Steel Strip

EN 10132-4 is the European Standard for cold rolled narrow steel strip for heat treatment. These grades are commonly used in the production of springs, washers, circlips, hand tools, blades etc.
Typically after pressing and forming in the annealed condition, the components are then heat treated to achieve the required hardness and tensile strengths.
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steel company, has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire two steel tube businesses from Vallourec, as part of its strategy to expand its business in the automotive sector, as well as further strengthening its pipes and tubes business.
Vallourec Précision Soudage (VPS) produces about 100,000 tonnes of welded steel tubes for application [...]

Corus starts work on a multi-million pound boost for its Port Talbot steelworks today.Hundreds of staff and contractors will be involved in the £3.5 million overhaul of the site’s newest blast furnace.
It was opened in 2002 to replace the doomed furnace that suffered irreparable damage in an explosion the previous year, which killed three men [...]