06 January 2015 - Plibrico Co. LLC announced the addition of Cermin Cerámicos y Minerales S.A.S. as the preferred exclusive agent for Plibrico material sales in Ecuador and Colombia.

The Bradbury Group Appoints New Project Engineering Manager

06 January 2015 - The Bradbury Co. Inc. announced the appointment of Mike Meuli to project engineering manager.

The Bradbury Group Introduces CTL Line with Rotary Shear and e-Drive® Leveler

05 January 2015 - The Bradbury Group has introduced a 60” X .070” cut-to-length line featuring a Bradbury e-Drive® leveler and an Athader rotary shear operating at 300 FPM eliminating the need for a looping pit. The line is also equipped with a recoiler giving the ability to rework secondary coils into leveled prime coils.

Magnetation Announces First Production at New Iron Ore Concentrate Plant

02 January 2015 - Magnetation LLC has successfully produced its first iron ore concentrate at its new plant, Plant Four, located near Grand Rapids, Minn.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Announces Name Change

02 January 2015 - Effective 2 December 2014, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Inc. has changed its name to Primetals Technologies U.S.A. Holdings Inc.

New Wire Rope Scanning Technology from SCX Improves Safety, Reduces Downtime

01 January 2015 - The chance of unplanned downtime and accidents resulting from defective cranes used for metal manufacturing could be reduced by new wire rope scanning technology from SCX.

JSW Steel Inaugurates New Cold Rolling Mill Complex

01 January 2015 - JSW Steel’s new greenfield cold rolling mill at the Vijayanagar works was inaugurated on 25 April 2014.

Oschatz Creates Oschatz Filtertechnology Subsidiary

01 January 2015 - Oschatz is continuing to expand: At the end of 2014, the Essen, Germany-based plant construction company founded a strategic subsidiary, Oschatz Filtertechnology.

JP Steel Plantech Signs Cooperation Agreement with Küttner

31 December 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. has agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation realted to iron and steel technology with German engineering company Küttner GmbH & Co. KG with the signing of a basic cooperation agreement.

Process Sensors Introduces New Self-Contained Pyrometer Models

31 December 2014 - Process Sensors Corporation introduces its newest self-contained pyrometer models, the stand-alone PSC-G54NL/NV and PSC-S54NL/NV.

Danieli Automation to Revamp Wire Rod Mill Automation and Drives for PT Pulogadung Steel

31 December 2014 - To revamp the automation and drives of the wire rod mill in operation at the Jakarta, Indonesia, operations of PT Pulogadung Steel, Danieli Automation will replace the armature and the field regulator cards of six DC converters for six stands of the rolling mill.

World's First Application of New In-Line Rail Hardening from Siemens Goes Commercial at Baotou

30 December 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received notice from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. that the in-line “Injector Dual-phase Rail Hardening” (Idrha+) achieved the expected performances for the rail R60 U75V gr.340 according to TB/T2344-2012 norm and has therefore entered the regular commercial production.

Outotec Completes Employee Cooperation Negotiations in Finland

29 December 2014 - Employee cooperation negotiations concerning Outotec's operations in Finland have been completed.

Danieli Automation Ships MV Cabinets for Dunaferr’s Drive System Revamp

25 December 2014 - After integrated testing with customer technicians, successfully performed in DA Workshop, Danieli Automation completed the shipment of the MV cabinets for the QDrive MV drive system for the hot strip mill roughing stand for the Dunaferr revamping project in Hungary.