Steel technology developments - recent industry reports.

Five times stronger than steel: Japan's new 'wood'
16 Oct 2023
As a part of its efforts to decarbonize, Yamaha Motor Company has started using wood-derived cellulose nanofibers (CNF) in place of some plastic parts in its watercraft. The company began selling the products in North America on Aug. 25. CNF, which the company says is five times stronger than steel, is a next-generation material developed in Japan.

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Basalt Fiber Rebar
05 Jul 2022
With the rapid advancement of global ecosystems, it is becoming increasingly difficult and costly to build with materials that degrade and rust over time. Most concrete infrastructures are reinforced with steel for tensile purposes. It is an undeniable fact however, that steel always rusts with time; and herein lies the problem. As a result of the traditional way buildings, roads, bridges and tunnels have been constructed, they will be crumbling at a much faster rate than they can be repaired. Repair of concrete infrastructure costs billions of dollars annually for both public and private projects. It is for this reason that steel rebar reinforcement can no longer be the preferred option. Is there a way to solve this problem? Of course yes! - Basalt Fiber Rebar is a perfect solution to this challenge!

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Danieli MIDA Technology for Endless Casting and Rolling of Rebar
02 Feb 2022
See the 'MIDA' mill in action - the Danieli micro mill for endless casting and rolling of steel long products such as rebar. For further info, read about the Tata Steel MIDA mill commissioned in Ludhiana Punjab in 2024.

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SMS group CSP - world leading thin slab technology
04 Dec 2017
Outline of SMS Group Compact Strip Production (CSP) process for production of high quality strip, first built at the Nucor Steel Berkeley plant.

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Arvedi Endless Strip Production (ESP)
09 Jan 2012
Arvedi ESP - from liquid steel to hot rolled coil in 5 minutes.

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