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20 February 2020
20 February 2020
Gerdau upgraded the reheat furnace drives of its structural steel mill, located in Petersburg, Virginia, USA. The purpose of the upgrade was to replace obsolete equipment with modern AC drives that removed bottlenecks and improved plant performance.
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6 February 2020
6 February 2020
Digital Transformation is at the center of business strategies today. Taking time to align your technology initiatives with business end goals is critical to the transformation process. In ´how to move from plan to execution´, Russula’s Digitalization Product Manager, Juan Bermúdez, focuses on the soft skills needed for your digital transformation team to succeed.
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30 January 2020
30 January 2020
The groundbreaking ceremony on January 28, 2020, marked the official start of the construction phase for the new Celsa France rolling mill, located in the Boucau and Tarnos municipalities in the New Aquitaine region.
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13 January 2020
13 January 2020
In the installation and subsequent operation of new rolling mills, power can be a showstopper. No power, no rolling.
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13 January 2020
13 January 2020
Following a distinguished career of 29 years in Russula and 42 years in the steel industry, José Antonio Suarez has announced his retirement, effective February 9, 2020.
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30 December 2019
30 December 2019
Following the successful upgrade of the 700,000 tpy merchant bar mill and the cold cut area, Nucor Steel Kankakee is modernizing the stacker area.
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29 November 2019
29 November 2019
Alexandre Schultz, Managing Director of Russula in South America, and Jacobo Barragán, Project Manager, accompany the Gerdau team from the Charqueadas, Brazil mill.
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16 October 2019
16 October 2019
Sidenor Group (Steel Industry of Northern Greece) has contracted Russula for a complete electrical and
automation revamp of its merchant bar and two-strand wire rod mill located in Thessaloniki, Greece. The
hot rolling mill has an annual production capacity of 800,000 tpy and produces reinforcing bars, squares,
rounds, equal angles, beams, UPN channels and wire rod.
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23 September 2019
23 September 2019
Following the successful productivity improvement project of the bar and rod mill in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) has contracted Russula to perform a control system upgrade on its two-strand slab casting machine. CSN is the largest integrated steel producer in Brazil with a crude steel capacity of 5.6 million tons. Russula won the contract in August, 2019.
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16 August 2019
16 August 2019
This year, José Manuel celebrates 22 years with Russula. As a project manager, he has worked in Asia, North and South America, and many countries in Europe. In this interview, he shares his project management philosophy, how to carry out projects successfully in cross-cultural environments and a good story or two.
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