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Ukraine's Vorskla Steel to Develop $920 Million Mill in Hungary
Ukraine-based steel manufacturing company Vorskla Steel AG (Kiev, Ukraine) plans to develop a steel mill with an investment of $920 million (?650 million). The mill will be located in an upcoming industrial and logistics park in Zahony, Hungary, near the…
Vietnam Opens New Titanium Plant and Plans for Steel Mill
The largest titanium and high-intensity steel plant in Vietnam commenced operations this week on a 10-hectare site in the Phu My district of Binh Dinh province. According to Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the plant was commissioned by Saigon…
POSCO Starts Operation of World's Most Productive Steel Furnace
South Korean steel manufacturer POSCO (Pohang-Si, South Korea) completed the upgrade project of the Number 4 Blast Furnace at the Gwangyang steel plant in South Jeolla and restarted the unit on July 21. The upgrade project began February 2009. Industrial…
Wisconsin Machinists at Mercury Marine Seek State Presence at Bargaining Table
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) requested Wisconsin Governor James Doyle take an active part in any negotiations with Mercury Marine (Fond Du Lac, WI) that could result in the closing the Fond du Lac facility. Mercury…
China Predicted to Become World's Largest Tool Market
Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, predicts that China will become the world's largest tool market. Due to rapid development of the manufacturing sector, the cutting tool market…
Industry Watch – People
Tom Erixon Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, NJ) . . . announced the appointment of Tom Erixon to the position of president of its global operations in Sandviken, Sweden. Effective September 1, 2009, Mr. Erixon will replace Kenneth Sundh, current president…
Industry Watch – Business
D&S Manufacturing (Black River Falls, WI) . . . announced that the company presented scholarships for the STEPS for Girls summer program to two local students from Black River Falls Middle School. Jessa Ammann and Kyleigh Nandory were selected, based…
Metals USA Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
Metals USA Holdings Corp., a provider of a wide range of products and services in the heavy carbon steel, flat-rolled steel, non-ferrous metals, and building products markets, today announced its operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Sales…
FORMING OF TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS
For contract manufacturers competing in the aerospace market, Joseph Beal, Rodney Boyer, and Daniel Sanders of Boeing explain how to reduce the effect of springback variation, improve accuracy, and gain the advantage of increased ductility when hot forming or cold forming then hot sizing titanium and its alloys.
AIRCRAFT COMPONENT MAKER ELEVATES TUBE BENDING TO NEW LEVEL
An examination of how Unison all-electric tube bending has helped GKN Aerospace to radically improve the efficiency and speed of tube bending operations at its wing component operation in Filton, UK.
Six Business Lessons from this Recession
Recession Education: People are rightfully paying so much attention to the struggling economy that they risk failing to realize what they can learn from the experience. Here are six clarifying lessons we can learn from the state of the economy.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH SAFETY TRAINING ' AND HOW TO FIX IT
Phil la Duke of OE Learning explains how to correct why many companies do a poor job of safety training, why the participants rarely retain or apply the things they learn, and why, except for complying with government regulations, little is accomplished.
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