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| New patterned finish ReflectionsCinc |
25 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Based on the successful color collection ReflectionsOne, ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme is now offering an additional design option for a new color experience in building with steel. The characteristic feature of the new finish called ReflectionsCinc is a printed spangle pattern. Like the ReflectionsOne collection, it was developed in association with the renowned color designer Friedrich Ernst von Garnier. |
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| New: Stainless steel DAVEX beams |
25 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Having successfully launched its carbon steel DAVEX profiles and established a Europe-wide distribution network, Gelsenkirchen/Germany-based ThyssenKrupp DAVEX GmbH is now introducing a new product: DAVEX profiles of stainless steel. |
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| Pearl effect: Beauty in the eye of the beholder |
24 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel The appearance of products from Thyssen Krupp Hoesch Bausysteme GmbH with pearl-effect coatings changes depending on where they are seen from. This effect, which can provide visual highlights for the facades of residential and commercial buildings, is created by so-called interference pigments. ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme GmbH is exhibiting construction elements with the pearl-effect coating in hall 1, booth 410. |
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| Anti-graffiti facade elements from ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme |
24 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Anyone building a house wants it to keep looking as good as new for as long as possible. That's why the company Straub Etiketten GmbH chose an anti-graffiti coating for the facade of its new factory building in Fehrbellin in the German state of Brandenburg. This new surface not only provides protection against graffiti artists, it also stays cleaner longer than conventional steel facades and is easier to clean. The only supplier of steel construction elements with anti-graffiti coating is ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme GmbH, headquartered in Kreuztal in Germany's Siegerland region. |
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| Ski Dubai: Insulating panels and DAVEX beams for skiing at plus 40 degrees |
23 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Isocab N.V., a Belgian-based subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, and ThyssenKrupp DAVEX GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, have supplied insulating panels and facade beams for an indoor ski resort in Dubai. The resort in the United Arab Emirates' biggest city was opened to the public in January. The insulating panels, developed for cold room construction, were used for the interior walls and roof of the indoor skiing center. ThyssenKrupp DAVEX supplied its innovative DAVEX beams for a glass facade. |
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| ReflectionsLume: The nature of steel |
23 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel A design principle frequently used by architects and planners is to make building materials visible and emphasize their character. After all, the personality of a building is determined not only by its shape and color, but also by the materials it is built with. |
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| ThyssenKrupp Service Acier: New slitting line for high-strength steels |
22 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel ThyssenKrupp Service Acier, a French subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Stahl-Service-Center GmbH, has begun operation of a new slitting line. The line can process steels with strengths of up to 1,400 megapascals and was installed in response to increasing demand from automotive customers for high-strength steels. |
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| New steel construction elements with roofing tile look |
22 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Isowelle Dach, the sandwich element for pitched roofs from ThyssenKrupp Hoesch Bausysteme, is now available with a new wrinkle coating. Wrinkle coatings are textured color coatings which give steel construction elements a similar appearance to ceramic roofing tiles. Compared with existing matt coatings, the surfaces are also less sensitive to dirt and easier to clean. Isowelle Dach elements with wrinkle finish are available in red or black, the classic colors for roofing tiles. |
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| Prepainted automotive steel direct from coil |
21 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel After introducing its concept for preprimed and prefilled steel sheet at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show 2003, ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG is now demonstrating that the material is ready for production use in the auto industry. |
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| More economical: DAVEX lightweight profiles for drywall construction and high bay storage |
21 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Same strength, lower weight, lower cost: the new lightweight profiles from ThyssenKrupp DAVEX GmbH. The Gelsenkirchen-based company has developed double-T profiles of thin steel sheet for use in drywall construction, storage systems and lightweight load-bearing steel structures. The DAVEX lightweight profiles offer the same strength as conventional beams but weigh up to 50 percent less. As they use less material, ThyssenKrupp DAVEX GmbH can offer its products at lower cost. |
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| Cold room panels for a new event concept |
20 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel A 'showcase for high-end design', that's how Frankfurt's trade show organizers are promoting the new international event 'The Design Annual', to be staged in the Frankfurt Festhalle from May 6 to 20. With their concept for the exhibition booths, architects Reed Kram and Clemens Weißhaar are hoping to set international standards for future shows in the design sector. A major element in this will be 2,700 square meters of PU 220 insulating panels from ThyssenKrupp Steel subsidiary ems Isoliersysteme GmbH. |
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| High-strength sheet in outer skin quality |
20 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel The Auto Division of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG has investigated the possibility of using advanced high-strength steels for exposed automotive body panels. Large outer skin panels offer great potential for weight reduction. |
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| New laser optical element for welding tailored blanks |
19 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel A working group from ThyssenKrupp Steel AG led by Stefan Wischmann has won the 'Lasertechnik 2006' Innovation Award for the development of a new laser welding optical element. Wischmann (34) heads the Beam and Sensor Technology department in the Auto division of ThyssenKrupp Steel. He and his team developed the innovative Beam Control Optic to provide greater precision, quality and productivity in the laser welding of non-linear tailored blanks. Wischmann received the award, presented biennially by 'Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik e.V.', in the 'Aula Carolina' in Aachen. |
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| New dust collection system for sinter belt 3 in operation |
19 June 2006 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Step by step, ThyssenKrupp Stahl is carrying out the €62 million investment agreed with the North Rhine-Westphalian Environment Ministry in April 2001 to reduce dust pollution in the north of Duisburg. €15 million of the total was invested in an encapsulation and dust collection system for sinter belt 3 in Schwelgern. |
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| New Polytec Microscope-based vibration and motion analyzers |
11 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH For full-field vibration analysis on very small objects such as MEMS optical switches, Polytec has developed the MSV-400 Microscope Scanning Vibrometer, a successor of the awardwinning MSV-300. The laser beam, delivered through the optics of a standard microscope, can scan an object up to 320 x 240 μm with a lateral resolution of about 1 μm. The new MSV-400 is the ideal tool for research on structures that are too small for analyzing with the standard PSV-400 Scanning Vibrometer. Polytec's MSV-400 is the perfect instrument for a quick and accurate vibration and motion analysis of unpackaged MEMS devices. For waferlevel testing, the MSV-400 can easily be mounted onto manual or fully automated probestations. |
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| New geometry scan unit for Polytec Scanning Vibrometers |
10 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH The new revolutionary Geometry Scan Unit for the PSV-400 and PSV-400-3D
Scanning Vibrometers opens up completely new opportunities for the analysis of
structural vibrations. Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are used to precisely measure mechanical vibrations, quickly, easily and free from mass load, cross-talk or feedback problems. |
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| AFIT uses new Polytec's 3-D Scanning Vibrometer to measure aerospace structures |
09 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec, the leader in the design and manufacture of scanning laser vibrometers for
experimental modal analysis, announces the newest application for the advanced
PSV-400-3D. The Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patterson AFB,
Ohio will utilize this 3-dimensional scanning vibrometer to measure vibration
characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and other intricate aerospace
and vehicular structures. Polytec's first North American sale of this premier
instrument to AFIT permits engineers to perform complete 3-D vector component
analysis on complex structures. |
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| Bosch research facilities use new Polytec PSV-400-3D scanning |
08 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH The PSV-400-3D Scanning Vibrometer is Polytec's premier measurement system
for macro structure characterization. It combines three PSV-400 Scanning Laser
Vibrometer heads, allowing true non contact visualization of 3-D motion.
Bosch is a leading manufacturer of high quality automotive parts. Corporate
research and development labs in Gerlingen, Germany were the first to benefit from the unique advantages of Polytec's PSV-3D system. In February 2004, Bosch's European Center for Brake Development and Testing in Drancy, France installed a new PSV-400-3D. A third system was purchased in May 2004 for installation at Bosch Braking Systems USA. |
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| Just point and scan |
07 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH In Aerospace or Automotive vibration measurement applications typically large but
also often fragile structures are involved where non-contact measurement
techniques are a must. Polytec Laser Vibrometers are the optimum choice for such
applications. |
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| New laser-precise length and speed measurement |
06 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH The compact and robust LSV-300 provides precise speed and length measurement data which are critical for cost controlling and process optimization in the continuous or quasi-continuous production of materials such as steel, aluminium, plastics, paper and cardboard. High precision, easy integration, reliability and high ROI are the key features of the new non-contact Polytec measurement system and make it the first choice in many application areas. |
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| New compact optical vibration sensor |
05 June 2006 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec presents the new multipurpose OFV-534 Vibrometer Sensor Head for non-contact vibration measurement. The excellent optical sensitivity that Polytec vibrometers are famous for has been packed into an extremely compact, very versatile sensor head housing. Despite the amazingly small size of its housing, the sensor head is both a high performance vibrometer, and a video camera (optional) for online monitoring of the measurement. In addition, a microscope lens can be fitted directly onto the sensor head which makes it possible to measure vibration on microstructures. |
