Research & Development
Apr
2023
Foundry Group launches first sustainability report
As one of the first in its industry, the foundry group BIRN Group has just released its first sustainability report. The report is an initial step towards a more sustainable business model. The report includes all the ...
Apr
2023
Volatile Commodity Prices Reduce Growth and Amplify Swings in Inflation
Resurgent volatility in commodity markets will likely pose economic challenges in coming years even as prices decline Food and energy prices surged to near historic highs in recent years amid the pandemic and the war in ...
Mrz
2023
Nucor Steel Gallatin integrates SMS digital’s MES 4.0 into new steel production lines
Nucor Steel Gallatin produced the first hot coil following a comprehensive upgrade of its production lines using SMS digital’s Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES 4.0®) at its Gallatin steel plant in Ghent, Kentucky, ...
Feb
2023
Roland Berger presents study on Industry 4.0
The term “Industry 4.0” was coined more than ten years ago at the Hannover Fair to describe the revolutionary efficiency gains that could be achieved by digitalizing manufacturing operations. Since then, it ...
Okt
2022
HYBRIT: New hydrogenreduced iron with superior properties
New research within the HYBRIT project, driven by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, shows superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron (H-DRI) made using HYBRIT technology. Test ...
Sep
2022
SSAB presents GreenCoat RWS for sustainable rainwater systems
To meet the global demand for sustainable and durable building materials, SSAB enlarges its GreenCoat® color coated steel rainwater system product range by introducing GreenCoat RWS Pural BT. It features a Bio-based ...
Sep
2022
Primetals Technologies and POSCO: new Green Steel Demonstration Plant
On July 26th, Primetals Technologies and South Korean leading steel producer POSCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a demonstration plant for hydrogen-based hot metal production in South Korea. ...
Jul
2022
IMS control and regulation software wins iF Design Award
To win the world-renowned iF Design Award is a very special distinction, of which IMS Messsysteme GmbH can now also be proud. Already crowned with the Red Dot Design Award in 2021, the MEVIweb human machine interface ...
Jul
2022
Tenova presents Pomini Digital Texturing™
Tenova has taken a further step to reinforce its commitment to a more sustainable industry. Pomini Tenova defined the Product Category Rules (PCR) to standardize the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of metal finishing ...
Jul
2022
bp and thyssenkrupp Steel decarbonize steel production
bp and thyssenkrupp Steel announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of long-term supply of low carbon hydrogen and renewable power in steel production. Both want to accelerate the steel ...
Jun
2022
Wuppermann receives the “German Award for Sustainability Projects 2022”
Wuppermann is one of the winners of the “German Award for Sustainability Projects 2022” in the category “Production”. The prize was awarded by the news channel ntv, the DUP UNTERNEHMER magazine ...
Jun
2022
ABP: Modernization at Vonroll Casting with Retrofit
ABP Induction has been awarded the contract for the extensive modernization of a foundry at Vonroll Casting. The order shows how retrofits can upgrade existing plants and what advantages they have in terms of plant ...
Mai
2022
SSAB and Alfa Laval produce heat exchanger using fossil-free steel
SSAB and Alfa Laval have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development and commercialization of the world’s first heat exchanger to be made using fossil-free steel. The goal is to have the first unit made with ...
Mai
2022
SMS group presents new products at the wire & Tube
From June 20 to 24, 2022, SMS group will be showcasing its products and services at the Tube & wire trade fair in Düsseldorf, hall 7, booth B04. With an exhibition area of 400 m2, SMS will be presenting its latest ...
Mai
2022
ESF-Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi optimizes Steel Production
ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi, one of Europe’s leading steel manufacturers, contracted the AI company Smart Steel Technologies to implement the SST Temperature AI package at its site in Riesa, Germany. The AI-based ...
Mai
2022
JUMO best measurement technology training company according to FOCUS
In cooperation with the “Institut für Management- und Wirtschaftsforschung” (Institute for Management and Economic Research), the magazine FOCUS has investigated the quality of training in the 20,000 ...
Apr
2022
Groundbreaking ceremony at thyssenkrupp for processing plant
At the recycling site in Duisburg’s inland port, TSR Recycling GmbH broke ground this week for the construction of a steel scrap processing plant. The processing plant is part of the REDERS project (Reduced CO2 ...
Apr
2022
Fully automatic inline PMI also for black steel
At the wire & tube trade fair, Secopta is going to present its new LIBS system which, for the first time, enables fully automatic inline Positive Material Identification (PMI) testing of long steel products in black ...
Apr
2022
ABP helps Siempelkamp become digital
Siempelkamp Giesserei GmbH, together with its partners ABP Induction Systems GmbH and Zorc Technology GmbH, has completed the first complete digitalization of a melting plant in Germany. This is a reaction to the ...
Apr
2022
Wickert: high demand for vacuum insulation panel presses
Wickert is currently experiencing a boom in the demand for special powder presses used in the production of vacuum insulation panels (VIP). It has been spurred by the increased demand in insulation materials for ...
Apr
2022
Primobius battery recycling plant officially opened
The recycling system currently established at SMS group’s Hilchenbach location is the first plant built by Primobius. It enables the company to give live demonstrations of the process. The system will generate ...
Mrz
2022
Andritz successfully starts up galvanizing line at Nucor Arkansas, USA
International technology group Andritz has successfully started up the new galvanizing line supplied to Nucor Steel Arkansas in Hickman, Arkansas, USA. The first galvanized coil was produced on schedule on December 16, ...
Jan
2022
Heavy plate from Dillinger for effective flood protection in the UK
Steel from Dillinger was used to build the gigantic Boston Flood Barrier protection system recently commissioned in Boston (Lincolnshire), UK. The commissioning of the Boston Flood Barrier in late fall 2021 is a major ...
Nov
2021
Climeworks begins operations of Orca, the world’s largest direct air capture and CO₂ storage plant
Unprecedented extreme weather events have dominated the news headlines since early this year. The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cautions that the world will see more of this in years to ...