Company News

Polysoude will be holding open days at its Nantes headquarters on 23 and 25 June 2015. Over the two days, the company will be presenting its latest developments in the fields of welding and weld overlay cladding using the TIG and TIGer (GTAW) process.

Agellis Group has acquired the rights to all products based on infrared camera technology from the Swedish company Metsol.

Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation began its previously announced multi-year contract to provide onsite material processing services to India’s largest stainless steel producer, Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL). The project at JSL’s all-new production facility in the growing steel-producing area of Jajpur, Odisha, marks Harsco’s fifth major steel mill services site in India and its first serving India’s stainless sector.

The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group reported a solid performance in 2014 under challenging market conditions. Sales grew slightly in 2014, in part due to acquisitions and projects.

Ceona, a SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has entered into a significant joint venture (JV) with Seaweld Engineering, which will act as a strategic partner for offshore deepwater construction projects in Ghana.

Sierra Metals appointed Mark Brennan as president and CEO, effective 13 April 2015. Brennan is replacing Sierra Metals’ former president and CEO Audra Walsh, whose resignation was announced earlier.

AK Steel announced the retirement of David C. Horn, executive vice president, chief legal and administrative officer, and secretary effective 31 May 2015. Photo courtesy of AK Steel Horn joined AK Steel in 2000 as assistant general counsel.

A. M. Castle & Co. Board of Directors appointed Steven Scheinkman to the position of president and CEO, effective immediately.

Ugitech, a company of the SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group, is presenting its solutions for aerospace at the Paris Air Show in June.

Wintershall is stepping up its activities in the southern North Sea. In addition to an extensive drilling campaign in the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark, the company intends to take its natural gas and crude oil discoveries into the production phase swiftly. Wintershall operates 24 offshore platforms in Dutch, German and UK waters of the North Sea and is one of the most active explorers and producers in this region.