Trade & Industry
Mai
ABP improves foundry equipment through retrofit
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Digitalisation | Melting & Casting | Metallurgy | Plant Engineering | Research & Development
Foundry and smelting systems typically have a long service life because they produced in high quality and are serviced regularly. Therefore, it makes economic sense to think about modernization of the system. This ...
Mai
NOXMAT is celebrating its 30-year anniversary
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Burner & Combustion | Heat Treatment | Plant Engineering | Thermprocess
NOXMAT GmbH is celebrating its 30-year company anniversary this year. Founded in 1992, the company has been growing continuously in a very competitive international environment. For always remaining in Saxony, NOXMAT ...
Mai
Primetals Technologies launches task force to lead transition to green steel
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Metallurgy | Research & Development | Sustainability
Primetals Technologies appointed Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl as the Head of Green Steel. The main goal of the task force is to position the company as the frontrunner in green steel production solutions. “I’m proud ...
Mai
Tenova received two contracts from TenarisDalmine
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Markets & Economy | Plant Engineering
Tenova was awarded two contracts by Tenaris, global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipes and related services, for its mill in Dalmine (Italy). Both contracts are related to the steelmaker’s new investment in ...
Mai
Wuppermann is winner of the Best Managed Companies Award 2022
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Markets & Economy | Material Engineering | Thermprocess
Steel processor Wuppermann has received the Best Managed Companies Award 2022, which is presented by Deloitte Private, Credit Suisse, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Federation of German Industries (BDI). The ...
Mai
Swiss Steel Group achieves solid profitability in Q1 2022
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Heat Treatment | Markets & Economy | Melting & Casting | Metallurgy
Swiss Steel Group has reported revenue of EUR 1,028.8 million for the first quarter 2022 compared with EUR 751.6 million in the prior year quarter. This equates to an increase of 37 %. Sales volume decreased by – 6 % ...
Mai
SMS group to supply a Peirce-Smith Converter to SNNC in South Korea
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Plant Engineering | Research & Development
Electro mobility and the transition to green energy are only possible with the development and application of highly efficient battery technologies. The nickel content of these high performance batteries is steadily ...
Mai
Tosyali Holding orders second slab caster from Primetals
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Melting & Casting | Plant Engineering
Turkish-based Tosyali Holding recently ordered a new slab caster from Primetals Technologies. Tosyali is aiming to expand in the Algerian market by implementing the slab caster together with a new hot-strip mill. The ...
Mai
Tenova to Supply a New Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) for Tosyali Algeria
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Markets & Economy
Tenova was recently awarded a contract for the supply of a new Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at the Tosyali Bethioua plant, located in Algeria. This will be the second EAF that Tenova has supplied to this site. It is a key ...
Mai
Nucor Corporation endorses Danieli with orders for cold-strip plants
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Plant Engineering
As part of the multi-technology order valued in excess of US$ 650 million, Nucor Corporation has selected Danieli. The company will supply technological equipment and automation for two installations. A first order has ...
Mai
YETEN Combustion Delivers 3 sets of Refractory Dry-Out Burner Systems
Category: Trade & Industry
Topic: Burner & Combustion
YETEN Combustion successfully delivered 3 sets of custom made refractory dry-out burner systems to Belgium/Gent for a Blast Furnace. Along with the burners, systems include control cabinets acc. to EN 746 – 2 ...
Apr
HIMA and Mangan Software Solutions agree on partnership
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Digitalisation | Markets & Economy | Research & Development
HIMA enters into a global partnership with Mangan Software Solutions (MSS). With Mangan's Safety Lifecycle Manager® (SLM®), HIMA now offers a TÜV-certified, cloud-based solution for digitizing the entire functional ...
Apr
Nucor selects Fives for two galvanizing lines
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Metallurgy | Plant Engineering | Thermprocess
Nucor Corporation awarded Fives a contract for both a vertical and horizontal galvanizing line, each capable of 500,000 tons per year. The first line will produce steel coils for automotive applications, while the ...
Apr
Primetals Technologies supplies 3-strand continuous slab caster
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Plant Engineering
Recently, Chinese steel producer Tangshan Donghua Iron and Steel Enterprise Group placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply a new 3-strand continuous slab caster for its plant in Tangshan, Hebei province, ...
Apr
thyssenkrupp Materials Trading and Ucore Rare Metals Inc. agree on delivery of rare earths
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Markets & Economy | Metallurgy | Research & Development
The global raw materials and materials trader thyssenkrupp Materials Trading has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (FSE: U9UA), a Canadian-based rare earth carbonate ...
Apr
Klöckner & Co. announces high Operating income
Category: Trade & Industry
Topic: Markets & Economy
The renewed supply shortage has led to a significant increase in steel prices in Klöckner & Co's core markets, Europe and the USA. Against this backdrop, the company achieved a stronger operating income (EBITDA) ...
Apr
Wuppermann generates its own electricity from solar energy
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Energy Efficiency | Sustainability
Wuppermann commissioned a new photovoltaic system at its production site in Altmünster in mid-March 2022. The annual energy production of the plant amounts to around 492 MWh. The system was erected on the roof of the ...
Apr
P2X Solutions’ green hydrogen electrolysis equipment supply agreement signed
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Hydrogen | Plant Engineering | Sustainability
Increasing Finland’s energy self-sufficiency more important than ever. The first green transition supply agreement paves the way for this development. P2X Solutions, a Finnish pioneer in green hydrogen and power-to-x ...
Mrz
SMS group to supply new melt shop to Nucor steel West Virginia
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Digitalisation | Industrial Furnaces | Melting & Casting
Nucor Steel has awarded SMS group, Inc. the contract to supply a complete melt shop for the new facility to be built in Mason County, West Virginia. The scope includes two 190 metric ton direct current electric arc ...
Mrz
Primobius and Mercedes-Benz intend to launch technology partnership
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Energy Efficiency | Plant Engineering | Sustainability
Primobius intends to enter into a cooperation with LICULAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG. The aim is to maximize the recycling rate, to reduce resource consumption and to create a more circular and ...
Mrz
Plant Manufacturers: Strong order growth in 2021
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Energy Efficiency | Hydrogen | Sustainability
New orders booked by members of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers' Group (AGAB) for 2021 were up 78 percent year-on-year at €21.2 billion (2020: €11.9 billion). The driving force behind this upturn was ...
Mrz
Fives: start-up of the new reheating furnace
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Industrial Furnaces | Metallurgy | Plant Engineering
CELSA Group, one of the largest manufacturers of steel long products, and Fives, an international engineering group, fired an ultra-low emission reheating furnace for a brand-new wire rod rolling mill in the CELSA ...
Mrz
Schweißdraht Luisenthal starts new copper plating plant
Category: Trade & Industry
Topics: Energy Efficiency | Sustainability
Saarstahl subsidiary Schweißdraht Luisenthal (SDL) has commissioned a new copper plating plant. A total of around EUR 5 million has been invested in the plant. The plant has two state-of-the-art copper-plating lines. ...