http://www.tatasteeleurope.com en 07-Feb-2012 16:34:43 Corus Vignette 7 Framework Copyright: (C) Corus 15 http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/static/images/rss.gif http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/ Tata Steel’s Tubes business in Europe has today announced a recovery plan to match business operations to current and projected market demand in the foreseeable future. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_recovery_plan_for_Tubes_business_in_Europe 293f429cf4415310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has secured a major contract from Siemens Wind Power to supply 25,000 tonnes of high-quality profiled steel plate for wind towers. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2001_major_plate_order_for_Siemens_wind_towers f089cf2c440f4310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Confirming its commitment to grassroots sport, Tata Steel has broken its own record for the number of Tata Kids of Steel triathlon events scheduled to take place during the year of the London 2012 Olympic Games. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_kids-of-steel-2012 2ad274370c244310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is temporarily to mothball the hot strip mill at its Llanwern site in Newport, South Wales, with immediate effect. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/Press_release_llanwern_Nov_2011 1fadf1a858ef3310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Board of Directors of Tata Sons at its meeting today appointed Mr Cyrus P Mistry as Deputy Chairman. He will work with Mr Ratan N Tata over the next year and take over from him when Mr. Tata retires in December 2012. This is as per the unanimous recommendation of the Selection Committee. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Tata_Sons_Deputy_Chairman_Appointment 5bc43466acbc3310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD A new investment at the Port Talbot steelworks is set to improve the competitiveness of the site, generate over 1MW of energy, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 6,000 tonnes per year. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_investment_CAPL c500ebe2b27c3310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the first half and second quarter ending September 30, 2011 http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_H1_FY1112results 9bfa0b66f9d83310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel intends to cease operations at its loss-making Construction Products business, an operation focused on roll-formed products and assemblies, based at the Llanwern site in Newport. The business currently employs some 70 people. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_TSCP-closure a9b64ecc8e963310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Trials are due to begin on new equipment at Tata Steel’s Stocksbridge steelworks in South Yorkshire, UK following a £6.5 million investment programme to increase production of aerospace steels. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Stocksbridge_furnaces 8f4a8c75e2043310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is investing a further £4.5-million in its South Yorkshire operations to improve plant reliability and energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions and boost production of high-value steel products. The amount of energy saved – 19,000 mega watt hours (MWh) – would power 4,000 homes. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_south_yorks_investment 2f587fe624023310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is investing £2 million in its Hartlepool tube works and has forged a supply deal with German steel tube producer Eisenbau Krämer (EBK) to increase its product and service offering to the offshore renewable energy sector. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Hartlepool_jackets d61288f09b8e2310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel signed a new ‘Green Deal’ with the Government in the Netherlands today. The agreement commits Tata Steel’s IJmuiden plant to further improvements in its sustainability performance on top of the steps already taken in this direction. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Netherlands_Green-Deal d72b974831fc2310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel will today officially open its upgraded rail production facility in north-east France after a €35 million investment. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_hayange_upgrade 7c4651a1230b2310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The trade and industry open day held on the 27th September 2011 gave the opportunity for leading construction professionals to view the technologies currently under development and listen to the latest thinking in the design and construction of low to zero carbon buildings. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/sbec_open_day 7b04aa181cda2310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has secured a major order to supply railway lines for a new high-speed track between the French cities of Bordeaux and Tours. Tata Steel will supply 84,000 tonnes of high quality rail for the new South-Europe-Atlantique line – a 302km (188 miles) long line which will be one of the world’s largest infrastructure projects launched in the last decade. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_News_Rail_trackFrench d0f54a6b8e762310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has today announced a major five-year improvement programme for its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands that is designed to sustain the plant’s potential to be a world-class steelmaker. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_ijmuiden_improvement_programme f3ab4a6b8e762310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is completing an investment programme to upgrade the hot rolled strip processing capabilities at the company’s Dudley plant in the West Midlands by installing a £500,000 state-of-the-art leveller. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_new_sheet_leveller_dudley 00228be138c42310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is delighted to announce that, together with one of its principal clients, Caterpillar Steel Products, it has been shortlisted for Caterpillar Inc’s AQI award for the Trackshoe Longbar supply chain project. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_caterpillar_collaboration 805e97fc65b52310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD A patent ruling has provided Tata Steel with a breakthrough in its plans to bring to market a new press-hardened zinc-coated boron steel sheet, called ZnX®.‬‪ which is suitable for hot forming. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011__zn_boron a2d944e631bf1310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is to set up a new steel tubes manufacturing and processing facility at its Zwijndrecht plant in the Netherlands to serve the automotive sector. