Luxembourg, 21 November 2014. On November 21st, 2014, Paul Wurth S.A. and SAB S.àr.l. signed an agreement for setting up an equally-owned joint venture company called VCL Valve Competence Luxembourg.Paul Wurth, as a leading technology provider for the primary stage of integrated steelmaking, and SAB, an engineering and manufacturing company particularly specialised in blast furnace mechanical components, decided to join forces by creating a Luxembourg-based competence centre for all types of sp

Within the past three years, Paul Wurth has developed a new monitoring technology for the tuyeres and raceway area of blast furnaces. An integrated system employing digital cameras provides continuous visualisation of all tuyeres on any computer connected to the network. Machine vision methods (extraction of process relevant information out of pictures) are applied for automatic phenomena detection, which is backed-up by an integrated mathematic blast furnace model for the raceway zone. This fe

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

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

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 cli

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 of

Tokyo & Luxembourg, March 10, 2014. Kobe Steel, Ltd. of Japan and Paul Wurth S.A. of Luxembourg, a member of the SMS Group, have signed a construction license agreement that enables the SMS Group to market, design and erect MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plants around the world. Kobe Steel, Ltd. is owner of both Midrex Technologies, Inc., and the MIDREX® Direct Reduction Process — the industry’s most productive technology for making high-quality direct reduced iron (DRI) products. DRI and i