Broner Metals Solutions has been selected by Mittal Steel as the standard for Production Scheduling and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) throughout all of Mittal Steel.

Broner’s solutions for Mittal Steel will include production scheduling solutions for the whole plant, from casting and hot mill, through to the cold mill and finishing lines. Leon V. Schumacher, Chief Information Officer for Mittal Steel, said, “After an extensive review of suppliers, we chose Broner because of their experience and depth of their solutions for the metals industry. We will progressively deploy Broner as the standard solution for MES & Scheduling throughout Mittal Steel and look forward to a long and productive cooperation with Broner”.

Global steel producer Mittal Steel is standardizing at all levels of IT, and Broner will contribute to that goal, through standardized solutions for Production Scheduling and MES. This will enable Mittal Steel to improve production efficiencies throughout their plants and deliver wide-ranging benefits.

Mittal Steel Co. is the world’s largest and most global steel company. With operations in fourteen countries, on four continents, Mittal Steel encompasses all aspects of modern steelmaking, to produce a comprehensive portfolio of both flat and long steel products to meet a wide range of customer needs. It serves all the major steel consuming sectors, including automotive, appliance, machinery and construction. For 2004, Mittal Steel had revenues of US$22.2 billion and steel shipments of 42.1 million tons.

Broner Metals Solutions is focused exclusively on delivering value to the steel and aluminum industries through the application of supply chain planning, scheduling and manufacturing execution systems. Broner solutions result in improved shareholder value through reduced inventory, shorter manufacturing lead times, increased throughput, improved delivery performance and better customer service. The Broner Metals Solutions team has almost 20 years experience in improving the performance of metals supply chains worldwide including companies such as Baosteel, Dofasco, Corus, CSN, Gerdau, Nippon Steel, Norandal, and Usiminas.

Broner Metals Solutions is part of Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd.