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U. S. Steel and Kobe Steel Commission PRO-TEC Coating Continuous Annealing Line
May 13, 2013 - Today, United States Steel Corporation and Kobe Steel, Ltd., of Japan formally commissioned the new continuous annealing line at their joint venture PRO-TEC Coating Company. PRO-TEC will now process some of the strongest and most formable grades of steel in North America

Essar Steel Launches Specialized Plate Products for Shipping and Logistics Industry
May 13, 2013 - Essar Steel announced the launch of high-end branded steel plate products for the shipping and logistics industry.

TMEIC Announces Rugged New Drive for Rolling Mills
May 10, 2013 - TMEIC has introduced an improved version of its rugged TMdrive-70 medium voltage, variable frequency drive, used to provide high torque and overload capability to main drives on hot strip mills and cold mills.

Delta Steel Technologies Ships World’s Widest, Thickest Temper Mill Cut-To-Length Line
May 3, 2013 - Delta Steel Technologies announced it has shipped a 1-inch by 120-inch temper mill cut-to-length line with rotary shear to a U.S. service center.

New Reversing Cold Mill Launched at Starcore in Thailand
May 2, 2013 - Esmech Equipment Pvt. Ltd., an Indian joint venture partner of SMS Siemag, has successfully put into operation the new reversing cold mill at Starcore Co. Ltd. in Rayong, Thailand.

Bahru Stainless Puts 20-Roll Millstand from SMS Siemag into Operation
May 1, 2013 - The first strip was successfully rolled on the new 20-roll cold-rolling stand at Bahru Stainless SDN BHD in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Feralloy Decatur Hosts Open House Showcasing New Butech Bliss Stretch Leveler Technology
Apr. 19, 2013 - Feralloy’s Decatur, Ala., plant recently hosted an open house featuring its newest leveling technology, the Butech Bliss Stretch Leveler with 1,850 tons of stretching force.

S&B Industrial Minerals' First Compact Flux Feeder Commissioned at OMK
Apr. 8, 2013 - The S&B Industrial Minerals group has successfully commissioned a flux feeder ST2P-3 unit of its Stollberg brand — the first supply of this type of flux feeding system worldwide — at the thin-slab casting plant of OMK in Russia.

LDV Laser- und Lichtsysteme GmbH Develops Laser-Based Inspection System for Work Rolls
Mar. 29, 2013 - LDV Laser- und Lichtsysteme GmbH has developed a visual laser-based inspection system for work rolls, which makes smallest irregularities of the roll surface visible.

ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Improves Surface Quality at Plant in Germany
Mar. 25, 2013 - Under a €4 million investment program, ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel has carried out conversion measures and process modifications at its Gelsenkirchen, Germany, site and achieved significant improvement in the surface quality of its grain-oriented electrical steel.

China Steel Corp. Commissions Another SMS Mevac RH Facility
Mar. 25, 2013 - China Steel Corporation (CSC) has commissioned another SMS Mevac RH facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

TKS Dortmund Increases Quality Assurance with Latest Surface Inspection System from ISRA VISION
Mar. 25, 2013 - A new inspection system for the continuous annealing line at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe's mill in Dortmund, Germany, has now been fitted with the latest surface inspection technique from ISRA VISION PARSYTEC.

Tenova Core and AustralTek Sign Strategic Agreement
Mar. 14, 2013 - Tenova Core and AustralTek announced the signing of a long-term technology cooperation agreement to better serve the North and South American metals industry.

Tata Steel Saves Energy With Heat Retention Boxes at IJmuiden
Feb. 26, 2013 - Tata Steel will save 10 million cubic meters of gas a year — enough to power 5,500 homes — at its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands through the use of newly installed heat-retention boxes.

SMS Siemag Successfully Modernizes Coiler at Tata Steel IJuiden
Feb. 19, 2013 - Tata Steel this month granted SMS Siemag the final acceptance for the modernization of coiler No. 3 in its IJmuiden, Netherlands, hot strip plant.

ArcelorMittal Florange Launches Line to Produce Extra-Wide Usibor® for the Auto Industry
Feb. 14, 2013 - Investments of more than €7 million in ArcelorMittal Florange mean that the site’s cold rolling mill now owns the first processing line in the world to produce Usibor® Alusi steel in widths of up to 1,850mm.

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