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Nucor Steel Chooses Quad Infotech to Deliver a Complete MES Solution for Its Jewett Plant

16 November 2012 - Quad Infotech has been awarded an order by Nucor Steel Texas to provide a comprehensive manufacturing execution system (MES) in its steel plant in Jewett, Texas.

Heavy Plate Fabricator AT&F Announces Equipment Upgrades

15 November 2012 - AT&F, a custom steel fabricator in Cleveland, Ohio, announced equipment upgrades to one of its large rolling systems, including a new leveling system, PLC upgrade, new gearbox and electrical panel upgrade.

SMS Meer Receives Order for PQF® Seamless Tube Plant from TPCO America

14 November 2012 - TPCO America Corp. has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a new 10¾” tube plant with PQF® rolling technology for the production of OCTG at its plant currently being built in Texas.

Danieli Corus Receives Order for Hearth Assessment of Blast Furnace in Ukraine

14 November 2012 - Danieli Corus has received an order from OJSC Zaporizhstal in Ukraine for the execution of a hearth assessment for its Zaporozhye Blast Furnace No. 2.

Greer Steel Makes Upgrades to Ohio Mill

13 November 2012 - Greer Steel recently made a number of upgrades and improvements to its 18" 4-high reversing mill to improve surface clealiness and Cpk performance of its strip steel products.

MidWest Materials Completes Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade; Celebrates 60th Anniversary

09 November 2012 - MidWest Materials announced the completion of a multi-million dollar technology, equipment and facility investment project that will enable the company to remain competitive worldwide and to retain and create more jobs in Northeast Ohio.

SMS Meer Revamping Chinese Pipe Mill to Allow Larger Diameter Tube Production

09 November 2012 - SMS Meer received an order to revamp Anhui Tianda Oil Pipe's mill in Anhui province, China, to allow the company to produce tubes up to an outside diameter of 13 3/8".

SSAB Dedicates New Q&T Line in Alabama

07 November 2012 - SSAB recently dedicated its newest queching line, a $300 million line in Axis, Ala., which will produce 220,000 tons per year of ultra high-strength steels.

SMS Meer Receives Order for Gap Closing Press in Russia

06 November 2012 - Izhorsky Trubny Zavod (ITZ), part of the Severstal Group based in Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a new gap closing press with a press force of 25 MN. The machine will be integrated into the existing 18m JCOE® large-diameter pipe mill, which SMS Meer supplied in 2006.

SMS Meer to Provide New Wire Rod Mill to Chinese Steelmaker

05 November 2012 - China’s Xilin Iron & Steel in Heilongjiang Province is increasing its production capacities with a new 1 million tonne/year high-speed wire rod mill from SMS Meer.

SKF ConRo Unit Reduces CO2 Emissions From Steel Production

05 November 2012 - SKF announced that its SKF ConRo roll line unit, a BeyondZero Portfolio product, can reduce an estimated 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per roll line each year.

Germany’s Benteler Steel/Tube Selects Louisiana for $900M U.S. Expansion

29 October 2012 - Benteler Steel/Tube announced it will build a new hot rolling tube mill in Caddo, La., strengthening the company’s position in the North American oil country tubular goods (OCTG) market.

Leveltek Announces Expansion of Laporte, Ind., Facility

26 October 2012 - Leveltek, a manufacturer of stretch leveling systems, is excited to announce a significant expansion at its Laporte, Ind., location.

Steel Dynamics Awards SBQ Plant Expansion Contract to SMS Meer

25 October 2012 - Steel Dynamics awarded the contract for a major expansion of its SBQ plant at its Pittsboro, Ind., works to SMS Meer. This upgrade is to integrate a new reheating furnace, a roughing mill and a new threeroll PSM® (Precision Sizing Mill) into the facility.

Gerdau Unveils New Continuous Caster in Michigan

25 October 2012 - Gerdau has completed construction of a new continuous caster at its Monroe, Mich. facility; the caster was showcased at a ribbon cutting ceremony held on 24 October 2012.

AIST Presents the 2012 Reliability Achievement Awards

24 October 2012 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) proudly announced the 2012 Gold, Silver and Bronze Reliability Achievement Awards on 23 October 2012. These awards recognize organizations and the individuals within them that have developed, applied and proved a new practice, policy or procedure that significantly improves iron- and steelmaking reliability in North America.

Gerdau Corsa Makes the Largest Private Investment in the History of Hidalgo State

24 October 2012 - Gerdau Corsa announced details of the project to build a new plant to produce structural steel in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Michigan Seamless Tube Expands Pickling Capabilities

24 October 2012 - Michigan Seamless Tube announced that it will complete construction on a new 9,600 square foot pickling house later this year.

Steelmaker in Taiwan Orders Bar-in-Coil Line from Siemens

24 October 2012 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Taiwan’s Wei Chih Steel Industry Co. Ltd. to supply a new rolling line for bar-in-coil which is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2013.

Siemens Receives Final Acceptance Certificate for EAF at Outokumpu in Finland

23 October 2012 - Outokumpu Oy, a Finnish steelmaker, issued Siemens VAI Metals Technologies in April with the final acceptance certificate for electric arc furnace no. 1 in the Tornio Stainless Steel Works.

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