KLOECKNER.I strengthens Management team with startup Expert Franziska Leonhardt
kloeckner.i GmbH, the digitalization subsidiary of Klöckner & Co SE, is expanding its management team with Dr. Franziska Leonhardt.
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Two INDUGA low pressure die casting machines type 2121 - successfully started into operation in China and Indonesia
INDUGA successfully commissioned in May / June two low-pressure die casting machines type 2121 at subsidiaries of the company TOTO headquartered in Japan. The commissioning process took only a few days and both LPDC were easily transferred into the production process.
thyssenkrupp’s Steel-Service-Center group strengthens its market presence in Europe
Growth through new locations in Hungary and Germany
Peter Söderman new Managing Director for LKAB Wassara
Peter Söderman has been appointed Managing Director for LKAB Wassara effective from September 1st. LKAB Wassara is a wholly owned subsidiary to LKAB that delivers the unique water powered drilling system used in LKAB’s underground mines and sold externally across the world.
Book review: "Fit for hot and cold rolling of strips"
Michael Degner & Heinz Palkowski: Fit for hot and cold rolling of strips - Basics and Exercises (2016), Publisher: IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Wuppertal, ISBN: 978-3-9817904-1-2
The book „Basics“ contains a structured description of the main topics in hot and cold rolling of metallic strips.
Completely automatic, software-supported profile measurement of glowing wires, bar steel and tubes
Using the RDMS profile measurement system from LAP, steel industry plants can measure the contours of glowing wires, bar steel and tubes in the production process completely automatically. Software warns in real-time about imminent tolerance infringements even before the product quality suffers.
ANDRITZ MeWa to supply new granulators to Nothnagel Wertstoffverarbeitung, Germany
ANDRITZ MeWa, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Nothnagel Wertstoffverarbeitung GmbH with headquarters in Hartenstein, Germany, to supply three Universal Granulators UG 1600 S. The equipment will be used for post-shredding of composite materials and replaces the shredding technology used to date.
JSW Steel issues final acceptance for new process optimization in two steel works in Vijayanagar
Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate from JSW Steel for the new process automation system in a total of 25 subsystems in the SMS-1 und SMS-2 steel works in Vijayanagar, in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Swedish Energy Agency supports carbon-dioxide-free ironmaking project
The Swedish Energy Agency has today decided to contribute SEK 6.7 million to support the pre-feasibility study in SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall’s joint initiative for carbon-dioxide-free ironmaking.
Wickeder Westfalenstahl acquires stake in Inflotek B.V.
Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH, manufacturer of clad materials has acquired a 35% stake in the Netherlands-based screen manufacturer Inflotek B.V. Inflotek was launched in 2012 and has developed a growing base of customers worldwide.
Buchbesprechnung: "Fit for hot and cold rolling of strips"
Michael Degner & Heinz Palkowski: Fit for hot and cold rolling of strips. Band Basics und Band Exercises (2016), Verlag IMP InterMediaPartners GmbH, Wuppertal, ISBN: 978-3-9817904-1-2
Das Buch Basics enthält eine gut strukturierte Darstellung der Grundlagen des Kalt- und Warmwalzens von metallischen Bändern.
User Rating: 5 / 5
TMK’S SEVERSKY TUBE WORKS ORDERS FROM SMS GROUP HEAT TREATMENT LINE FOR TUBES
TMK's subsidiary Seversky Tube Works, located in Polevskoy, Russia, has placed an order with SMS group for a heat treatment line for tubes and pipes. The plant produces seamless and welded pipe and tube mainly for oil and gas.