Steel Strip

Reported by the Express and Star on Friday the 23rd Jan
An historic Black Country steel firm is to axe a third of its staff, workers claimed today.
JB and S Lees, which was established in 1872 in West Bromwich, has announced 42 job losses employees said.
The company in Albion Road makes cold rolled steel strip.

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ISC is pleased to announce details of the International Rolling Mill Academy - Advanced Control. This event is to be held in the Montrose Room (R2.15), Royal College Building, University of Strathclyde, 204 George Street, Glasgow on 2-6 March 2009. It builds on the success of ten prior courses. These meetings were held at various [...]

Steel Strip is annealed to:-

Soften the strip for improved forming and workability
To remove stresses induced during cold rolling, or uneven cooling
To remove coarse grain

Almost all cold rolled steel strip will have undergone the annealing process, normally prior to a final "skin pass", a final light reduction.
Annealing is basically a heat [...]

Many engineering and smaller manufacturing companies find they need spring steels in smaller quantities, often as little as one strip.
This can be difficult to source, as even the traditional stockholders may require a minimum order of 50 kilos or more.
We have recognised this problem at BSS and we are able to offer both traditional [...]

In the UK over 90% of cold rolled spring steel sales are in CS70 and CS80 grades. Both grades are part of the BS1449 standard.
Both grades are high carbon "spring" steel used in a variety of applications where high tensile strength is required.
CS70 is normally supplied in the annealed condition, in which it [...]

The commonest steel grades used in the UK for spring manufacture are CS70 and CS80, being part of BS1449. They are equivalent to EN10132 Euronorm grades C67S C75S and C85S which can be found here. For thinner gauges and where a higher a hardness is required, CS95 is often used.
The material can be supplied in [...]

Manufacturing in Germany and the U.K. declined in May, choked by record commodity prices and slowing economic growth across Europe.
German production, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, dropped 2.4 percent from April, the biggest decline since February 1999, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said today. The index of U.K. manufacturing production unexpectedly fell to [...]

If you are looking to source cold rolled steel strip in the USA, then check out our directory here. Our site gets more visits by steel industry and steel user professionals involved with steel strip than any other website.
If you sell steel strip and are not listed here, then send your details to [...]

The latest report from MEPS
The relentless upward movement in EU prices continues. Customers are obliged to accept the new higher third quarter values demanded by local producers. Prices of imported strip into Europe are still increasing this month, although less material is entering the region. There is relatively little steel from China due to the [...]

Although it’s been known "unofficially" for a week or two, Corus have announced that it will increase the basis for it’s flat rolled products in the UK.
The price increases will be at least 150 pounds per tonne for hot rolled steel, 175 pounds per tonne for cold reduced steel and 200 pounds for hot dipped [...]