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Technical consulting firm Engineering Quality Solutions, Inc.,
expects to invest in various steel-related activities around the world. Investment one: taking on all of the assets of Steel Tech- nologies LLC, which operates 23 North American sheet-pro- cessing facilities. Steel Technologies will assume implemen- tation responsibilities for a new Greenfield flat-rolled processing center to be built in Monterrey, Mexico, a project previously
announced by Nucor to include pickling, slit- ting and cut-to-length capabilities.
Nucor Corp.: www.nucortusk.com
Regal Steel to Distribute
German-Made Precision
Spring Steels
J.N Eberle Cie. GmbH, Augsburg, Ger- many, appointed Regal Steel Co., Warren, MI, as the sole distributor for its hardened and tempered precision spring steels in North America. Typical applications for J.N. Eberle’s steels include saw tools, flat springs, and electronic and automotive parts. Regal Steel
installed two additional precision slitting lines to process Eberle strip steel products, and also recently purchased an addi- tional 27,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space adjacent to its existing facilities.
Regal Steel Co.: 800/346-9201; www.regalsteel.com
Birmingham Steel-Service
Center Adds High-Speed
Oscillating Shear Die
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, MI, has delivered a high-speed oscillating shear die to MISA Metal Blanking, Birm- ingham, AL, a steel-service center that provides Class A blanks to the automotive industry. The unit stamps trapezoidal and parallel-shaped blanks in the firm’s existing blanking press, and features wedge-type blade-gap adjustment. Line speed tops out at 300 ft./min. and hit rate peaks at 65 strokes/min. Coe Press Equipment: 586/979-4400; www.cpec.com
Ohio Coating Company
Combines Two Processes into One
H.E. Orr Co., Paulding, OH, has combined e-coating and pow- der coating into one automated production line, to help its OEM customers save time and money. The firm uses a zinc phosphate eight-stage pretreatment to optimize the quality of the bond- ing surface prior to coating.
H.E. Orr Company: 419/399-4866;
www.heorr.com
Southfield, MI, has added several articles to ering highly formable extra-deep-drawing steels and advanced high-strength steels, as well as a white paper on circle-grid and thin- ning-strain analyses. Also unique to www.eqs- group.com: an industry blog titled The Future is Forming, and several calculators where visitors can convert from English to metric units and calculate forming-limit-curve data. Engineering Quality Solutions, Inc.: 248/539-0162; www.eqsgroup.com
Worthington Steel Acquires Gibraltar Assets
its website cov-
The steel-processing business segment of
Worthington Industries, Columbus, OH, acquired the steel-pro- cessing assets of Gibraltar Industries in Cleveland, OH. The acqui- sition provides Worthington the ability to roll wider and lighter- gauge materials along with performing oscillate slitting. Included in the transaction are the equipment and inventory of the Gibral- tar facility in Buffalo, NY, and a warehouse in Detroit, MI. Worthington Industries: 614/438-3210; www.worthingtonindustries.com
Ramos-Arizpe Coil-Processing Plant Expanding
Acero Prime, a joint venture between Feralloy Corp., U.S. Steel and Mitsui USA, plans to expand its facility in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. By November 2010, the facility will feature a new 55,000-sq.-ft. addition and a new multi-blanking line to service customers in the appliance and automotive industries. The new line will handle coils to 72 in. wide and weighing as much as 30 metric tons.
Acero Prime operates three plants in Mexico to provide value- added processing to hot rolled, hot rolled and pickled, cold rolled and coated sheet coils.
Acero Prime: www.aceroprime.com
Nucor, Mitsui Combine to Form New Investment-Minded Company
NuMit LLC is the name of a newly created company owned 50-50 by Nucor Corp. and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. NuMit
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