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Maanshan Grants Acceptance Certificate to VAI for LD Process Optimization
01 May 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) recently received the acceptance certificate from Maanshan Iron & Steel for the successful implementation of a Process Optimization System for three 120-tonne LD (BOF) Converters.
New VAI Workshop in China makes First Deliveries
01 April 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI), has officially opened a new workshop — VAI Manufacturing (Taicang) Co. Ltd. — in China.
VAI Starts up Revamped Slab Caster for Shagang
01 March 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH (VAI) recently started up the twin-strand No. 1 Slab Caster it had modernized for Jiangsu Shagang, P.R. China. The caster upgrade was part of a steel plant relocation project from Germany to China, where VAI was the technology provider for the entire production route.
VAI Logs Multiple Contracts Valued at $200 Million
01 March 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) has received major orders from Russia, India, Japan, Turkey and Korea with a total value of around $200 million.
Casey Contracted to Sell Equipment for Halyvourgiki
01 February 2005 - Casey Equipment Corp. has been hired as the exclusive sales agent for Halyvourgiki Inc., Greece.
Magnum Metal Process Inaugurates New Office
01 January 2005 - Value-engineered solutions provider Magnum Integrated Technologies Inc. recently opened a new office in Pune, India, as part of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary Magnum Metal Process Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
VAI Reports Strong Order Book for January
01 January 2005 - Building on its record year 2004, VAI has continued its successful business development at the beginning of 2005. As Gerhard Falch, Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH Chairman and Vice-Chairman of VA Technologie AG explains, “Due to the taking effect of the major orders from Hadeed worth around EUR 340 million, negotiated and agreed upon in October 2004, and other contracts worth more than EUR 160 million from Saudi Arabia, the CIS, China, Iran, Poland and Turkey, VAI can already point to an order intake in January 2005 of over EUR 500 million.”
Contract Growth Continues for VAI
01 December 2004 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) has logged new orders from Asia, Russia and Western Europe with a total value of around EUR 100 million, raising company order intake at the end of November 2004 by more than 50% compared to the same period of last year.
VAI to Expand Hadeed DR Plant and Meltshop
01 November 2004 - As the leader of two international consortia, VAI has received an order from Hadeed (Saudi Iron and Steel Co.), Saudi Arabia, for the enlargement of hot metal and steel-producing capacity at its Al-Jubail complex.
VAI Revamps Arvedi Thin Slab Caster
01 October 2004 - VAI has successfully upgraded and restarted the thin-slab caster of the existing Arvedi Steel Technology line (AST line) of Acciaieria Arvedi in Cremona, Italy.
VAI Pomini Logs Long Products Rolling Mill and Caster Orders
01 October 2004 - VAI recently recorded successful orders valued at approximately 26 million euro for its subsidiary VAI Pomini.
VAI Fuchs to Supply Three Electric Arc Furnaces
16 September 2004 - VAI Fuchs was recently awarded with three contracts for electric arc furnaces and auxiliary equipment. Total contract value approximately 33 million Euro.
VAI Ingdesi Automation Implements eVision for Sterling Steel
13 September 2004 - Voest Alpine Ingdesi Automation was recently awarded a contract to implement eVision for the complete Sterling Steel minimill in Sterling, Ill.
VA Tech Sells Wabag Fluidized Bed Business to Andritz
01 September 2004 - The listed VA Tech announced the sale of Wabag’s Fluidized Bed Business Area to the Andritz technology group.
VAI to Supply Vacuum Degasser to Companhia Siderurgica
01 September 2004 - VAI-MS has been contracted to provide a vacuum degassing plant to Brazilian steel producer Companhia Siderúrgica, an Arcelor Group company. The order is valued at approximately EUR 29 million.
VAI Takes Over 100% of VAI-Pomini
01 August 2004 - Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) recently took over the remaining 49% shares of Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionale from the joint-venture company VAI Pomini, making VAI the 100% owner of the company.
VAI to Install Finex Plant for Posco
01 August 2004 -
Corus IJmuiden Operating with BetaPlanner Solution
01 August 2004 - Corus IJmuiden, The Netherlands, is running the BetaPlanner production planning and scheduling system. The system was recently implemented by AIS Advanced Information Systems, a joint venture between Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) and MCE.
VAI-Led Consortium to Upgrade Hadeed Hot Mill
01 August 2004 - Consortium leader Voest Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) was recently awarded a contract by Hadeed (Saudi Iron and Steel Co.) for expansion and modernization of an existing hot rolling mill. The contract is valued at approximately 100 million Euro.
AIS to Supply Automation System for Sidor
01 August 2004 - AIS Advanced Information Systems, a joint venture between VAI and MCE, Austria, receives a contract from Sidor, Venezuela, to implement the SteelPlanner solutions to solve the daily challenge of planning and scheduling the facilities of its Flat Product division.