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| New materials portal online |
21 September 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet, an association of representatives from 58 major corporations in Germany's Rhine-Ruhr area, has launched a new online materials portal in collaboration with ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG and the new materials organization NeMa. A free, comprehensive information and communications forum is now available at www.werkstoffregion-ruhr.de (German only) which links players in the materials sector and provides information on current trends to the general public. |
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| Green light for continued pursuit of steel mill project in Brazil |
19 August 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Steel The supervisory bodies of ThyssenKrupp have endorsed the continued pursuit of the project to build a steel mill in Brazil. Based on the findings of the feasibility study and having reached agreement on key fundamental areas of the steel mill project, the supervisory boards discussed the project and unanimously reached a positive assessment. Final decisions will be made at their next meetings after clarification of various external factorrs. |
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| Preiswürdige Innovation in der Messtechnik für MEMS |
11 March 2005 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec MSA-400 Micro System Analyzer für den AMA Sensorik |
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| Sharp AQUOS P50-Serie – PAL-optimierte Panels für Europa Zur Übersicht |
09 March 2005 - Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH Weltpremiere auf der CeBIT: Mit der AQUOS LCD-TV P50-Baureihe präsentiert Sharp ein echtes Novum. Die Displays der drei neuen 37, 32 und 26 Zoll großen Geräte sind mit ihrer Auflösung von 960 mal 540 Bildpunkten speziell auf die europäischen TV-Formate PAL und SECAM abgestimmt. Damit ist der Weltmarktführer Sharp der weltweit erste Hersteller, der spezielle Panels für den bedeutendsten LCD-TV Markt präsentiert. |
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| Langfristig vereinbarte Lieferbeziehungen sichern Stahlarbeitsplätze in Duisburg |
23 February 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Zwischen den drei Duisburger Stahlunternehmen ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Mittal Steel Ruhrort und TSTG Schienen Technik bestehen seit mehr als sieben Jahren enge Verflechtungen bei der Belieferung mit Roheisen und Rohstahl. Sie beruhen auf vertraglichen Regelungen, die 1997 bei der Veräußerung der Werke Ruhrort und Hochfeld durch die damalige Thyssen Stahl AG für einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren getroffen wurden. |
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| Designed for sophisticated measurements - Polytec introduces new Fiber-optic Interferometers |
13 July 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are precision tools for non-contact vibration
measurement. Designed to be quick, easy to operate and free from crosstalk or feedback problems, these instruments determine vibrational velocity and displacement from the Doppler shift of back-scattered laser light. |
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| Polytec GmbH introduces the incorporation of Polytec K.K |
13 July 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH As the worlds largest and most dynamic manufacturer of laser Doppler vibrometers, Polytec GmbH of Waldbronn, Germany, is pleased to introduce to you, the incorporation of Polytec K.K. To allow us to provide even more responsive service, expand our applications offerings, and offer even more products of the highest of standards dedicated to our valued Japanese customers, Polytec K.K. has, as of July 1st 2004, moved into facilities in the German Centre for Industry and Trade in Hakusan High Tech Park in Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa-Ken. |
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| The New www.polytec.com - Your gateway to the world of electro-optical instrumentation excellence |
30 June 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec delivers innovative electro-optical products and solutions that enhance
productivity, improve product development and assure quality to worldwide markets. |
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| Polytec new laser surface velocimeter – LSV |
07 June 2004 - POLYTEC GMBH Polytec is known throughout the high-tech world for its leadership in the design and manufacture of laser-based measurement instruments. Polytec`s Laser Surface Velocimeter LSV perform highly accurate non-contact speed and length measurements on moving surfaces in industrial production environments. LSV' measure accurately on billets, slabs, plates, tubes, profiles, coils, and almost any other moving materials, including hot metals thus allowing online control of the production process. |
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| Strategic European alliance between POLYTEC and OMETRON |
02 December 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH In a move designed to secure their position as the market leaders in laser vibrometry, Polytec GmbH and Image Automation Ltd. (Ometron) are now co-ordinating their approach to the laser vibrometry market. The activities of Polytec GmbH and Ometron Ltd. will be united within Polytec's holding company, Polytec GmbH & Co. KG. |
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| New Polytec Velocimeter Controller - Non-contact length measurement for continuous caster installations |
25 September 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH In the new Velocimeter Controller LSV 6200 Polytec utilizes state-of-the-art DSP-processor technology. The LSV-6200 quickly and reliably derivates precise velocity and length data from the measurement signals of the non-contact Laser Surface Velocimeter sensor. In continuous caster installations the LSV replaces the measurement rolls commonly used for the measurement of casting length and casting speed. |
