thyssenkrupp has equipped the "Schwelgern 1" blast furnace in Duisburg with a new technology: The so-called SIP process ("sequence pulse process with induced shock waves") helps increase efficiency in the furnace – both within the company and worldwide by marketing the technology.
More information 2020-11-17Digitizing information flow straight from the welding booth to a quality measuring system and being able to react in real time is something that all manufacturers can do, no matter their size. This is an industrial revolution in which companies of all sizes can participate.
More information 2020-11-16Trumpf has opened a new smart factory at its headquarters in Ditzingen, Germany. The new facility is already producing sheet metal parts for the company's machine tools.
More information 2020-10-29Marposs has introduced the Aeroel Barline.X system for measuring the OD of products manufactured in cut lengths, such as steel drawn tubes and copper tubing.
More information 2020-10-29Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom has increased its natural gas supply to China via the new pipeline Power of Siberia in July and August, compared to June, a senior Gazprom official said.
More information 2020-09-20Tube and pipe manufacturing enters months of recovery phase after COVID-19 spring
More information 2020-09-20Noodle.ai, a leading provider of Enterprise Artificial Intelligence® applications based in San Francisco, U.S., and SMS digital, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany and specializing in digitalization within SMS group, have launched their second jointly-developed application following the announcement of their collaborative partnership in June 2019.
More information 2020-09-14US rebar prices rose this week following the decision by US bar manufacturer Commercial Metals Company (CMC) to increase its rebar prices by $40/short ton last week, Kallanish reports.
More information 2020-09-14Mexico will introduce pre-approval processes on steel exports to the US as a measure to prevent its products from being subject to Section 232 tariffs, Kallanish reports.
More information 2020-09-03VNG AG and Salzgitter AG are to join forces to investigate the use of climate-neutral hydrogen and biomethane for producing steel in Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s steelworks in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. A letter of intent was signed to this effect.
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