Steel News

Tenova Partners With Microsoft to Offer Industry 4.0 Solution

15 June 2017 - Tenova has teamed up with Microsoft to offer steelmakers a cloud-based, smart-factory solution, providing for new production efficiencies, the equipment supplier has announced.

This Steelmaker's Newest Hire Never Needs to Take a Break

15 June 2017 - German stainless producer Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH has put a Primetals Technologies LiquiRob robot into service at its Siegen plant, improving safety and efficiency.

Construction Begins on New U.S. Refractories Plant

12 June 2017 - Refractories manufacturer HarbisonWalker International has broken ground on its planned US$30 million monolithic refractories plant in Ohio, the company has announced.

Parts Distributor Opens New Southwest Center

12 June 2017 - Industrial maintenance and repair parts distributor Motion Industries Inc. has moved into a new 156,000-square-foot distribution center in Grand Prairie, Texas, the company has announced.

ANDRITZ Receives Order for Two Reheat Furnaces

09 June 2017 - Austrian machine builder ANDRITZ has won an order for two walking beam furnaces from ArcelorMittal’s Burns Harbor steel works in the U.S.

Romanian Mill Puts New Plate Leveler Into Service

09 June 2017 - ArcelorMittal’s integrated steel works in Romania has put its new Danieli hot leveler into service, according to the equipment supplier.

JSW Steel Plans Blast Furnace Overhaul, Closure

08 June 2017 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth division has won a contract to reline and expand the No. 3 blast furnace at JSW Steel’s Vijayanagar Works in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Charter Steel Partners With Primetals Technologies on Mill Expansion, Upgrades

08 June 2017 - U.S.-based Charter Steel has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for equipment related to its US$150 million engineered bar mill in Ohio.

SMS group Bags Order for Bar Processing Machine

05 June 2017 - Taiwan’s Walsin Lihwa Corp. has ordered a high-performance bar peeler from SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Sandvik Sheds Steel Belts Business

02 June 2017 - Sandvik is divesting Sandvik Process Systems, its industrial process equipment business, to FAM AB for about US$579.2 million, the company has announced.

Primetals Wins Contract for Caster Modernization Project

01 June 2017 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to overhaul one slab caster and modify two others at its Volta Redonda plant in Rio de Janeiro.

Special Steel Manufacturer Puts New Extrusion Press into Service

31 May 2017 - Less than 24 months after signing a contract for a new tube extrusion press, Korean special steel maker SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel has commissioned the equipment, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

Stainless Manufacturer Sees Capacity Boost Through Converter Project

30 May 2017 - Slovenian Steel Group’s Acroni facility has started up an EUR30 million argon-oxygen converter and de-dusting system, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

Chinese Steelmaker Puts Danieli Bar Peeler on Order

30 May 2017 - China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. has ordered a Danieli Centro Maskin bar peeler, the equipment supplier has announced.

Tsubaki Subsidiary Acquires Canadian Sprocket Manufacturer

26 May 2017 - U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has announced that Tsubaki of Canada Ltd. has acquired a British Columbia-based maker of sprockets and drive components.

Lincoln Electric Names New Head of International Welding Division

26 May 2017 - Welding equipment and supplies maker Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has promoted Steven B. Hedlund to executive vice president and named him president of its international welding division.

Linde, Praxair Reach Outline Agreement on Merger

24 May 2017 - U.S-based Praxair Inc. and Germany’s Linde AG have reached an agreement in principle to merge through an all-stock deal, creating the world’s largest industrial gases supplier.

Filter Products Company Appoints New Chief Executive

24 May 2017 - Filtration products maker and services provider Micronics Filtration Holdings Inc. has named Bernard C. "Bernie" Faulkner as president and chief executive officer of its engineered filtration group, the company has announced.

New Cold Mill Put Into Service at Vietnamese Steel Plant

23 May 2017 - Vietnam’s Nam Kim Steel Joint Stock Company has started up a new Compact Cold Mill from SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Danieli Wins Order for Sampling Robots

22 May 2017 - Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. has ordered two robotic samplers to serve the ladle furnaces at the company’s facility in Blytheville, Ark., USA.