Gerdau
Gerdau, headquartered in Brazil, is a leading producer of long steel in the Americas and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world. With over 45,000 employees, it has industrial operations in 14 countries - in the Americas, Europe and Asia - which together represent an installed capacity of over 25 million metric tons of steel per year.
Latest News
Gerdau Steel Appoints New Managing Director
26 June 2014 - Gerdau Steel India Ltd has appointed Sridhar Krishnamoorthy as Managing Director with immediate effect.
Gerdau Comments on Positive First Quarter Performance
26 May 2014 - Gerdau’s 15.1% increase in consolidated net income in the first quarter of 2014 was due primarily to the effect of the exchange rate from dollars into reals (BRL), intensification in iron ore sales and the larger volume of steel sold on the domestic Brazilian market and in Latin American countries.
Gerdau Announces Management Changes
07 April 2014 - Gerdau announced management promotions for Guilherme Johannpeter and Peter Campo.
Gerdau Reports Growth in All Its Business Operations in 2013
25 February 2014 - In 2013, with shipments of 18.5 million metric tons, Gerdau’s consolidated net sales came to R$ 39.9 billion, increasing 5.0% in relation to 2012, with growth in all business operations.
Gerdau Midlothian Successfully Starts Up Lime/Dololime Sidewall Injection System from MORE
30 October 2013 - Gerdau Midlothian, located in Midlothian, Texas, commissioned the lime and dololime fix injection technology supplied from MORE srl (Italy) on EAF A and EAF B.
Steel Companies Attend AIST Funded Steel Day at Michigan Tech
18 October 2013 - Contrary to popular belief, the death of the steel industry has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, steel is booming, more than 200 Michigan Technological University students who gathered to talk with industry leaders learned at Michigan Tech’s first annual Steel Day, held earlier this week.
SMS Concast Provides Molds for Siderperú's New Continuous Caster
14 October 2013 - Empresa Siderúrgica Del Perú (Siderperú), a company of the Gerdau Group, has revamped its continuous casting machine in Chimbote, Peru, thereby significantly improving its production process.
Worldsteel Recognizes Three Steel Producers for Safety & Health Excellence
08 October 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has recognized three member companies, ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, and Tata Steel Europe, for excellence in four distinct safety and health programs.
Gerdau's Capex Projects Progressing at Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich.
25 September 2013 - Gerdau’s capital improvement projects at its special steel producing mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The global steel company completed construction of its new continuous caster in October 2012 and dismantled the old caster in June.
Report: Gerdau to Idle Cambridge, Ontario, Melt Shop
12 August 2013 - The steel company Gerdau, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, has announced plans to idle the melt shop at its Cambridge, Ontario, steel mill complex, according to Recycling Today.
Gerdau's Steel Shipments Grew Quarter-on-Quarter But Down Year-on-Year
01 August 2013 - Brazil-based Gerdau reported that shipments of steel products reached 4.6 million tonnes in the 2Q13, a 3% reduction when compared to 2Q12, however an increase of 1.7% compared to 1Q13.
Top Gerdau Executive Awarded Education Leadership by WorldFund
17 June 2013 - Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, chairman of the Board of Directors at Gerdau, was recently honored at by Worldfund, a non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce poverty in Latin America by supporting education.
Danieli Automation Provides First Q-ROBOT to Mexican Market
06 June 2013 - In December 2012, the Gerdau Corsa electric meltshop in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, ordered from Danieli Automation a Q-ROBOT Melt system for its EAF, to enhance safety during EAF operations.
Gerdau Expands in Knoxville, Adds 40 New Jobs
21 May 2013 - On Monday, state officials joined representatives from Gerdau to announce they were adding a facility in the WestBridge BusinessPark where workers will take steel rebar manufactured at the current Lonsdale mill and apply finishing services for original equipment manufacturers. The new facility will create approximately 40 new jobs.
MORE Successfully Commissions Motank Ram at Gerdau Corsa in Mexico
12 April 2013 - Gerdau Corsa successfully installed a Motank — a remote controlled ram for slag doors supplied by MORE — in its 60 ton AC EAF in Hidalgo, Mexico.
Gerdau Reused Over 2 Trillion Liters of Water in 2012
09 April 2013 - Gerdau reused 2 trillion liters of water across all of its operations in 2012 with a mean water recirculation rate of 97%.
Gerdau Renames Indian Steel Operation as It Takes Majority Stake
19 March 2013 - Gerdau announced majority ownership of its first plant in Asia at Tadipatri, Ananthpur District, Andhra Pradesh, India, and the changing of the operation name from Kalyani Gerdau to Gerdau.
Construction Projects at Gerdau Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich., Making Progress
06 March 2013 - Gerdau’s $155.6 million capital improvement projects at its special steel mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The company completed construction of a new continuous caster in October 2012 and plans to begin construction of a new vacuum degasser this spring.
Gerdau Employees Are Industry Champions of North America at Global Steel Competition
28 February 2013 - Richard Zhang and Kyle Cormier, employees at the Gerdau steel mill in Whitby, Canada, were industry champions of North America and won second place in the World Steel Association’s 7th annual Steel University Challenge, which took place on 19 February in Brussels, Belgium.
Gerdau Reports 2012 Results
25 February 2013 - Gerdau said its shipments declined 3% in 2012 due to the slowdown in China and other emerging countries, the European crisis, and uncertainty over the fiscal policy of the U.S. Despite lower economic activity in Brazil, the area was highlighted as an area of growth for the company.
