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News from Abroad: Shifts for Sustainability in Steel 

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Today’s News from Abroad installment shares exciting news from the steelmaking world that is of international importance.  

Heat Treat Today partners with two international publications to deliver the latest news, tech tips, and cutting-edge articles that will serve our audience — manufacturers with in-house heat treat. heat processing, a Vulkan-Verlag GmbH publication, serves mostly the European and Asian heat treat markets, and Furnaces International, a Quartz Business Media publication. primarily serves the English-speaking globe. 

French ECM Group Expands with IOS Acquisition in Europe 

ECM Group to consolidate its presence in Germany 
Source: heat-processing.com

“With the acquisition of IOS, the French ECM Group strengthens its presence in Germany and Northern Europe as well as its service activities. The medium-sized company IOS – Industrie Ofen Service is based in Arnsberg (Hochsauerlandkreis) and specialises in the maintenance of industrial furnaces for vacuum heat treatment. IOS currently employs around a dozen people and is mainly active in the German-speaking and Northern European markets. The company has extensive expertise, is a competent partner for its customers and focuses on rapid response and high quality.” 

READ MORE: “ECM Group takes over Industrie Ofen Service GmbH” at heat-processing.com 

R&D Funds for Forging 

Center set to help forgers explore modern processes and new integrated digital technologies.
Source: furnaces-international.com

“A research and innovation hot forging platform has announced it [would open] on the 21st March at the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, connecting the $75 billion global forging sector with the Scotland-based team and industry-scale testbed, no matter where they are in the world.” 

READ MORE: “World unique research hub set to transform the global forging sector” at furnaces-international.com 

Forging Facility Folds in Prerov, Czech Republic 

Metso has decided to discontinue foundry operations in Prerov, Czech Republic.
Source: heat-processing.com

“According to the statement of Metso, the decision is based on fundamental changes in the market environment, which have negatively impacted the foundry’s competitiveness. The decision affects around 160 manufacturing-related positions. Operations at the foundry will be ramped down during the second quarter of 2024.” 

READ MORE: “Metso shuts down its foundry in Prerov” at heat-processing.com 

Tenova Takes on Sustainable Steel with RINA Partnership 

Caption: Schematic for Hydra project 
Source: furnaces-international.com

“Tenova, announced it is partnering with RINA on the ambitious European Commission-backed Hydra project. This partnership will drive innovation in sustainable steel production leveraging Tenova’s cutting-edge technologies. The €88M project is funded by the European Commission’s NextGenerationEU and backed by the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy.” 

READ MORE: “Tenova joins RINA’s 100% hydrogen-fueled Hydra project backed by the European Commission” at furnaces-international.com 

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Heat Treater Expands To Provide Nitriding Regional Services

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Sudosilo S.A., a commercial heat treatment service provider in South America, is bringing premier nitriding to the Argentine industrial sector with the recent commissioning of turnkey heat treat installation. This newly operational nitriding system represents a significant milestone as the first of its kind in Argentina, offering third-party heat treatment services to the region.

Source: Nitrex

The integration of this system from NITREX — a global supplier of heat treat systems with North American locations — is set to establish a new benchmark for quality and precision in nitriding treatments. Particularly, it will help Sudosilo cater to various sectors, including aluminum injection, aluminum extrusion, forging, and oil applications.

Jerónimo Alberto Colazo
Production Manager
Sudosilo

Jerónimo Alberto Colazo, production manager at Sudosilo, highlighted, “The competitive edge of this installation lies in its meticulous control and automation capabilities, ensuring process stability and the ability to generate specialized processes and recipes tailored to unique requirements of each application. This high level of customization and precision guarantees superior quality, meeting the intricate demands of industries served by Sudosilo.”

This press release is available in its original form here.

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CT Scanners for Industrial Jobs

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“These 3D imaging devices and long-range scanners serve a wide range of industries, and help assure that they are performing the highest level of testing and accuracy possible. A few of the diverse industries currently using this technology and the goals sought are:

Manufacturing – for internal inspection of components and to ensure that a part meets specifications; this includes injection molded, cast, forged or fabricated parts made from metal, plastic, polymers, composites and even 3D printed products.”

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Heat Treat Expansion Complete at McGinnis Rolled Rings

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 McInnes Rolled Rings has completed an $8 million, 25,000-square-foot expansion to its current manufacturing facility.  The addition expands its present heat treat size capabilities by providing the ability to quench and temper forgings up to 144 inches in diameter. With separate high agitation water and polymer quench tanks, this new state-of-the-art bay will significantly expand the daily tonnage capacity to ensure the fastest delivery times available in the industry.

McInnes contracted with Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd. to design and install the most advanced technology to process large diameter product. The furnace & quench tank designs are augmented by a customized material handling system by Dango & Dienthal Hollerbach GmbH capable of processing loads up to 25 tons.  The system’s fast transfer from furnace to quench tank provides optimal and repeatable process controls.

“This new bay nearly doubles our quenched and tempered offerings to the power transmission industry and adds the ability to solution anneal large diameter stainless steel rings. Also, the addition of water quenching improves our ability to meet the high property demands of the custom flange markets,” said Shawn O’Brien, VP Sales & Marketing.

The expanded heat treat operation will officially begin service on March 1, 2016.

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