Van Leeuwen celebrates 40 years in Asia

Singapore– Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube (Singapore) Pte Ltd celebrated its 40th anniversary and announced the further strengthening of its Singapore regional headquarters as Project Management Hub for the Asia Pacific region.

27 May 2019

TTM Laser becomes part of Bystronic

Cazzago San Martino – Bystronic, together with many guests, celebrated the official integration of TTM Laser into the Bystronic Group. The event also opened the new Experience Centre and offered a world premiere of the new laser cutting system ByTube 130.

27 May 2019

Duferdofin-Nucor: new beam rolling mill in northern Italy

San Zeno Naviglio (Brescia) – The Board of Directors of Duferdofin-Nucor, a 50:50 joint venture between and Nucor Corporation, approved an investment of over 150 million euros for the construction of a new rolling mill in Italy to be located at the San Zeno Naviglio facility.

27 May 2019

Eurometal meeting nordics debated steel supply chains and digitzation

Helsinki - Regional Meeting Nordics was convened on 22-23 of May 2019.

26 May 2019

Crude steel production in Germany: Downward trend has intensified

Düsseldorf - In April 2019, crude steel production in Germany fell by 9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.

24 May 2019

ISSF’s new office bearers elected

Chicago – The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has elected new office bearers during the 23rd Annual Conference and Bernardo Velázquez, CEO of the Acerinox Group has been elected Chairman of the International Stainless Steel Forum.

24 May 2019

Outokumpu appoints Olli-Matti Saksi President of business area Americas

Helsinki - Finnish executive has been based in the US since January 2019, first leading the Americas’ sales and supply chain.

24 May 2019

High performance along with universal use

Marienheide – With its new ALLROUND cut, PFERD is offering both high performance and universal use. PFERD product manager Thomas Plömacher explains why these characteristics do not have to be mutually exclusive.

24 May 2019

Sharp fall in orders for the machine tool industry

Frankfurt am Main – Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the first quarter of 2019 were 21 per cent down on the same period last year. Orders from Germany fell by 10 per cent whereas those from abroad were down by 27 per cent.

24 May 2019

The Latest in Steel Welding Technology

Pettenbach – Fronius Perfect Welding is broadening its product range: The company is launching a new version of its current power source platform, called the TPS/i Steel Edition. The Steel Edition has been optimized for manual steel welding.

24 May 2019

Weakness in EU steel safeguard and poor market conditions threaten sector

Brussels - Eurofer: Period of stability fo the European steel sector arguably ended in mid-2018 with the imposition of the US’ Section 232 measures.

23 May 2019

British Steel on the brink of collapse

London - Former Tata Steel subsidiary must file for bankruptcy and is placed under receivership. Thousands of jobs are at risk.

23 May 2019