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Quad Infotech Completes QMOS MES System Implementation at Nucor Steel Texas

16 October 2013 - Quad Infotech Inc. has successfully commissioned implementation of QMOS at Nucor Steel in Jewett, Texas.

Magnetek Introduces New Telemotive MBT Transmitter

15 October 2013 - Magnetek, Inc., a provider of digital power and motion control systems, announced the launch of their Telemotive MBT radio remote control, one of the smallest and lightest bellybox controls available on the market today.

SMS Concast Revamps Casting Machine for Taiwanese Steelmaker

15 October 2013 - Feng Hsin Iron & Steel has successfully commissioned the upgraded casting machine at its plant in Taichung City, Taiwan.

Oschatz Providing Three Converter Cooling Stacks for Chinese Steel Works

14 October 2013 - Germany-based plant constructor Oschatz was awarded a new contract from Baosteel Group Corp.

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.

Indian Producer Orders Newly Designed Rebar Rolling Mill from Siemens

14 October 2013 - The Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel) has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to supply a rolling mill for reinforcing steels.

SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled Supplying New EAF Upper Shells and Roofs to Nucor-Yamato Steel

14 October 2013 - SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled, Inc. (SSCI) of Nashville, Tenn., has recently been awarded the contract to design and supply new larger and taller Spray-Cooled™ EAF upper shells and EAF roofs to Nucor-Yamato Steel for the company’s single bucket charge upgrade on its two existing EAFs in Blytheville, Ark.

Beta LaserMike Releases New High-Speed Diameter and Ovality Gauge Series

14 October 2013 - Beta LaserMike, a global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, has released its new family of high-speed AccuScan 5000 diameter and ovality gauges.

ThyssenKrupp Steel's Hot Strip Mill in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Produces 200 Millionth Ton of Steel

10 October 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s hot strip mill No. 2 in Beeckerwerth has now produced its 200 millionth ton of steel.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Deploys Quintiq Software Platform

09 October 2013 - Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG (TKSE) is using its software to optimize customer orders for increased delivery performance.

ArcelorMittal Announces €92m Investment for Blast Furnace in France

09 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal announced a €92m investment in a complete revamp of the blast furnace no. 2 at its Dunkirk plant in France.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Announces US$53 Million Steel Shop Revamp

08 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is revamping the continuous casting machine (CCM) in its steel shop. The aim of the project, worth a billion crowns (US$53m) is to improve the quality of steel as well as to produce new high value added products.

Kentucky Electric Steel Completes US$6 Million Rolling Mill Enhancement

07 October 2013 - KES Acquisition Company d/b/a Kentucky Electric Steel (KES), a value-added manufacturer of special bar quality (SBQ) and merchant bar quality (MBQ) steel bar products and wholly-owned subsidiary of Optima Specialty Steel, Inc. (OSS), announced that is has completed its previously announced US$6 million project to significantly enhance its rolling mill capabilities.

CMI Refurbishes Pickling Line of NLMK La Louvière

07 October 2013 - NLMK La Louvière of Belgium chose the CMI Group to refurbish a pickling line that was damaged by a fire. Based on its expertise, CMI has proposed an optimal refurbishment combining both repair and replacement of components.

Outokumpu VDM Orders Peeling Line for Forged Products from SMS Meer

04 October 2013 - Outokumpu VDM of Germany has placed an order with SMS Meer to supply a PMH 320 rotary peeling machine including finishing equipment for its plant in Unna.

SeAH Steel Puts Pipe Forming Press from SMS Meer Into Operation

02 October 2013 - In Pohang, South Korea, tube manufacturer SeAH Steel Corporation has taken a JCO® pipe forming press from SMS Meer into service.

Tenigal Begins Automotive Sheet Operations in Mexico

01 October 2013 - On 18 September, Tenigal held an opening ceremony at the plant site near Monterrey, Mexico, welcoming the president of Mexico, and celebrating completion of construction and the start of operations at the 400,000 ton per year facility.

Siemens Modernizing Blast Furnace at Vizag Steel in India

30 September 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from the state-owned Indian Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to thoroughly modernize blast furnace No. 2 at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel).

POSCO to Export FINEX Steelmaking Technology Overseas for First Time

27 September 2013 - POSCO has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with China’s Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. to construct a FINEX integrated steel works with an annual capacity of 3 million tons.

Superior Machine to Upgrade Nucor-Yamato's EAF

27 September 2013 - Superior Machine Co. of S.C., Inc. has been awarded the contract for the design, supply and installation of the upgrade of the Nucor-Yamato No. 2 furnace to a single bucket scrap charging practice.