On 2 July 2014, Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A. and the German company Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH signed an Asset Purchase Agreement regarding the transfer of Schalke’s coke oven machine segment to the Paul Wurth Group. Thanks to this acquisition, Paul Wurth takes over the patents, references, drawings, licences, brand name and know-how of the Bochum based company, which has established itself as a worldwide market leader for coke oven machines relying on more than 130 years of experie ...

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In April 2014, CSR Sifang Co. Ltd, one of the largest high-speed train manufacturers in China, charged Paul Wurth with engineering, supply of key components and supervision services for upgrading and automating a bogie assembling line in Qingdao, Shandong province. With two similar contracts awarded from the Chinese railway industry during the last three years, the Paul Wurth Group has been able to enter this expanding market and diversify its activities thanks to the combined expertise of its ...

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Luxembourg, 13 May 2014. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Michel Wurth, the ordinary General Meeting of shareholders of Société Anonyme Paul WURTH was held today on 13 May 2014 to approve amongst others the financial statements of the year 2013. Despite a weak market and challenging order acquisition activities, the Group managed to further expand its technological span. With promising innovations, Paul Wurth resolutely continues to develop environmental and energy-saving solutions. Economic ...

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New Delhi & Luxembourg, 6 May 2014. On 25 April 2014, Durgapur Steel Plant, belonging to the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), successfully commissioned the new Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP) at their Blast Furnace No. 3. In May 2012, the Paul Wurth Group had been awarded with the contract to modernise and modify, on a turnkey basis, the existing GCP within a challenging and very tight shutdown period of 60 days. While Paul Wurth Umwelttechnik provided the basic engineering, the supply ...

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Luxembourg, 28 April 2014. From May 5 until May 8, 2014, the Association for Iron & Steel Technology will gather the North American and international steelmaking society for their annual AISTech Congress and Exhibition at Indianapolis, Indiana. In the course of the conference programme, Paul Wurth’s technology news and plant building competences will be presented via the following technical papers: Dry Slag Granulation with Energy Recovery: Pilot Campaign at ROGESA (Session: Environmen ...

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