Steel News

Tokyo Steel Selects Danieli Automation to Optimize Furnaces

23 September 2021 - In a press release today, the equipment supplier announced its Q-ONE package is in operation at Tokyo Steel’s Kyushu plant in Japan.

JSPL Automates Rail Inspection Line

22 September 2021 - Indian rail producer JSPL on Monday said it has outfitted its rail inspection line with automation technologies to ensure its specialty rails are defect-free, according to The Free Press Journal.

Danieli, Pesmel Partner to Supply Automated Material Handling Systems

21 September 2021 - The two companies have formed a strategic alliance to develop and supply material flow solutions for steel plants, according to a press release from Danieli.

JSW Outlines Digital Transformation Agenda for Smart Steel Factories

17 September 2021 - JSW Steel has unveiled sweeping plans to transform its Indian steelmaking operations to a smart steel manufacturing network powered through Industry 4.0 technology, reports the Hindu Business Line newspaper.

AI-Based Automated Tapping System Developed in South Korea

07 September 2021 - Researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have developed an artificial intelligence-based automated system for tapping using smart cameras, reports Aju Business Daily.

Danieli Installs New Cybersecurity System at ABS

02 September 2021 - Danieli Automation’s cybersecurity team designed and installed a custom platform to protect the Acciaierie Bertoli Safau (ABS) QWR4.0 wire rod mill against cyberattacks, Danieli said in a press release.

SMS group to Provide Transnational Networking Solution for SSAB

27 August 2021 - Swedish steel producer SSAB has tapped SMS digital with providing a network of digital solutions to better facilitate the exchange of data between its facilities in Finland and Sweden, according to SMS group.

Polytec Lands Order for Caster Manipulator

01 July 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc.'s structural and rail division has ordered what will be its first fully automated manipulator from robotics and automation specialist Polytec.

Zekelman Deploys AI-Based Safety System

21 October 2020 - Pipe and tube maker Zekelman Industries Inc. is partnering with an industrial safety tech company on an effort to improve safety at its Atlas Tube facility in Blytheville, Ark.

North Star BlueScope Partners With SMS group on Digitalization Project

01 October 2020 - SMS digital will provide a solutions package for the digitalization of the hot flat strip production at North Star BlueScope’s plant in Delta, Ohio, USA, the equipment supplier announced.

Drones Propel MMK Scrap Cost Savings

23 September 2020 - Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has put eyes in the sky to help speed up the process of accepting scrap deliveries.

LIBERTY Steel to Pilot New Sensor Network

16 September 2020 - LIBERTY Steel Group and another company under the GFG Alliance umbrella will test a pilot sensor system meant to reduce workplace accidents and improve efficiency.

BM Group Receives Order for Slag Monitoring Solution

02 September 2020 - Italian stainless producer Acciai Speciali Terni has ordered a slag monitoring system from BM Group’s Polytec robotics unit, the technology supplier reports.

Tata Steel Tightens Embrace of Industry 4.0

30 July 2020 - Tata Steel is targeting EBITDA improvements totaling US$2 billion over the next several years by further adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, the (India) Economic Times reports.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Project to Automate Ladle Metallurgy Area Wins Financial Support

10 July 2020 - ArcelorMittal Dofasco is one of several Canadian manufacturers that will share CA$28.8 million in funding to support advanced manufacturing projects.

Gerdau Orders New MES for Ouro Branco Mill

01 July 2020 - PSI Metals and Primetals Technologies have been contracted to install a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for Gerdau’s Ouro Branco facility in Brazil.

Acquisition Expands SMS group’s Digital Efficiency, Sustainability Offerings

01 July 2020 - SMS group is acquiring two Brazilian industrial tech companies and will merge them to create a competency center for industrial digitalization in Latin America.

This Digital Duo is Punching Up Severstal’s Pickling Production

29 June 2020 - Severstal believes that two digital tools developed in-house could tease an additional 80,000 metric tons of production out of one of its continuous pickling lines, the company reports.

Tenova, ORI Martin Partner Up on Smart Factory Project

23 June 2020 - Italian special steel producer ORI Martin is collaborating with Tenova on a project to transform the steelmaker’s Brescia plant into a smart factory.

Primetals Technologies Adds Three New Users of Caster Software

17 June 2020 - Primetals Technologies has sold its third subscription license for its continuous casting process optimization software in recent months, the company reports.