Baosteel Zhanjiang orders slab caster from Primetals Technologies

London – In January, Baosteel Zhanjiang placed an order for a continuous slab caster with Primetals Technologies. The caster, CCM 3, will be set up in the Baosteel production site in Guangdong Province in South China.

27 Aug 2019

Steel Dynamics Announces Third Quarter 2019 Cash Dividend

Fort Wayne - US steel producer has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per common share.  

27 Aug 2019

Tata Steel unveils India’s first organised steel retail store

Kolkata - Tata Steel launched its steel retail store ‘steeljunction’ in a new avatar with an aim to create new paradigms in steel retailing for the ‘B2C’ consumers.

27 Aug 2019

Thomas Kamphausen

Thomas Kamphausen to become new CFO of Schuler

Göppingen –  Schuler AG is to get a new Chief Financial Officer. The Supervisory Board has appointed Thomas Kamphausen (56) as a member of the Executive Board of Schuler AG as of September 1, 2019. Mr. Kamphausen will take over as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and Labour Director.

26 Aug 2019

Curtailed demand in Nordic markets

Sheffield – Business activity, in August, is generally subdued in the Nordic markets, as participants return from annual holidays. The US-China trade war continues to have a negative effect on sentiment. Reduced automotive production, principally in Germany, is starting to disturb other market sectors.

23 Aug 2019

A completely new drive concept

Göppingen/Denklingen – Automotive supplier Hirschvogel draws this conclusion around one year after the start of production on a servo press in a compact design which was newly developed in collaboration with Schuler.

23 Aug 2019

Thyssenkrupp files complaint against EU Commission decision

Essen - Thyssenkrupp about  prevented joint venture with Tata: The consolidation of the European steel industry is still right and necessary.

22 Aug 2019

Fuxin Special Steel orders coil handling system from AMOVA

Düsseldorf – Fuxin Special Steel Co., Ltd., a stainless steel producer based in Zhangzhou and part of Formosa Plastics Corporation, is going to expand its production facilities by a new hot rolling mill as well as cold rolling mills including continuous annealing line and numerous finishing lines.

22 Aug 2019

Machine exports suffer from trade conflicts

Frankfurt a. M. – Global trade conflicts and an increasingly weak economy are weighing on the export business of mechanical engineering companies from Germany. According to the Federal Statistical Office, machine deliveries in the first half of 2019 increased by a 0.9 percent or 0.8 billion euros to 89.2 billion euros compared to 2018.

22 Aug 2019

3D printing on the threshold to mass production

Frankfurt am Main – Industrial 3D printing has now become an integral part of metalworking. EMO Hannover 2019 is reflecting this development by launching a compact new section to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in this field.

22 Aug 2019

Andritz to modernize cold strip processing line #1 for North American Stainless

Ghent, Kentucky - The scope of supply and services includes engineering and delivery of a new chemical processing section.

21 Aug 2019

EWM expands LP-XQ control for the Titan XQ puls MIG/MAG welding machine

Mündersbach - The new control makes switching between EWM welding processes quick and easy.

21 Aug 2019