Luxembourg - Lakshmi N. Mittal: Profitability has been impacted by lower steel pricing.

Washington - A successful trade agreement has become highly unlikely in the short term.

Darmstadt - ISRA VISION presents automatic inline inspection of all painted car bodies with 100% robot-guided sensors at production speed

Ulm – ThyssenKrupp Presta AG is one of the world's most successful manufacturers of steering systems and is a technology leader in the field of massive forming. This leading position is largely due to its innovative and future-oriented approach to product development.

Luxembourg – Regrettable decision necessary due to combination of weakening demand, rising imports coupled with insufficient EU trade protection, high energy costs and rising carbon costs.

Dusseldorf – Two SMS group engineers, received the AIST James Farrington Award 2019  for their work entitled “Holistic Approach of High Quality Flat Steel Production – Dynamic Production Scheduling in Respect to Process Quality, Control System and Plant Condition”.

Duisburg - Operating income (EBITDA), at €34 million, was below the €56 million recorded in the first quarter of 2018.

Washington -  Asian stock markets under pressure, causing negative impact on metal prices.

Lucerne – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH today reported 1.1% higher sales volumes of 551 kilotons compared with 545 kilotons in the first quarter of 2018. Revenue increased by 6.7% to EUR 884 million from EUR 829 million due to higher sales volumes and higher sales prices.

Helsinki - Outokumpu and CG Gruppe AG have signed an agreement regarding the sale of Outokumpu’s real estate in Dusseldorf-Benrath, Germany.

Munich - Results of the ifo World Economic Survey (WES) for the 2nd Quarter 2019.