NOVEMBER, 25-27 - 2009 - Columbus is present at HTE-HI.TECH.EXPO 2009 Milano, Fiera Milano, ITALY, and will give a presentation on Applied Superconductivity on Nov. 25th

NOVEMBER, 2-4 - 2009- Columbus is present at ISS'2009 (Tsukuba, Japan) and will give a presentation titled 'ADVANCES IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF MgB2 WIRES' on Nov. 3rd

OCTOBER 2009 - First open-MRI commercial application based on our MgB₂ wire product installed in a private clinic in Italy

SEPTEMBER 2009 - CERN has successfully completed the first test of a 12-strand MgB₂-based cable designed for 3kA at 25K - critical current exceeded 11 kA at 4.5 K in self field

SEPTEMBER 2009 - SINTEF has successfully completed the cryogenic test of a 15-double pancake stack MgB₂-based cryogenic-free magnet designed for induction heater application - full system test to be performed shortly at Tampere Univ. of Technology

JULY 2009 - Columbus is present with a booth at CEC-ICMC (Tucson, AZ), EUCAS 2009 (Dresden, Germany), and MT'21 (Hefei, China) exhibitions this year

OCTOBER 2008 - Columbus Superconductors has successfully completed the first test production of its longest wire of more than 3.2 Km in length and 1.13 mm in diameter

July 2008 - Columbus Superconductors has completed the supply of 32 lengths of about 600 meters each to SINTEF Energy Research (Trondheim, Norway) for the Induction Heater project  named Aluheat and funded by the EU under the FP6

MARCH 2008 - Columbus Superconductors has participated to the completion of the INFN funded Marimbo project, ended with the successful testing of an MgB₂-based superconducting dipole magnet - follow this link

DECEMBER 2007 - Columbus Superconductors has signed an agreement with Nexcoms Ltd. for the distribution of its MgB₂ products in Korea. More information will follow in a press release.

DECEMBER 2007 - Columbus Superconductors will be present at the next SATT'14 conference in Parma, Italy,  between March 19-21 , 2008

NOVEMBER 2007 - Columbus Superconductors is present at RSNA 2007 together with Paramed Medical Systems and ASG Superconductors with the new 0.5 and 0.6 T open MRI systems based on MgB₂

SEPTEMBER 2007 - Columbus Superconductors is present at EUCAS 2007

AUGUST 2007 - Columbus Superconductors is present at MT-20

JULY 2007 - Columbus Superconductors is present at CEC-ICMC 2007

MARCH 2007 - start-up of the production in the new mill

FEBRUARY 2007 - commissioning of the new mill for production of MgB₂ wires in S. Desiderio (near Genoa) that completes the industrialization of the process

NOVEMBER 2006 - The first MgB₂ superconductive MRI System is presented in RSNA 2006 conference in Chicago at the Paramed booth with following locations BOOTH NUMBER: North Building - Hall B 8323 >> download pdf file

NOVEMBER 2006 - the first images obtained with the first MgB₂ superconductive MRI sysstem operating at 20 K are obtained in PARAMED Srl, a sister company of Columbus and ASG Superconductors :the 3 companies are all of the same Malacalza Group.

AUGUST 2006 - The results of the tests on MgB₂/MgB₂ superconductive joints and of the first Magnet in MgB₂ for MRI applications are presented in ASC 2006 conference in Seattle.

JULY 2006 - The first superconductive Magnet using MgB₂ wires produced by Columbus Superconductors for MRI application operating at 20 K is completed and tested in ASG Superconductors.

JULY 2006 - ASG Superconductors realize the first superconductive joints MgB₂/MgB₂ with wires produced by Columbus Superconductors.

MAY/JULY 2006 - Columbus Superconductors Srl I become Columbus Superconductors Spa, the majority of the shares are taken by ASG Superconductors Spa ;capital is increased to 1.404 millions euro

MARCH 2005 - Columbus Superconductors delivers its first 1.600 meters long batch of MgB₂ superconducting tape and it starts the regular production of similar lengths.

JULY 31, 2004 - Columbus Superconductors delivers its first 437-meter long world-record MgB₂ multifilamentary tape to Ansaldo Superconduttori Spa for double-pancake winding tests.