Despite the usefulness of metals, new alternative materials have been appearing on the scene everyday, threatening the metallic monopolies. Innovative deve-lopments in technologies and techniques make metals
still the most sought after material for various applications including areas where non-metallic mater-
ials were dominating till recently. This paper highli-
ghts the technological advances taking place in the area of metallic materials meet to the exacting requ-irements of automobile, marine, space and knowledge
based industries
