The international steel maker, Posco, is one of the world's largest steel producers. To ensure consistently high levels of steel production, the company has invested in modernizing the blowers on its blast furnaces at its main plant in Pohang using Siemens drive technology.
Pressure vessel and shipbuilding steels according to European and US standards now also included.
SSAB Europe will invest SEK 300 million over a 2-year period to improve efficiency of its tube production. In the same context, the tube business will be centralized to secure long-term competitiveness.
China's growing demand for higher grade iron ore in its bid to curb environmental damage is set to drive down the crude steel production and iron ore imports between 2018 and 2022, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData.
The new mill installed at Kirov, which is one of the most advanced in the world, will guarantee the highest quality of rolled copper strip for Russian producer OCM.
Polish container manufacturer JK teams up with steel supplier SSAB to get stronger and lighter steel.
Following the successful commissioning of the upgraded bar mill at its Basauri location, Spanish company SIDENOR ACEROS ESPECIALES, S.L. has issued the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to SMS group (www.sms-group.com).
SSAB Form Tube Plus is a completely new family of precision steel tubes that provides a unique combination of bendability, dimensional accuracy and superior surface quality suitable for high-gloss painting and chrome plating.
Fluke Process Instruments provides a dedicated temperature profiler for aluminum vacuum brazing furnaces. The Datapaq Furnace Tracker system automatically generates CQI-9 and AMS 2750E reports.
South-Korean Daehan Steel Co. Ltd. is modernizing a bar mill . The rolling mill in Daehan´s Sinpyeong works located in the Busan area is designed to produce 130 tons per hour of rebar in diameters from 16 to 32 millimeters up to grade SD 500.
The AMB is one of the top international trade fairs for metalworking. heimatec, as one of the technology and quality leaders for high-precision static and driven precision tools for lathes and machining centres, will be presenting the latest products and technologies for productive turning and milling at this important industry meeting. heimatec will be presenting a completely new trade fair concept in Hall 3 at Stand 3A50.
Hertwich Engineering has received an order from Hydro Extrusion Lichtervelde NV for the supply of an Ecomelt-PS200 multi-chamber melting furnace including a skimming machine.
