Optima Specialty Steel, Inc., an independent North American specialty steel manufacturer announced Thursday planned transitions in company leadership. Effective March 29, 2013, Kevin Stevick will resign as Chief Executive Officer of ...
It’s reported that Korean Posco Specialty Steel (Posco SS) announced to leave its domestic prices for its austenitic stainless wire rod and bar unchanged for March. Market insiders pointed out that the country’s demand for ...
Tags: stainless rod, special steel, steel
According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in January of the current year amounted to 7.4 million ...
Tags: Domestic Steel Orders, Japan, Metallurgy
New York-based ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. said Thrusday that its Board of Directors has appointed Jess Ravich to serve as Executive Chairman of ALJ. As Executive Chairman, Ravich will serve as both Chairman of the Board and an officer of ...
Tags: Specialty Steel, Steel, Steel Industry
Ternium Pesquería, in Nuevo León state, announced that it has started the first production tests of cold rolled coil and galvanized equipment installation. So far, it has invested 85 percent of US$1.1 billion projected for ...
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A total of 245 will lose their jobs by the end of the year, the firm said. The Elgin, Illinois plant which is 481,000 square feet, opened in 1967 and produces aerosol and specialty steel cans as well as flat steel sheet used by other food ...
Tags: aerosol, specialty steel cans, household products packaging facilities
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the company reported a net loss of SEK 227 million ($35.4 million), including a positive ...
Tags: SSAB, financial results, 2012
Switzerland-based packaging firm Ball is set to cease production at its food and aerosol packaging manufacturing facility in Elgin, Illinois, US in December 2013. The Elgin plant produces aerosol and specialty steel cans, flat steel sheet ...
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Turkish specialty steel producer Asil Celik has announced that it has ordered a continuous casting machine from the Swiss plantmaker SMS Concast. The new casting unit is expected to be commissioned in early 2015. The new continuous ...
Packaging supplier Ball has announced its decision to cease production at the company's Elgin, Illinois food and aerosol packaging manufacturing plant in the US in December 2013. According to the US-based company, its other facilities ...
Optima Specialty Steel, Inc., a portfolio company of Optima Acquisitions, LLC, announced Wednesday the closing of its previously announced transaction with ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. to acquire 100 percent of KES Acquisition Company dba ...
According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in 2012 amounted to 88.5 million metric tons, increasing by one ...
Tags: Japan, Domestic Steel, Mineral
According to data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), Japan imported 648,000 tons of steel products in last December, falling by 3.1% from a month ago and decreasing by 13% year on year. Among them, 360,000 tons were ...
Tags: steel products imports, steel products, specialty steel products
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based specialty steel producer and distributor Carpenter Technology Corporation announced Wednesday the completion of a formal cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based US Steel for the development ...
Tags: Wyomissing, CarTech, US Steel, Automotive Steelmaking Agreement
Ashland, Kentucky-based ALJ Regional Holdings has announced that based on conversation with Optima Specialty Steel, Inc. regarding its efforts to secure sufficient financing to complete the acquisition of ALJ's majority-owned subsidiary, ...
Tags: ALJ Regional Holdings, Optima Specialty Steel, acquisition, steel