SSAB and Kemppi create a joint digi solution to speed up the welding process
SSAB and welding solutions company Kemppi have successfully piloted sending material certificates automatically from SSAB’s SmartSteel cloud to welding equipment.
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Tibnor to acquire Sanistål’s steel distribution business
SSAB’s subsidiary Tibnor has agreed to acquire the steel distribution business of the Danish company Sanistål A/S, Denmark’s second largest steel distributor. This supports SSAB’s strategic target to strengthen its Nordic home market position.
POSCO Pohang modernizes its wire rod and bar-in-coil mill #2
Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the fifth largest steel producer in the world and largest in Korea, has awarded SMS group the order to modernize its existing wire rod mill at its Pohang works.
Austrian leader releases FAC for CC8 caster supplied by Danieli
Top slab quality achieved right from the very beginning, process and equipment reliability, and an impressive ramp-up distinguished the startup of CC8 caster at voestalpine Stahl in Linz, Austria.
Flexible service package for long-term high availability in aluminum production
ALUMINIUM 2018, the leading trade show for the aluminum industry took place in Düsseldorf from 9 to 11 October. In addition to discussing the big topics of the future at the SMS group booth, representatives of SMS group’s Technical Service also presented its service concept for extrusion press operators.
Designed for maximized productivity of large-size billet rolling
The new semi-continuous billet mill supplied by SMS group to Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation in the Ha Tinh province, Vietnam, has commenced full commercial production.
Well set up for steel processing - Plant retrofit with Siemens technology enables reliable production of steel products
The ArcelorMittal production plants in Belgium are part of the ArcelorMittal Group, which manufactures high-grade steel products for a wide range of industries.
Aurubis orders three new Peirce-Smith converters from SMS group
Hamburg-based Aurubis AG is to take delivery of three new converters, which will be supplied by SMS group and used to produce blister copper, an important stage in the copper production process.
British Steel has secured a major new contract with Infrabel, Belgium’s national railway operator
The four-year agreement is for the maintenance and renewal of the Belgian rail network and will see British Steel supply between 35,000 and 40,000 tonnes of rail a year – more than 3,000km of rail over the duration of the contract. Deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2019.
Shandong Rizhao grants SMS group FAC for high-capacity hot strip mill
Chinese steel producer Shandong Iron & Steel Rizhao has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate for the new high-capacity hot strip only seven months after rolling the first coil.
SSAB to invest in increased Q&T steel production capacity
SSAB is to invest a total of around SEK 1 billion in SSAB Americas’ steel mill in Mobile, Alabama to increase production capacity for quenched and tempered (Q&T) steels and to reduce costs.
EU STEEL MARKET OUTLOOK OBSCURED BY SEVERAL THREATS, IN SPITE OF SOLID FUNDAMENTALS
The EU steel market remained on a relatively fast growth track in the second quarter, supported by healthy economic fundamentals and the good operating performance of steel-using sectors. Nonetheless, imports continued to grow much faster than the domestic deliveries of EU mills. Steel demand growth levelling out in the EU and in other regions over the coming quarters – against the backdrop of persisting excess capacities in the global steel sector and proliferation of distortionary steel trade actions worldwide – is reason for concern.