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French stainless steel wire rod producer Ugitech has awarded the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for its custom engineering solution to upgrade and automate the compacting and coil handling process in the company’s rod mill, which recently achieved all performance goals. The upgrade for its stainless steel rod mill in Ugine, France includes a new vertical compactor and unloading station design which allows the automatic loading of loose coils from a floor mounted cradle onto a vertical compacting system, replacing a former manually operated secondary processing system.

Outokumpu has recently appointed Steve Letnich as the Vice President of Sales for Coil Americas. Steve joins Outokumpu with more than 20 years of commercial experience within the metals industry, most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at A.M.

Hardide Coatings, Inc., the UK-based provider of advanced surface coating technology has opened a new production facility in Virginia.

3D Systems has declared the immediate commercial availability of the ProX™ DMP 320, the latest addition to the company's line of direct metal 3D printers.

Cadagua, a pioneer and leading company in the field of water and sewage treatment and seawater desalination in Spain, has more than 40 years of experience.

Mr. Samir Cairae has been appointed by Vedanta Limited; India’s only diversified natural resources Company as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Diversified Metals (India).

In October 2015, the construction work for an anaerobic digestion plant from German manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER started in South Korea.

Santiago Church in Jerez has been suffering major structural problems in the past few years. After several different operations throughout its history, the Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez had asked the architects Emilio Yanes and Alejandro Cobo, both very well experienced in the Restoration and Conservation of the Architectural Heritage, for the constructive solution for this building, which was executed by the company Fonsan. Stainless steel reinforced bars were used by the architects in order to deal with the regeneration, tightened and tension of the walls and established several operations using the same.

Outokumpu has completed the transaction regarding “fischer Mexicana S.A. DE C.V.” that was announced on September 30, 2015.

TUBACEX Group, Spanish manufacturer of stainless steel and high-alloyed seamless tubes, and the European Investment Bank, EIB, have signed a loan agreement for EUR 65M to promote the company's R&D&I activities. It is the first loan received by TUBACEX from the EIB and represents important support to the Group's commitment to the development of tubular solutions that provide an added value for customers.