Specialty Alloy and Foundry

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Acquisition to Expand North American Stainless Footprint

05 February 2024 - Acerinox subsidiary North American Stainless is acquiring high-performance alloys maker Haynes International in a cash deal valued at US$970 million, the companies announced Monday.

ANDRITZ to Outfit Open-Die Forge With Seven Car Bottom Furnaces

26 June 2023 - The international technology group announced it has received an order from Sheffield Forgemasters for seven new car bottom furnaces.

North American Stainless Plans New Cold Mill

26 January 2023 - North American Stainless has greenlighted a US$244 million expansion of its Ghent, Ky., USA, mill, the company announced Thursday.

ATI Plans Stop to Standard Stainless Sheet Production

03 December 2020 - Stainless steel and specialty alloys producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) is exiting the standard stainless sheet business and will redeploy capital to focus on high-value products primarily for the aerospace and defense sectors.

Baowu Steel Takes Controlling Stake in Stainless Producer

21 August 2020 - China’s largest steelmaker will acquire a majority stake in Taiyuan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (TISCO), the country’s No. 2 stainless producer, reports the Reuters news service.

Special Alloys Producer Certifies Converter Upgrade

14 July 2020 - Italy’s Acciaierie Valbruna has issued the final acceptance certificate on upgrades to an argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) converter at its facility in Bolzano, according to project contractor Primetals Technologies.

Japanese Steelmakers Might Face New Competition from China

13 July 2020 - Toyota has begun buying electrical steel from China Baowu Steel Group, a development that could mark the beginning of era in which Japanese steelmakers will have to compete with their Chinese counterparts on price in addition to quality, reports the Nikkei Asian Review.

Forgings Maker Switches on New High-Speed Press

24 June 2020 - Gustav Grimm Edelstahlwerk GmbH & CO. KG, a German high-alloy forgings specialist, has put a new high-speed press from SMS group into service.

Fives Receives Order for Electrical Steel Lines

09 June 2020 - Fives has won an order for two grain-oriented electrical steel lines from China’s Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO).

New Forging Plant Enters Service

18 May 2020 - Russia’s Zlatoust Metallurgical Plant (ZMZ) has commissioned a new Danieli-built forging facility, Danieli has announced.

Start-up Commercializes New Electrical Steel

15 May 2020 - Michigan-based materials start-up Arcanum Alloys Inc. is commercializing a branded electrical steel produced through its proprietary manufacturing process.

GOES Transformer Components Focus of New Section 232 Investigation

06 May 2020 - The U.S. Commerce Department will investigate whether imports of transformer laminations and wound cores pose a national security risk to the U.S.

Outokumpu Names New Chief Executive

17 April 2020 - Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu has named board vice chairman Heikki Malinen to succeed president and chief executive Roeland Baan, who is resigning to take a leadership position outside the company.

North American Stainless Rises to Confront COVID-19 Challenges

16 April 2020 - As one of the initial links in the supply chain, Kentucky-based North American Stainless and its 1,500 employees are stepping up to ensure that manufacturers of critical medical equipment, such as ventilators, oxygen tanks and hospital beds, have access to high-quality stainless steel.