International

26.03.2025

Swiss Steel Group stays on strategic path amidst challenging market conditions

In a weak market environment, sales volume of Swiss Steel Group declined by 5.1% to 1,056 kilotons in 2024, with revenue falling by 14.3% to EUR 2,432 million. EBITDA improved to EUR –35.5 million, supported by one-time effects. Net debt decreased to EUR 711.4 million due to the April 2024 capital increase, which also raised equity to EUR 322.8 million (equity ratio: 19.3%). In early 2025, the Group secured new financing arrangements to support its strategic roadmap.

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International

25.03.2025

New office for the Benelux region

Plasmatreat continues to grow and opens a new office for the Benelux region. Also, Job van Galen takes over the management of the newly founded subsidiary in Eindhoven, the Netherlands .

International

24.03.2025

Introducing TotalCare From Dickson

The Dickson Company, a leader in environmental monitoring solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of TotalCare and TotalCare Plus, a new 24/7 global support program designed to ensure the continuous protection of temperature-sensitive assets.

International

21.03.2025

ABB and Charbone Hydrogen sign agreement

ABB and Charbone Hydrogen Corporation – an integrated green hydrogen production company based in Montreal, Canada – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to collaborate on the development of up to 15 modular and scalable green hydrogen production facilities across North America over the next five years, providing a clean fuel source for existing hydrogen users and heavy industrial processes such as steelmaking, which currently use grey hydrogen as an energy source.

International

Ajediu PEEK spiral-wound slot liner EVTubes

20.03.2025

Syensqo announces strategic partnership with Politubes

Syensqo, a leader in specialty polymers, and Politubes, a renowned manufacturer of flexible multi-layered spiral-wound tubes and insulator caps components, have announced a strategic partnership to develop slot liner spiral-wound tubes using Ajedium polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) film.

International

19.03.2025

New fields of application for flexible OCT edge tracking

Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH, manufacturer of system solutions for remote laser welding, has significantly advanced its award-winning solution for OCT edge tracking.

International

18.03.2025

Trade Fair in South East Europe: METAL SHOW & TIB 2025

From 13 to 16 May 2025, METAL SHOW & TIB 2025 will take place in Romania's largest exhibition hall for the metalworking industry and the equipment and technology sector.

International

17.03.2025

Policy Package for Energy Transition

The German Bundestag passed significant energy policy initiatives aimed at supporting Germany’s energy transition and the integration of renewable energy sources.

International

14.03.2025

Tactile laser joining in rail vehicle construction

Structural parts such as the side walls of rail vehicles must be particularly stable. Laser beam welding has proven its worth here.

International

13.03.2025

Robotics Research: How Asia, Europe and America Invest

Economies around the world are investing in robotics to support industry and society. But government research and development (R&D) programs are following different strategies. World Robotics R&D analyses official funding strategies in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

International

Project manager Dr. Sebastian Scholl in front of a high-energy submerged arc welded joint with energy input of 7 kJ/mm. This was a test of weldability on a newly developed S355ML steel grade with a sheet thickness of 80 mm.

12.03.2025

Customized New Steels for Offshore Wind Farms

Steel specialist Dillinger has developed new steel types together with materials scientists from Saarland University, mechanical engineers from RWTH Aachen University and other partners in the “High-Performance Steel Plate (HL Steel Plate)" research project.

International

09.03.2025

AM: Efficiently Removing Supports

Some process steps in Additive Manufacturing, such as removing support structures, are still undergoing constant development. Toolcraft has started using dry ice blasting technology.

International

08.03.2025

Industrial Spring 2025

The Exhibition of Metal Processing Technologies and its accompanying events are set to be notable, as in previous years. In 2025, Industrial Spring will feature two additional halls.

International

07.03.2025

Digitalisation Key to Circular Economy

The synergies between the trending topics of circular economy and digital transformation were demonstrated at the KPA trade fair in Ulm, Germany using current application and best-practice examples.

International

06.03.2025

Paving the Way for Digitalization

The first welding robot cell has been upgraded to the G4 Welding Robot System – and the de-installed components will function as a source for spare parts for the second oldest robot cell.