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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Modernize Converter Plant and Waste-Heat Boiler at Duisburg-Bruckhausen

04 September 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is investing € 20 million in one of its core facilities in Duisburg. From 3 August to 17 September 2013 the company will be replacing the first of two converters and parts of the associated waste-heat boiler system at the Bruckhausen oxygen steelmaking plant (Ox 1).

SMS Siemag Receives Order for Integrated Steelworks for Greenfield Project in Venezuela

04 September 2013 - SMS Siemag has been awarded a major order by Siderúrgica Nacional in Venezuela for the supply of a new integrated plant complex for the production and processing of steel.

Tenova LOI Thermprocess to Supply Galvanizing Equipment for Poland

04 September 2013 - LOI Thermprocess — a company of the Tenova Group — has received through its Polish subsidiary a contract from the Polish/German company Metalcynk to supply a variety of equipment for a new galvanizing plant.

PTC Seamless Tube Corp. to Establish Manufacturing Operations in Kentucky

03 September 2013 - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced PTC Seamless Tube Corp., a subsidiary of PTC Group Holdings Corp., plans to create up to 283 jobs in Hopkinsville, Ky., where the company expects to invest more than US$102 million to establish a manufacturing operation.

Platts: Russia's Severstal Opts Out of Two Iron Projects to Cut Capex

02 September 2013 - Russian steel and mining group Severstal has withdrawn from further participation in Amapa, its iron ore mining joint venture in northern Brazil with SPG Mineracao, and an iron plant project in North America to cut capital expenditure, chief financial officer Alexei Kulichenko, told a press conference Thursday, Platts reports.

CMI FPE to Supply Continuous Galvanizing Line and Skin Pass Mill to UAE Steelmaker

30 August 2013 - CMI Industry’s Indian subsidiary CMI FPE Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Al Ghurair Iron & Steel (AGIS) of the United Arab Emirates to supply a new skin pass mill as well as a new continuous galvanizing line equipped with the patented CMI Blowstab® technology.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery to Supply Tandem Cold Mill to Baosteel

29 August 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and Mitsubishi Corp. jointly received an order for a tandem cold mill from China's Baosteel.

Danieli Automation to Supply Arvedi with 3 Q-Robot ZINC Systems

29 August 2013 - To reduce the need for manual labor and increase zinc yield, Arvedi has chosen Danieli Automation’s Q-Robot ZINC system for hot-dip galvanizing lines on the strength of its well-established reputation among dross removal systems and decided to order 3 new systems for its plants in Cremona, Italy.

Stieber Clutch Introduces Compact, Reliable Backstops

29 August 2013 - Stieber Clutch recently launched its new RDBK load sharing, high-speed, releasable backstop featuring a compact design with increased torque capacity compared to conventional designs, which helps avoid the over specification of gearboxes to meet large outside diameter requirements of some backstops.

SSAB Selects Quintiq's Platform to Optimize Supply Chain Planning

28 August 2013 - Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that SSAB has chosen its platform to optimize supply chain processes across its production plants.

POSCO Completes Stainless Plant in Turkey

28 August 2013 - POSCO completed construction of POSCO ASSAN TST, its stainless cold rolled plant with an annual production scale of 200,000 tons in the Izmit Industrial Complex located in Turkey’s Kocaeli Province, on 15 August 2013.

Tata Steel Orders Seven Konecranes for Two UK Facilities

26 August 2013 - Tata Steel has ordered seven Konecranes for two of its facilities in the United Kingdom.

IDEAL Laser Coil Joining Technology Being Used at ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel

26 August 2013 - IDEAL-Werk recently commissioned a laser welding machine at ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Gelsenkirchen in Germany.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Celebrates Two Successful Years of Continuous Casting

26 August 2013 - The beginning of August marked an eventful period at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, as the Ukrainian plant not only celebrated its 79th anniversary, but also two successful years of continuous casting.

Zink Körner Starts Up High-Efficiency Galvanizing Plant In Russia

22 August 2013 - In February 2013, Zink Körner received the Final Acceptance Certificate for a hot-dip galvanizing furnace it installed in 2012 at Tochinvest Zinc, a manufacturer of steel parts in Russia.

Paul Wurth Performs 24-Hour Preventative Maintenance for ThyssenKrupp CSA

22 August 2013 - On 8 July 2013, the service experts of Paul Wurth do Brasil performed a 24-hour preventive maintenance program at blast furnaces No. 1 and 2 and at the INBA® slag granulation facilities of ThyssenKrupp CSA’s integrated steel plant at Sepetiba Bay in Brazil. It was the first time ever that Paul Wurth was in charge of such a servicing package.

Supply Dynamics Named a 2013 'Great Supply Chain Partner' By SupplyChainBrain

22 August 2013 - Supply Dynamics, a leading source of multi-enterprise technology solutions that provide visibility, collaboration, and control of supply in distributed manufacturing environments, announced that it has been selected as one of 2013’s ‘Great Supply Chain Partners’ by SupplyChainBrain, a supply chain management information resource.

Fives Stein to Supply CAL Furnace Equipment for Baosteel's Zhanjiang Project

21 August 2013 - Fives Stein, designer of high technology furnaces and thermal equipment for steel and glass, has been awarded a major contract to design and supply a continuous annealing line vertical furnace for Baosteel’s Zhanjiang project.

Danieli Automation Installs Compact Profile Gauge for Riva SAM Montereau

19 August 2013 - A new HiPROFILE LITE (aninnovative compact profile gauge) for rebar, plain round and small profiles measurements from Danieli Automation was scheduled to be commissioned at Riva SAM Montereau in France at the end of July 2013.

Report: ArcelorMittal Blast Furnace in East Chicago Goes Down

19 August 2013 - A blast furnace has gone down at ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor, the largest steelmaking complex in North America, according to a report for the Times of Northwest Indiana.