inside industry EDITION 3/4 n 2010 n €9 INCISIVE NEWS KELSON GROUP RECEIVE ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL DUFERCO CLABECQ CONTROLLING TECHNOLOGY D&M PSS MAINTAINING RAPID GROWTH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY – BUILDING A SOLID FUTURE

102 Inside Industry FORGING AHEAD TO NICHES. Sarah Johnston reports on Duferco Clabecq - a producer of high added value steel plates in the heart of Europe. Plates coming from the Quarto mill are rolled with high dimensional precision. 102 Inside Industry FORGING AHEAD TO NICHES. Sarah Johnston reports on Duferco Clabecq - a producer of high added value steel plates in the heart of Europe. Plates coming from the Quarto mill are rolled with high dimensional precision.

Inside Industry 103 Buckets, one of the typical applications of Quard, the new abrasion resistant steel of Duferco Clabecq. The flags at the entrance of the production site. Grapples are best made of Quard when used in concrete environments. Plates for pipes, one of the new high added value steels of Duferco Clabecq, which is among the few plates producers producing 'sour service' steels for on-shore and off-shore applications. Duferco Clabecq was founded in 1997 with the purchase of the site of ‘Forges de Clabecq’ by Duferco, the first steel trader in the world. It is now a part of Steel Invest...

106 Inside Industry say we deliver plates that can contribute to better cost management.” Have customer requirements changed through time? “Our customers are very demanding when buying steel plates. We are able to give them a tailor made product, the way they want and need it. We can offer complete solutions. That is why companies such as Caterpillar have trusted us for a so long. They can rely on our quality. If they have special requirements, we’ll get the whole company to fulfil them. It is not a coincidence that we were the first industrial supplier to receive the Platinum Award from them...

The RKB Group is an international manufacturing organization operating in the bearing industry with headquarters in Switzerland. The experience gained in this sector provides RKB with the know-how and expertise necessary for the development and production of technological value-added bearings, particularly in the field of heavy duty machines and equipments. All RKB bearings are manufactured in conformity with the International Standards in owned plants that are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. Thanks to its pioneer business model, based on a vertically integrated system, RKB offers reliable...

Inside Industry 111 markets in terms of environment.” Being green concerns also their new products: “Their weight makes them more environmentally friendly: as they are lighter, the tare weight of the manufactured goods is lower. If you take a dump truck for example, the payload can then be increased. Even like that, consumed energy is lower and less transfers are needed to carry the same total charge, which is another environmental gain, as these dump trucks drive less.” Maintaining control over safety is another of Duferco Clabecq’s operational priorities. Safety in the workplace is one of the...

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