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In this Issue:
News from the
Organisers:
EuroBLECH 2010: stand
reservation has started!
Successful start for BLECH
Russia in St. Petersburg
News from the
Industry:
Global steel production down
ThyssenKrupp expects
economic recovery to be
sluggish
Schuler notches up record
results for 2008
Stainless steel in the
construction industry
Tenova and Multiform
Machinery set up company
in India
Polish steel construction
sector benefits from
Euro 2012
New VW factory in India
What's That?
Rotational Clinching
Good Solutions:
Trumpf - Self-propelled
TruTool TKF1500 beveller
Technology
Zwick Testing Machines
Coil storage system for
smaller coils
Salzgitter Flachstahl
continues development
of its simulation software
ThyssenKrupp Tailored
Strips now made from
stainless steel
Stainless steel cladding for
London's Heron Tower
| News from the Organisers |
| EuroBLECH 2010: stand reservation has started |
 The new exhibitor brochure for EuroBLECH 2010, 21st International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition, is now available from the organisers, Mack Brooks Exhibitions. EuroBLECH 2010 will take place from 26 – 30 October 2010 in Hanover, Germany....  |
| Successful start for BLECH Russia in St. Petersburg |
 The first BLECH Russia exhibition, which took place from 10 – 13 March 2009 at the Lenexpo exhibition centre in St. Petersburg, was a thorough success. With 170 exhibitors from some 20 countries.... |
| News from the Industry |
| Global steel production down |
| According to the German industry association 'Stahl', in the first quarter of 2009, global steel production fell by 23% versus the same period last year.... |
| ThyssenKrupp expects economic recovery to be sluggish |
 "We are taking it slowly - from quarter to quarter" explained Dr.-Ing. Ekkehard Schulz, Chairman of the Board at ThyssenKrupp, at a press conference held to launch the new streamlined corporate structure..... |
| Schuler notches up record results for 2008 |
| The figures for 2009 will, however, show a strong fall and restructuring measures have been introduced - after reporting the highest intake of orders in the company's history in 2007/2008, business dropped off noticeably in the first six months of 2008/2009.... |
| Stainless steel in the construction industry |
| The newly-revised general building regulation permit Z-30.3-6 'Products, joining materials and components made from corrosion-resistant steels' issued by the German Institute for Construction Technology (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik - DIBt) was published in April 2009.... |
| Tenova and Multiform Machinery set up a joint venture company in India |
| As reported by the Indian business portal Machinist.in, the companies have finalised the set-up of 'Tenova Multiform', which is planning to establish a new centre for strip processing lines and cold rolling mills.... |
| Polish steel construction sector benefits from Euro 2012 |
| Already in full swing, the preparations for the European football championship are a vital stabilising factor for the Polish steel construction industry. One example is the new national stadium in Warsaw.... |
| New VW factory in India |
| VW has invested some 580 million euros in its new plant in Pune and intends to produce up to 110,000 vehicles per year there.... |
| What's That? |
| Rotational Clinching |
 Joining technology has a key role in automobile manufacture and, particularly with modern lightweight design, clinching has gained significantly in importance. The use of high- and very high-strength materials with tensile strengths ranging from 500 MPa to well over 1,000 MPa has also made new processes necessary, as conventional clinching fails to achieve the required joining forces.... |
| Good Solutions: |
| Trumpf - Self-propelled TruTool TKF1500 beveller |
 Trumpf bevellers have been well-established for over 40 years. Two new models were recently added to the range, both of them innovative and highly productive tools for creating straight edges on large workpieces. Each has its own drive (one of them with a two-speed transmission) and functions automatically..... |
| Technology |
| Zwick Testing Machines |
 Efficient contact/optical strain measurement system developed for the metal and automotive industries. The videoXtens transverse strain extensometer is combined with a macro extensometer.... |
| Coil storage system now available for smaller coils |
 The Dutch warehouse systems supplier Lankhorst Mouldings has developed a light duty version of the proven RollStop system.... |
| Salzgitter Flachstahl continues development of its simulation software |
| So far, quantitative comparison of simulated formed parts with parts from actual forming processes has proved difficult. In conjunction with GOM, a company in Braunschweig specialising in optical measuring techniques, Salzgitter Flachstahl has developed a system... |
| ThyssenKrupp Tailored Strips now made from stainless steel |
| This new technology is to be used for the first time as standard on the rear muffler made by the automotive supplier Eberspächer for the new BMW 730d. So far, stainless steel of uniform wall thickness has been used in the construction of exhaust systems.... |
| Stainless steel cladding for London's Heron Tower |
 Some 185 metric tons of stainless steel panels (approx. 110,000 sqft), produced by ThyssenKrupp Nirosta in Krefeld, Germany, will be used as cladding for the lattice facade of the 200 m tall building in the City of London.... |