Düsseldorf – The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), organiser of METAV 2020 – International Trade Fair for Metalworking Technologies – today decided to postpone the trade fair.
Frankfurt am Main – The METAV 2020, the International Exhibition for Metalworking Technologies, scheduled to be held in Düsseldorf from 10 to 13 March, has been postponed.
Saarbrücken / Berlin – At the initiative of Saarland's Prime Minister Tobias Hans, talks on a joint federal/state approach to the European Union on steel issues will be held in Berlin on 27 March 2020.
Southfield - John Catterall, former executive director of the Auto/Steel Partnership and an automotive engineering veteran, will take office on March 1st.
London – Primetals Technologies modernized continuous heat treatment line no. 2 at the Ranshofen plant of the aluminum producer AMAG rolling GmbH and brought it into operation on schedule in August 2019.
Essen – Aerospace Technology of Korea (ASTK) and tk Aerospace have agreed on the just- in-time provision of raw material batches to the Korean manufacturer of aircraft components. The material is destined to the current Embraer rear fuselage FAI.
London – Last year, Constellium's Rolled Products plant in Singen, issued the final acceptance certicates (FAC) for two tandem cold mills modernized by Primetals Technologies at its production facility in Singen, Germany.
Brussels - World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 154.4 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2020, a 2.1% increase compared to January 2019.
Essen - Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) surprisingly rose to 115.4 points.