Wuhan Group (WISCO)
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Tenova Wins Order for Thin Plate Quench Line for WISCO
31 August 2021 - Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (WISCO) has contracted Tenova LOI Thermprocess to install a continuous quench line for thin plate, the equipment supplier reports.
China OKs Baosteel, Wuhan Merger
31 October 2016 - China has given the go-ahead to the merger of two of its largest steelmakers, naming the top executives who will run the combined business, reports the Bloomberg news service.
Report: Proposed Merger of China's Baosteel, Wuhan Iron and Steel Wins Regulatory Approval
19 September 2016 - A plan to merge two of China’s largest steelmakers into a single entity with more than 60 million tons of capacity has received regulatory approval, reports Caixin magazine.
Report: China Weighing Plan to Combine Steelmakers
02 August 2016 - Chinese officials are thinking about consolidating some of the country’s largest steelmakers into two behemoth companies, according to the Bloomberg news service.
Wuhan Iron & Steel Trials CRC Mill at Fangchenggang Plant
01 July 2015 - According to SteelFirst, Central China's Wuhan Iron & Steel (Wugang) produced the first cold rolled coil at its Fangchenggang plant in the country’s southern Guangxi province at the weekend on Monday June 29.
Fives Selected for Five New High-End Automotive Steel Projects
13 February 2015 - Fives, an international engineering group which designs and supplies process technologies to various industries, has been awarded five new processing line contracts for the automotive steel market, making it in this field a dominant equipment provider to steelmakers.
GE Enables WISCO to Build Steel Plant of the Future to Meet China’s Growing Auto Demand
13 May 2014 - Faced with increasing market demand for high-quality steel for the domestic car industry, China’s Wuhan Iron Steel Group (WISCO) has turned to GE’s Power Conversion business to support, design, supply and commission electrical and automation equipment for the continuous annealing line of the new Fangchenggang site in Guangxi Province, China.
Fives and Wisco Sign Cooperation Agreement
07 May 2014 - Fives and Wisco, China’s third largest steel group, recently signed an extensive cooperation agreement.
SMS Siemag Modernizes Coiler at Wuhan Iron & Steel
12 February 2014 - Wuhan Iron & Steel (WISCO) has placed an order with SMS Siemag to modernize a coiler in its No. 2 hot strip mill.
Nippon Steel and WISCO Tinplate Joint Venture Begins Operations in China
15 January 2014 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and Wuhan Iron and Steel (WISCO), announced the start-up of its WISCO-NIPPON STEEL Tinplate Co., Ltd (WINSteel) joint venture in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on 31 December 2013.
Siemens Modernizes Cooling Section of Hot Rolling Mill No. 2 at Wisco
24 October 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize the cooling section in the hot rolling mill No. 2 of Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Wisco) in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Cliffs to Send Iron Ore to Asia on First Chinamax Vessel from North America
21 October 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and the Port of Sept -Îles announced that for the first time in North-America, a Chinamax type vessel will be loaded in the Bay of Sept-Îles, and will transport 300,000 metric tons of iron ore concentrate from Cliffs’ mine in Bloom Lake to Asia.
Worthington Signs Agreement with WISCO for Majority Owernship of TWB
29 August 2013 - In late July 2013, Worthington Industries announced that it closed on an agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO) to become the majority member in Tailor Welded Blanks (TWB), its laser welded blanking joint venture.
Sale of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks to WISCO Completed
31 July 2013 - The sale of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) of China has been completed.
Wuhan Contract for Brazil Steel Mill Lapses
08 November 2012 - China’s Wuhan Iron & Steel Co no longer has a contract to build a 5-million-tonne-a-year steel mill at the Port of Açu northeast of Rio de Janeiro, LLX Logistica SA the port’s owner, told Reuters on Thursday.
ThyssenKrupp Sells Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel
28 September 2012 - ThyssenKrupp AG has signed an agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) for the sale of for its subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks, which produces tailored steel blanks for the auto industry.
WISCO Develops Corrosion-Resistant Steel Plate for Oil Tankers
06 September 2012 - Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. (WISCO) announced it has successfully produced corrosion-resistant steel plate for application in oil storage tanks aboard oil tankers.
Nippon Steel and WISCO Plan Expansion to Tinplate Joint Venture
08 August 2012 - Nippon Steel Corporation and Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) plan to double producion capacity at their Chinese joint venture, WISCO-Nippon Steel Tinplate Co., to 400,000 tonnnes/year of tinplate and 400,000 tonnes/year of tin mill black plate.
Wuhan Iron and Steel Forms Information Technology Joint Venture
09 July 2012 - Camelot Information Systems Inc. and Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technologies Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to create a platform upon which to develop and grow the IT applications business for the iron and steel industry.
