stephens Convention CenterRosemont, ILwww.DM-Midwest.com

September 28, 2009CompositesWorld Expo 2009Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel& Convention CenterCall 513-527-8800 ext. 254www.compositesworldexpo.com

September 30 - October 3, 2009Marmomacc International Exhibition of Stone,Design and TechnologyVerona, Italyhttp://www.marmomacc.comE-mail: info@veronafiere.it

October 4-7, 2009

Saudi Build The 21th International ConstructionTechnology and Building MaterialsExhibitionRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Build The 12th International Stone and StoneTechnology ShowRiyadh, Saudi Arabiawww.recexpo.com

October 5-10, 2009EMOFiera Milano FairgroundMilan, ItalyThe “machine tool world exhibition”www.emo-milan.com

October 12-14, 2009Powder Metallurgy Congress and ExhibitionThe Bella CentreCopenhagen, Denmarkwww.epma.com/pm_2009

October 21-24, 2009Stone Expo-Las VegasLas Vegas Convention Center 3150 Paradise Road • Las Vegas, NVhttp://www.stonexpo.com/ind/landingpage.aspx

March 2, 2010International Screw-Cutting MachineTool ShowParc des Expositionsla Roche-sur-Foron, Francewww.rochexpo.com

March 2-7, 2010CSDA 2010 ConventionLoews Coronado Bay ResortCoronado, CA www.csda.org

May 5,6 & 7, 2010Industrial DiamondAssociationANNUAL MEETINGHilton Columbus at EastonHotel Columbus, Ohio

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______ Senior MembershipAvailable for any individual who has retired or is no longer active in the diamond or cbnbusiness, but wishes to receive information mailings and attend IDA meetings as amember. Annual fee for Senior Member is $50 per year.

WHAT IS THE IDA?The Industrial Diamond Association of America, Inc. is anon-profit trade association and was incorporated onMarch 29, 1946 in the State of New York. It is the oldestand most prestigious association in thesuperabrasive/ultrahard materials industry. Activityand focus has evolved from natural diamond tosuperabrasives and most recently, to all ultrahardmaterials including CVD Diamond. Members includematerial suppliers, tool manufacturers, componentproducers, machine tool builders, end users,academia/research affiliates and other companiesrelated to the research, manufacture, application, useand sales of superabrasives.

WHAT DOES THE IDA DO?◆ Oversees Statistics Reporting Program◆ Establishes Industry Standards◆ Interacts With Global Associations And Organizations◆ Creates And Distributes Market Studies & Data◆ Organizes And Presents Technical Seminars & Conferences◆ Serves As A Government Liaison For Industry Guidelines

And Regulations◆ Participates As Member Of World Diamond Council◆ Provides Safety / Regulatory Reports And Advisement◆ Resource For General Information And Consultation

OTHER MEMBER SERVICES◆ PUBLISHES QUARTERLY MAGAZINE◆ HOLDS ANNUAL CONVENTIONS◆ HOSTS IDA WEBSITE WITH MEMBER FOCUS AND DIRECTION◆ PROVIDES SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE ON INDIVIDUAL

MEMBER ISSUES◆ CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES PUBLICATIONS ON PRODUCTS

AND APPLICATIONS◆ ACTS AS A COLLECTIVE VOICE FOR INDUSTRY CONCERNS

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