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Zwijndrecht a71366f3403f1310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Q1results 8e098940d1db1310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has supplied an order for offshore grade steel manufactured in Scunthorpe and Motherwell to a pioneering wave energy device. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Wave_energy_convertor 5f6228ba74ba1310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Great Britain celebrated double gold medals when Helen Jenkins and Alistair Brownlee stormed to victory over the weekend in the women’s and men’s elite races at the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship presented by Tata Steel. Alistair’s younger brother Jonathan also made the podium, taking bronze. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Triathlon_Golden_Double d434a9ff598a1310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is to improve productivity and customer service at its Hartlepool site in the UK by investing £7 million in enhanced welding and material handling capability. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Hartlepool_Press_release_040811 64a872fa53491310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD As part of Tata Steel’s long-term support for the British Triathlon Federation (BTF), a design team from the company has been working alongside race organisers and competition managers to develop a pioneering spectator sports venue – the Tata Steel Pavilion – for this year’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship presented by Tata Steel in Hyde Park, London. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_Triathlon_Hyde_Park_Pavilion bb4d72fa53491310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel and the Royal Academy of Engineering are jointly funding a new Chair for research into Low Carbon Materials Technology at WMG at the University of Warwick. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_new_chair_warwick_university 7fd887ef0d161310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Tata Kids of Steel children’s triathlon series has enabled almost 12,000 children to experience triathlon in the UK this year. The series, organised by British Triathlon in partnership with Tata Steel, visited 18 locations across the UK between May and July. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_kidsofsteel_roundup bc4ae5a869c41310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD On January 11, 2011 Tata Steel Limited disclosed that one of its subsidiaries, Tata Steel UK Limited, had on January 5, 2011 received a partial final award in its favour in an ongoing arbitration between Tata Steel UK Limited and certain offtakers of the Teesside Cast Products business (TCP). http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tcp_arbitration_settlement c9bcf385694b0310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD New technology and process innovations are putting Tata Steel at the forefront of low CO2 steelmaking. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tem2 3ac285ce22380310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD An important breakthrough has been achieved at Tata Steel’s Shotton site in North Wales, where a development partnership between Tata Steel and Dyesol has produced the world’s largest dye sensitised photovoltaic module. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_dsc 296b1da92b470310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Tata Kids of Steel season has reached the midpoint with nine out of 18 events completed, involving 6,000 children from 200 schools around the UK. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_triathlon_update_may b834669a57b60310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel have begun work to establish the national research facility after signing a Memorandum of Understanding last October. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_innovation_centre_cpi 4a0c4fe5b8260310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD June is Tata Environment Month, an initiative launched last year to mark the annual World Environment Day on June 5. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_environment_month d70b4fe5b8260310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel Limited today declared Audited Consolidated Financial Results for the full year ending March 31, 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_fy11_results 4d07bcd132220310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Times newspaper in London today reports an interview with Mr Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons... http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tata_and_the_times_newspaper c92e222214610310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has today proposed a restructuring of its Long Products business to target high-value markets and introduce greater flexibility into its costs and operations. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_long_products 45cb740cd4b00310VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD World Champions Faye McClelland, Iain Dawson, Jane Egan and Charlotte Ellis headline the 2011 Tata Steel British Paratriathlon Championships set to take place on Saturday 14 May at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_largest_ever_field_paratriathlon 71fc2095229df210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Hundreds of local school children flocked to Gurnell Leisure Centre this week as they took part in Tata Kids of Steel – a free and fully equipped mini-triathlon event, aimed to give the youngsters a hands-on experience of one of the UK’s fastest growing sports. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tkos_ealing_2011 ac8cf989225cf210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is investing £1.2 million in two new high-tech machines at its wire rod rolling mill in Scunthorpe to increase quality and efficiency, and to boost production of the most technically demanding steels. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_1.2m_investment_scunthorpe 0c055e49f40cf210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD 900 Newham youngsters take part in mini-triathlon event. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011-tkos-newham 6b0c5e49f40cf210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Research released today to launch the Tata Kids of Steel triathlon series has revealed a generation of children who risk turning their backs on physical activity in favour of keeping ‘digitally fit’ by watching TV, playing video games and chatting on social networks. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tata_kids_of_steel 58337833ee9bf210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has today announced it will invest £8 million at its Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang, Glasgow, to increase its capability to produce high-strength steel plate. