Berlin - WV Stahl and IG Metall demand adaptation of EU safeguard clause measures to prevent associated value chains from permanent damage.

Essen – In mid-May, the Industry business unit of thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe with its activities moved from Leverkusen to the modern Willich site.

Zwijndrecht – 2019 was a transformational year for the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group. The financial results improved as compared to 2018, despite lower economic activity in the industry segment and one-off acquisition cost.

São Paulo, Brazil - In the middle of the deepest global and regional economic crisis in history, the Latin American steel industry has felt its negative effects.

Achern – An efficient, fully-automated material flow offers companies significant time and cost advantages in sheet metal processing.

Salzgitter – In the first quarter of 2020, the Salzgitter Group registered a pre-tax loss of €–31.4 million. The negative impact of the Corona crisis had not yet had any significant effect on the marginally negative quarterly results.

Düsseldorf / Frankfurt – Even before the Corona crisis, the steel industry was already facing considerable challenges, especially in Germany as a steel location. The corona pandemic is now plunging the industry into an intensified crisis.

Frankfurt/Main – The METAV organiser VDW  is inviting all those interested to take part in its METAV Web Sessions – entitled "Let's talk about innovation" – from 15 to 19 June 2020.

Düsseldorf – The German Steel Construction Association has decided to postpone the 40th German Steel Construction Day until 2022. The new venue is Berlin.

Boeblingen - The joint venture provides for a strategic part-nership to expand the hydrostatic servo-hydraulics business in various in-dustrial markets.

Eschborn - Results of third BME survey: synchronisation of value and supply chains is problematic - insolvencies are more likely.

Düsseldorf – SMS group has commissioned another new copper cold rolling mill at the Chinese copper manufacturer Jintian Ningbo Copper Co., Ltd. in the Chinese province of Jiangsu.