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| New modular Polytec Vibrometer Product Line for noncontact Vibration Analysis |
14 August 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH With the new Vibrometer Controller OFV-5000 and (the also new) Vibrometer
Sensor Heads OFV-505 and OFV-503 Polytec once more sustains the leading
position in the field of non-contact vibration measurement. Polytec Laser Doppler Vibrometers are used to precisely measure mechanicalvibrations, quickly, easily and free from cross-talk or feedback problems. They operate on the Doppler principle, measuring back-scattered laser light from a vibrating structure, to determine its vibrational velocity and displacement. A vibrometer system is made up of a controller and non-contact standard optic or fiber optic sensor head. |
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| Digital vibration measurement in production environments |
11 August 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH The new Polytec Industrial Vibration Sensor (IVS-300) is an integrated single box
vibrometer, specifically developed for non-contact vibration measurement in
production test applications. It features a robust and compact design, sealed according to IP-64 standard to cope with the challenges of harsh industrial areas. The IVS-300 exploits the latest digital signal processing techniques to ensure accurate and repeatable
measurement from uncooperative surfaces. |
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| Schwelgern dock Duisburg, World s most modern, cleanest coking plant goes into operation |
13 March 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel A mammoth project is complete: After a construction period lasting just under three years the first battery of the new coking plant at Schwelgern harbor in Duisburg went into operation on March 13, the second battery will follow in roughly three months. The owner CARBONARIA Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. and the plant managing company KBS Kokereibetriebsgesellschaft Schwelgern GmbH celebrated the official opening together with guests from politics and public life as well as representatives of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, the coking plant's main customer. |
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| The future is digital – Polytec announces the world's first portable, fully digital Laser Vibrometer |
23 January 2003 - POLYTEC GMBH The PDV-100 fully incorporates digital signal processing, resulting in unequalled accuracy and long-term calibration stability. For the best resolution even at very low vibration levels three user-selectable velocity ranges are available (max. velocity 500mm/s, velocity resolution ≤ 0.05 μm/s). The PDV-100 incorporates three digital low pass and 1 analog high pass filter for reducing the acquisition bandwidth (max. bandwidth 22kHz) and removing spurious environmental vibrations. |
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| A new look with steelArt |
14 January 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel SteelArt is the name of a new steel sheet facade system from ThyssenKrupp Stahl featuring elegant soft-edge facade elements which fit snugly to the front of any building and give a special shine to an otherwise dull city landscape. |
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| ThyssenKrupp Davex GmbH targets higher profile for beams |
14 January 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel ThyssenKrupp Davex GmbH, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks, is set to liven up the building, steel and vehicle industries with the production of individualized beams and profiles. From the middle of this year the company will begin operating a pilot facility at Gelsenkirchen/Germany which will join slit strip continuously into profiles and beams using the Davex process. |
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| Form, color & function at ThyssenKrupp Stahl in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth |
10 October 2002 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe's largest solar power project has started operation in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth: as part of a fourmonth modernization, ThyssenKrupp Stahl has given its hot strip slitting facility an attractive new look with a steel facade designed by Essen-based architects Czerny-Gunia in a color scheme by Friedrich Ernst von Garnier. |
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| World premiere: First magnesium strip produced by casting-rolling |
26 September 2002 - ThyssenKrupp Steel 'The first important step has been taken. We are well on the way to producing magnesium sheets at competitive cost,' says Dr. Ulrich Jaroni, director of technology and responsible for research and development at ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG. The Duisburg-based company holds leading world market positions in carbon steel and in processing technologies for lightweight automotive materials. |
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| New tailored blanks companies in Mexico and Italy |
02 July 2001 - ThyssenKrupp Steel ThyssenKrupp Stahl subsidiary Thyssen Fügetechnik GmbH is further expanding its interna-tional activities in the production of laser-welded tailored blanks for the automobile industry. |
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| World's most advanced cold rolling mill in operation in Duisburg |
03 April 2001 - ThyssenKrupp Steel 'TAKO', the most advanced cold rolling mill of its kind in the world, has been in operation at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth facility of ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG since March 26, 2001. The new mill, which took just under two years to build at a cost of almost €150 million, was officially inaugurated on April 3, 2001. 'This major investment will significantly boost the competitiveness of our Duisburg location and thus ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG as a whole', said TKS chief executive Dr. Wolfgang Kohler before the customers and representatives from the worlds of business and politics invited to the inauguration ceremony. |
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