ArcelorMittal USA, Chicago, released its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report. >
MSCI forms red metals division
The Metals Service Center Institute, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is expanding its products and services. >
Turner Steel secures self-help tool
Turner Steel Co. Inc., West Bridgewater, Mass., installed the Web Access Module from Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Enmark Systems Inc. >
Willbanks adds second leveler
Willbanks Metals Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, installed its second Bradbury eDrive leveler. >
NASA expands ownership
The Laguna Hills, Calif.-based North American Steel Alliance board of directors added five independently owned U.S. and Canadian metal service centers. >
O’Neal’s Metalwest, TAD team up
Metalwest and TAD Metals, two member companies of O’Neal Industries, Birmingham, Ala., combined to become O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals. >
Samuel grows North American footprint
An agreement for the Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, acquisition of Doral Steel has been completed. >
ThyssenKrupp offers 72-inch widths
Calvert, Ala.-based ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA’s customers in NAFTA countries now can buy 72-inch-wide stainless steel flat products produced in the United States. >
Gerdau awarded for safety practices
The World Steel Association awarded Gerdau, Tampa, Fla., the “Safety and Health Excellence Recognition 2011” award. >
Bystronic celebrates 25 years
Bystronic, Elgin, Ill., marks its 25th anniversary this year. >
Ranger adds specialty plate division
Ranger Steel, Houston, established a specialty plate division and expanded its product line. >
Summit Steel supplies Caterpillar
Summit Steel Corp., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has been awarded status as a Caterpillar Inc.-approved steel provider. >
Ryerson opens Utah facility
Ryerson Inc., Chicago, opened a 54,000-square-foot distribution facility in Salt Lake City. >
Metals CFOs pessimistic about industry
Metals CFOs reported feeling slightly more pessimistic about the state of their industry in the six months prior to a survey conducted by GE Capital Americas, Norwalk, Conn. >
Carpenter to build premium products facility
Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, Pa., will construct a 400,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. >
Pro-Tec chooses TwinLap welder
Pro-Tec Coating Co., a Leipsic, Ohio-based joint venture of U.S. Steel Corp. and Kobe Steel Ltd., selected a TwinLap welder from Dallas-based Taylor-Winfield for use in a continuous annealing processing line. >
Stripco orders Red Bud EPS coil line
Stripco Inc., Mishawaka, Ind., ordered an EPS coil line from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, Ill. >
Severstal begins cold run on new line
Severstal North America, Dearborn, Mich., recently began the cold commissioning of its Dearborn facility’s new hot-dip galvanizing line. >
Marmon/Keystone adds high-speed band saws
Butler, Pa.-based Marmon/Keystone’s Spring Valley, Ill., warehouse installed two horizontal band saws. >
Samuel installs leveling system
Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, is installing a Herr Voss leveling system in front of its continuous CTL line at the company’s Nash Road facility in Hamilton, Ontario. >
Jet Edge Inc., a St. Michael, Minnesota-based manufacturer of ultra-high pressure water jet technology, announced today that it will be one of the corporate sponsors of the upcoming Gateway to Europe International Trade Conference, June 4-5 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Minneapolis. For registration and other information, click here.
Efficient, environmentally friendly, safe and intelligent - these are the requirements customers demand of vehicles. A lightweight design plays a crucial role here. A discussion by experts from the automotive and auto supply industries and from science and research will be at the 3rd VDI conference, Lightweight design strategies in vehicles, July 3-4 2013 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Registration info here
WESTEC is a technology showcase that helped generations of manufacturers grow their businesses. This is where you’ll meet experts who can help apply cutting-edge equipment, make sense of lean methods, and manufacture with composites, titanium, or other advanced materials. October 15-17, 2013, Los Angeles.>