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Danieli Automation Merges with Taranis

The newly formed Danieli Taranis LLC began operating in the North American market on 18 July 2014.
 
Danieli Taranis will provide electrical engineering and equipment as well as automation and process controls for the metals industry in North America, exploiting the technological capabilities of the HQ of Danieli Automation SpA, Buttrio (Italy).
 
Danieli Taranis will operate under the leadership of the previous Taranis management team, with Mr. Colin J. Feather serving as president and Mr. William Dow as operations manager.  The company will operate from facilities in both Birmingham and Pittsburgh.
 
The newly formed company is compelling because it has the potential to provide significant value to the market by creating a dynamic, flexible and proactive structure. It will better support the needs of North American steel producers with innovative products and systems on the cutting edge of the technologies such as: LV/MV drives, induction heating systems, special gauges and sensors, advanced process control systems. It will also use its increased footprint to expand valuable support and maintenance services formerly provided by each of the individual companies.
 

Within Danieli Group, Danieli Automation is the company responsible for providing integrated automation systems for the modern metals’ industry, with the aim to reach the best process control for an even more efficient industrial production.
To better face customer requirements, Danieli Automation widen its activity range to equipment and instruments for steelmaking, long & flat products, industrial sensors, electrical and power systems, robotics’ installations, customer services and assets management.
The result is a reliable automation systems supplier, with more than forty years of experience in design, manufacturing and commissioning of process and production control systems for the steelmaking environment carried out worldwide.
 
Since founded in 1999 by Mr. C.J. Feather, Taranis Inc. has operated as an independent control systems integrator specializing in the metals industry.  It has prided itself on providing efficient, flexible and cost effective solutions to its customers.  Business has been almost exclusive to the metals industry serving US Steel, Nucor and Wise Alloys facilities with maintenance and capital investments. Core activities of the company are engineering and equipment supply for the retrofit of obsolete control systems and optimization of process performance. Areas of competence are power distribution, automation & drives for casters, rolling mills, and finishing lines; as well as all aspects of ERW & Seamless pipe making.