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The latest news on companies supplying equipment, products and/or services to the iron and steel industry.
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NDC Infrared Engineering and Beta LaserMike Announce Merger
10 July 2014 - NDC Infrared Engineering and Beta LaserMike, both part of the Spectris family of companies and recognized global leaders in non-contacting measurement and control solutions, have merged to create NDC Technologies.
Wuppermann Orders Economical Pickling and HDG Line from SMS Siemag
10 July 2014 - At the end of June, Wuppermann Group, Germany, a family business with 140 years of experience in steel processing, awarded SMS Siemag the contract to deliver a hot-wide-strip pickling and hot-dip galvanizing line for its new plant in the Hungarian town of Győr-Gönyű.
SMS Siemag Supplying Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line to Bengang
10 July 2014 - Chinese Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. (Bengang) awarded SMS Siemag the order for the supply of a continuous hot-dip galvanizing line.
Hatch IAS and Butech Bliss Upgrading Libertas Copper’s Hot Reversing Mill
10 July 2014 - In an example of two specialty companies working together to achieve a positive result to the metals industry, Hatch IAS and Butech Bliss are providing Libertas Copper LLC (Hussey Copper) an upgrade for its hot reversing mill located in Leetsdale, Pa.
Lincoln Electric Licenses NanoSteel's Weld Overlay and Thermal Spray Technologies
09 July 2014 - Lincoln Electric and The NanoSteel® Co. announced that Lincoln Electric has been granted an exclusive worldwide license to NanoSteel's proprietary steel coatings technology for weld overlay and thermal spray applications.
JP Steel Plantech to Supply China Steel with Cold Leveler and Pre-Leveler
09 July 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. (SPCO) has received orders from China Steel Corp. Group (CSC) in Taiwan for one cold leveler and one pre-leveler to carry out CSC’s plate mill improvement plans to produce direct quenching plates.
AHMSA Orders RH Plant from Siemens
08 July 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order from Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) to supply a 150-ton, twin RH vacuum degassing plant with mechanical vacuum pumps for its converter steelworks No. 2 in Monclova.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Modernizing Converter Plant, Waste Heat Boiler in Duisburg-Bruckhausen
08 July 2014 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is modernizing its No. 2 converter and associated waste-heat boiler system in the Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Germany, steelmaking plant, one of the biggest in Europe.
Samuel Winnipeg Announces Aggressive Expansion Plans
07 July 2014 - Samuel, Son & Co., Ltd., is investing more than US$16 million in an expansion project to be completed over the next 12 months at its Winnipeg, Man., Canada, facility.
Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Obtains ATEX Certificate for Steel Degassing Vacuum Systems
30 June 2014 - In recent decades, the demand for higher-quality, refined steels has increased steadily.
Quaker Acquires Remaining Interest In Australian Affiliate
30 June 2014 - Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE: KWR) announced today that it has acquired the remaining 49% ownership interest in its Australian affiliate, Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty. Limited ("QCA") for A$8 million from its joint venture partner, Nuplex Industries.
Siemens and Baosteel Cooperate in Slag Granulation Solutions
30 June 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies and Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Baosteel group, will be cooperating in future in the granulation of slag produced in BOF converters and electric arc furnaces.
Butech Bliss Selected To Build Multi-Blanking Line For Liberty Steel
26 June 2014 - Liberty Steel, a northeast Ohio based company, has selected Butech Bliss to engineer, design, manufacture and install a state-of-the-art multi-blanking line at its North Jackson, Ohio facility.
Alstom Board Chooses GE Offer
26 June 2014 - GE was informed that the Alstom Board of Directors has unanimously decided to positively recommend GE’s offer to acquire the Power and Grid businesses of Alstom.
Edax Launches New Banglaore Demonstration Facility
25 June 2014 - EDAX, Inc., a leader in X-ray microanalysis and electron diffraction instrumentation, has opened a new highly equipped demonstration laboratory within AMETEK’s Bangalore, India, sales, service and support center that significantly increases the availability of important materials characterization technologies to scientists and microscopists around the region and across India.
Friedrich Kocks Introduces Next Generation of Reducing & Sizing Blocks
25 June 2014 - The independent and family-owned company FRIEDRICH KOCKS GmbH & Co KG located in Hilden/Germany, is proud to announce the launching of the next generation of its well-established Reducing & Sizing Block (RSB).
TÜV Rheinland Opens New Metallurgical Testing Lab in Aliquippa, Pa.
25 June 2014 - TÜV Rheinland Industrial Solutions (TRIS), a full-service inspection, testing and certification company, expanded its metallurgical testing and engineering consulting services by opening a new laboratory in Aliquippa, Pa.
SMS Siemag Is Expanding the Hot Strip Mill at Xichang Steel With a Slab Sizing Press
24 June 2014 - PIETC Panzhihua Co., Ltd. has awarded SMS Siemag, Germany, the contract for expanding the roughing mill in its hot strip mill in Xichang City, China, through the addition of a slab sizing press.
AMM Article: DRI Output to Soar by 2020: Midrex
20 June 2014 - Midrex Technologies Inc. expects direct-reduced iron (DRI) output in the United States to surpass 10 million tons annually "sometime near the end of the decade," director of marketing Henry P. Gaines said.
Magnetation Celebrates Inaugural Shipment of Iron Ore Concentrate to Pellet Plant
20 June 2014 - Magnetation celebrated today the arrival of the first of six new unit trains being manufactured specifically to move iron ore concentrate to its pellet plant in Reynolds, Indiana.
