Steel Strip

There are only a few us out here that write weblogs connected with the Steel Industry, so they are amongst the few that I make a point of checking daily.
Now Michael across at Stamping out a Living wrote an interesting article entitled“Environmentally Sensible Purchasing leads to Environmentally Sane Manufacturing” and it makes worthy reading for [...]

The summer is truly upon us, although you could be forgiven for not noticing it if you are living under the grey blanket that passes for the sky here in the UK.
Many of the Steel plants of Western Europe and North America are closed for maintenance, and their workforces enjoying their annual leave. As only [...]

We are currently seeking to find a supplier for hot dip galvanized or electrolytic coated narrow steel strip. We are able to source ex wide sheet in the standard thicknesses available from that source, but we really need to find a company who can supply cold rolled strip to specific widths and gauges that is [...]

According to MEPS latest price report, this months further price falls may be “bottoming out” in the long products sector, but steel strip prices may have a little way to go yet.
Further price cuts for both flat and long products in European markets were widely expected this month – and values have duly fallen. The [...]

I spotted the following story at Business Week online. It seems that some of the European Stainless Producers have been “getting their heads” together on prices.
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Europe’s highest court Thursday upheld a lower-court ruling on fines for stainless steel makers involved in a cartel in the mid- 1990s.The European Court of Justice dismissed [...]

Orders for Steel strip are, excuse the pun “thin on the ground” at the moment. With the annual round of summer closures fast approaching it is unlikely that we will see any improvement in trading until the third quarter at the earliest. It seems incredible to compare the current situation with this time last year, [...]

Picking up on the recent posting about steel cost’s and the Automotive Industry. Andrew over at Steelonthenet, spotted an interesting report by Professor Peter Morici of the University of Maryland. Morici estimates steel costs at around 2.7 percent for motor vehicle production, and at about 3.1 percent for manufacturing industry in general. Whilst steel may [...]

Checking out the Tinbasher Blog this morning and noticed that Paul had posted a link to a History of Steelmaking in NE Ohio
Amongst the companies mentioned was Acme Metals, based in Riverdale . I worked with Acme for a short while and visited their plant in Chicago in the Autumn of 2000.
This got me surfing [...]

Steel makers quantify effects of price increases
4th July 2005
Following last week’s announcements from Corus and rival Arcelor of the end of multiple-year steel supply contracts with vehicle manufacturers, Automotive News Europe has noted that world steel prices rose last year from around €290 per tonne to almost double that amount.
The typical family car, says ANE’s [...]

Whilst discussing an enquiry with a customer recently, I was asked about High strength low alloy steels. The customer was quoting for a new component and it was the first time they had come across one of these grades. So for the benefit of anyone unfamilar with them, following is a brief explanation of what [...]