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voestalpine to Supply phs Ultraform from New Indirect Press-Hardening Facility
Jan. 30, 2012 - The Automotive Division of the voestalpine Group will supply a leading European car manufacturer with key components involving its patented “phs-ultraform,” a hot-dip galvanized auto body steel developed by voestalpine and formed during a new “indirect press-hardening” process.

Electrolytic Tinning Line from Tenova in Full Production at Jiangsu Sunshine
Jan. 27, 2012 - Jiangsu Sunshine in Dajiang, China, recently went into full production with the new electrolytic tinning line supplied by Tenova Strip Processing.

Severstal NA Hot Commissions New Hot Dip Galvanizing Line
Jan. 16, 2012 - Severstal North America’s new Hot Dip Galvanizing Line (HDGL) in Dearborn, Mich., has begun production of galvanized products. The new HDGL includes state-of-the-art controls for coating thickness and surface texture, as well as alloy and phase control.

Ruukki to Increase Laser Cutting Capacity at Seinäjoki
Jan. 13, 2012 - Ruukki has acquired a second bevel laser cutting line for its service center in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Severstal Commissions Second Color-Coating Line at Cherepovets
Dec. 22, 2011 - OAO Severstal's steel production unit, the Cherepovets Steel Mill, has commissioned its second color-coating line (CCL-2), which is designed to produce up to 200,000 tonnes per annum of coated hot-dip rolled products.

SMS Siemag Commissions 2nd Production Line at Severstal Columbus
Dec. 22, 2011 - SMS Siemag has commissioned a second production line with an electric steel plant, second CSP® casting strand, and a push-pull pickling line at Severstal Columbus.

ISRA Parsytec to Install 49th Surface Inspection System for Posco
Dec. 19, 2011 - Posco has commissioned ISRA Parsytec to install the 49th surface inspection system in a galvanizing line at its plant in Kwangyang, South Korea.

Power on at Posco CGL Line in Maharashtra
Dec. 9, 2011 - Posco Maharashtra held a ceremony on Nov. 23 to bring power on line for the CGL plant, construction of which involved the installation of 14 steel towers and a cable network located 4 km from the plant.

Severstal Columbus Launches New Push-Pull Pickle Line
Dec. 6, 2011 - Severstal North America’s new Push Pull Pickle Line is up and running at its site in Columbus, Miss. The new line is capable of pickling 0.059- to 0.500-inch by 36- to 74-inch product.

SMS Siemag to Supply two Annealing Lines for Panzhihua
Nov. 28, 2011 - Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group has placed an order with SMS Siemag for two continuous annealing lines for the company’s new works in Xichang, Sichuan province. The lines will process in excess of 1.7 million tonnes of high-quality steel strips per year for the automotive and electrical appliances industries.

Tata Steel to Upgrade Continuous Anneal Line for Energy Capture and Recycle
Nov. 23, 2011 - Tata Steel announced plans to invest in a waste heat recovery project at the Port Talbot Works Continuous Annealing Process Line.

Nippon Steel to Invest in UAE Galvanizing Plant
Nov. 21, 2011 - Nippon Steel Corp. has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC regarding an equity investment in the company through a share transfer.

Severstal Columbus Unveils $550 Million Phase II Facility Expansion
Nov. 18, 2011 - everstal North America celebrated the Grand Opening of its $550-million Phase II expansion in Columbus, Miss. The expansion included installation of a second EAF, caster, tunnel furnace, hot-dip galvanizing line, and push-pull pickle line.

Continuous Homogenizing and Sawing Plant from Hertwich is Commissioned
Nov. 11, 2011 - Hertwich Engineering successfully commissioned a continuous homogenizing and sawing plant at Fonderie Pandolfo in Maniago, Italy. With the new billet production line Pandolfo produces the billets for its own extrusion plant and for sales, and processes the extrusion scrap within the plant.

Nippon Steel, WISCO Formally Establish Tinplate Joint Venture
Nov. 7, 2011 - Nippon Steel and Wuhan Iron and Steel Group have formally established WINSteel, a new joint venture that will manufacture and sell tinplate in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

Color-Coated Steel Sheet Manufacturing Operations Established in Hanoi, Vietnam
Nov. 1, 2011 - Nippon Steel & Sumikin Coated Sheet Corp. and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., along with two local Vietnamese partners, have formed a joint venture for the production of color-coated steel sheets in Vietnam: Fujiton Color Coating Steel Joint Stock Co.

NLMK Launches New Quench and Temper Line at Clabecq Plant
Nov. 1, 2011 - NLMK’s Europe Management team recently opened its new Quenching &Tempering Steel transformation line at the NLMK Clabecq plant in Belgium.

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