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_clydebridge_investment 8c12932cbf19f210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD A £53 million investment at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot works will reduce its external power requirements by about 15% and contribute towards making the site self-sufficient in energy. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_pt_energy_efficient_cooling 9980ec81b0d8f210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel and Rio Tinto have signed a licensing agreement to further support technological and commercial development of the environmentally friendly direct iron smelting process called HIsarna ™. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_rio_tinto_hisarna_agreement da3dfe50a227f210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel has today unveiled a new centre which will develop and demonstrate ultimate low-carbon, low-energy sustainable construction technologies. The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) will also highlight the commitment by Tata Steel to designing innovative solutions to the energy challenges facing UK industry. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_lcri_invest_green_buildings 83d2755f7960f210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel and Dyesol have decided to expand their joint photovoltaics development project based at the PV Accelerator Centre at the Tata Steel site at Shotton in North Wales. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_dyesol_next_phase 0eb9a3f10200f210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The sale of Teesside Cast Products (TCP) to Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK Ltd and Redcar Bulk Terminal Ltd was completed today. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_completion_of_sale_of_teesside_cast_products b69d6978c47ee210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD The Tata brand has been ranked as the first Indian brand to be in the top 50 club of global brands as per Brand Finance's Global 500 2011 report. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tata_soars_into_top_50_most_valuable_brands e0d86978c47ee210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Karl-Ulrich Köhler, MD & CEO of Tata Steel’s European operations, has reacted to the second Coalition Budget presented today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_koehler_reacts_to_uk_budget 539f537ed02ee210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel Limited (the “Company”) has successfully completed India’s first ever offering of Corporate Hybrid Securities with an issuance of Rs. 1,500 Crores (US$ 332 million). http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_hybrid_securities_launch 1f0ec6cad19ce210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is this week sponsoring a skills event as part of a major manufacturing and engineering festival, the Global Manufacturing Festival: Sheffield. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_skills_festival_sponsor e26ee8b8013be210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is to install a new slitting line at Service Center Gelsenkirchen GmbH in Germany. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_germany_slitting_line 9e1ddc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD As part of its sponsorship of Ecobuild, the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, at London’s ExCeL centre (March 1-3 2011), Tata Steel participated in two debates about building sustainability. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_ecobuild_sustainability 2bfbdc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Macmillan is pleased to announce that Tata Steel is lending its support to people affected by cancer across the UK by arranging for Macmillan Cancer Support to visit some of the main Tata Steel manufacturing sites across the UK in 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_macmillan_roadshows 2bdbdc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is increasing transaction prices for April deliveries in the UK of wire rod produced at its Scunthorpe Rod Mill by a minimum of £125, with some grades increasing by as much as £150 per tonne. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_price_scunthorpe_wire_rod 0b6bdc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is raising prices of its forging steels, engineering bar and aerospace products. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_forging_and_speciality_product_price_rises 08aadc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel UK Limited (Tata Steel) has today signed a definitive sale agreement to sell certain assets of Teesside Cast Products (TCP) to Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK Limited (SSI), a subsidiary of Thailand’s largest steel producer, in a deal valuing the business at $469 million. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_ssi_tcp b71adc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel is pleased to confirm that Dr Henrik Adam will be joining its European operations as Chief Commercial Officer from May 1, 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_cco_henrik_adam d439dc759cf8e210VgnVCM10000003d817acRCRD Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for the nine months and three months ending December 31, 2010. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_q3_results 4b29caf16392e210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Tata Steel presents the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London 2011 and extends the Tata Kids of Steel Children’s Triathlon Series. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_triathlon_update 2c81a4b0ceffd210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Tata Steel is to raise transaction prices for reversing mill plate by £90 per tonne effective on all orders placed from February 1 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_raise_heavy_plate_prices 970965652a0ed210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Tata Steel will raise transaction prices for structural sections in the UK by £95 per tonne effective on all deliveries from Sunday 6 March 2011. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_sections_price_raises e06037f221ccd210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Tata Steel is a major sponsor at Ecobuild, the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_tata_steel_at_ecobuild a69c88b84848d210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD An error has been identified in the data that was used to calculate the January 2011 scrap surcharge. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_scrap_surcharge_letter 6b74ca1fac57d210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Tata Steel Limited performance for the third (December) quarter of FY’11. http://www.tatasteeleurope.com/en/news/news/2011_quarterly-performance-third-quarter fc6d2cef3b47d210VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD