The Metal Magazine - January 2023

What’s inside

The £16billion takeover

Marubeni-Itochu Steel Europe GmbH have announced their acquisition of the BM Steel group of companies from BREAL Capital.

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“Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. wants B&M Steel Group to grow to be the number one steel stockholder in the UK.”

Green steelmaking

The critical global resource and practical technical challenge

Dr Richard Curry believes that the UK could fulfil its current manufacturing requirements without going all-in on new green steelmaking technology.

The historically low cost of steelmaking - and its commodity status that has enabled cheap product manufacture over the last 80 yearsmay be at an end.

300-series austenitic stainless steel:

That’s a wrap for Season 2 of The Metal Guys Talk Business!

This season, we’ve discussed topics as varied as the state of UK manufacturing, the energy crisis, quality management, the future of steelmaking and e-commerce, with experts from across the whole spectrum of the metal and engineering sectors.

We have exciting plans to move into new permanent studio premises in the next few weeks, after which you’ll be hearing much more from The Metal Guys and our special guests!

Which brings us on to our question for you:

Who would you like to hear us interviewing in the next season of The Metal Guys Talk Business?

Why are we still talking about e-commerce being the next big thing for the steel industry?

Peter Comerford wants to know why more businesses aren’t embracing the opportunities available to sell online.

You really need to look at where you want to position your business over the coming years, and whether your traditional sales methods are going to fulfil all of your needs going forwards.

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Leading the way for skills development

Professor Gary C Wood, NMITE

A new era begins

Raising the standard

Hydroscand UK demonstrate their commitment to environmental and health & safety management with new ISO accreditationsISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.

Part

Two

Machinery experts expand premises and range to stay ahead of competition

Peter Comerford visited Selmach Machinery to learn about their expansion and find out just why they had made their investments.

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