Luxembourg – Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Italia had to take offline blast furnaces two and four at its Taranto steelworks in quick time on last Thursday, after unions called a strike because of a worker falling into the sea.
Wommelgem/Antwerp – OM Partners has opened a new office in Mannheim, Germany to keep up with strong demand for their Supply Chain Planning solutions in the region. The new location will support OM Partners’ operations, provide better access to Germany’s industrial south
Yekaterinburg/Hannover – The third Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit will take place 20–21 April 2020 at HANNOVER MESSE in Germany. Focal points include sustainable industrial development and global adoption of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies.
Salzgitter – Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG), a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, has launched its “Hot Dip Galvanizing 3” (FV3) project and one of its largest single investments of the last decade. The plant engineering SMS Group based in Düsseldorf is the company’s project partner.
Stuttgart/Tübingen − Bosch plans to ramp up its activities in the emerging technology of artificial intelligence (AI): in Tübingen in Germany’s Cyber Valley, the supplier of technology and services intends to invest some 35 million euros in a new “Bosch AI Campus
Luxembourg – In May 2019 and for the first time during this year, shipments of EU SSC turned positive again by rising by +1,0 % when comparing with May 2018. Nevertheless, aggregate SSC shipments of first 5 months 2019 remain negative.
