Company News

United States producer Keystone Steel and Wire Co. placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to upgrade the cooling conveyors of a two-strand wire rod mill in its Bartonville, Illinois, production facility.

The South Stream Transport company has certified large-diameter pipes produced by the United Metallurgical Company (OMK) from slabs supplied by NLMK.

The NanoSteel Company expanded the company’s engineered powders business into additive manufacturing. By leveraging its uniform metal matrix microstructures in the laser-sintering process, the company was able to build a crack-free, fully dense bulk sample.

ExxonMobil Chemical is increasing production of its high performance hydrocarbon fluids by about 10% through expansion projects at its Singapore and Antwerp facilities.

Ternium Siderar, Argentina, and SMS Siemag Germany, successfully commissioned the X-Cast two-strand continuous slab caster supplied by SMS Siemag at San Nicolás. With the new high-efficiency continuous caster, Siderar can fully utilise the production capacity of the upstream meltshops and increase its production of low to medium-carbon steels and peritectic grades.

Interroll and the Italian company G. Mondini, a global packaging machines company, have been working together successfully for many years now.

Premier Hytemp, a provider of metal-based solutions to the oil and gas industry, is increasing its engineering capability in Singapore with the development of a second manufacturing facility.

Houston-headquartered oil, gas and water treatment specialist, ProSep has appointed a general manager for the Middle East as it plans for significant growth in the region.

Industeel, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal specialising in the production of ingots and high value-added steel plates, is to supply 4,000t of steel to AREVA for the building of six steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear power station in South Africa.   AREVA won a EUR 300M contract in September to replace the generators at the nuclear power station close to Cape Town, operated by Eskom, South Africa’s public electricity company. Photo courtesy of ArcelorMittal   Industeel is a long-time partner of AREVA and for several years has been supplying it with steel for building steam generators and the forged components used in nuclear power stations.

Subsea 7 announced the re-appointment of Allen Stevens and Robert Long to the company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect.