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Ad closing date: 17 February| Printing material: 19 February| Publication date: 10 March

Steel technology

Wire 2026 and Tube 2026 trade fairs preview
Düsseldorf will 2026 once again be the global meeting place for the international wire, cable, tube and pipe industries. On 13 April 2026, the world's leading trade fairs for the international wire, cable, tube and pipe industries, wire and Tube, will open their doors in Düsseldorf, Germany. Until 17 April, Düsseldorf Fairgrounds will become the world's leading hotspot for these industries. More than 2,700 exhibitors from 65 countries will present technologies, machines, materials and end products on around 120,000 square meters of exhibition space – covering the entire industrial value chain. The focus is on machines and equipment for wire, cable and tube production, new materials, efficient production processes and high-quality end products.    

World’s fastest rebar rolling mill
Abul Khair Steel Limited (BWRM), a subsidiary of the Abul Khair Group, has started production at its new high-capacity rolling mill, built in Sitakunda, Chattogram, Bangladesh. The new rebar mill is considered being the world’s fastest. It has been designed to produce 1.6 million tons of deformed bars annually, meeting the country’s growing demand for high-quality construction steel and supporting Bangladesh’s rapid construction and infrastructure development.      

Welded tubes market report
According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, the market for welded steel tubes is expected to grow by 5.6% annually. The global welded steel tubes market is observing healthy growth owing to the growing demand for these tubes in the construction and automotive sectors worldwide. The growth of the automotive industry has been notable, and the increasing sales and production of automotive vehicles worldwide is a major driving factor for the welded steel tubes market.

Near-zero-CO2 meltshop
Al Qaryan Steel is embracing induction technology, achieving a significant boost in melting capacity while ensuring high-availability production. Long-established in Saudi Arabia, the manufacturer is investing in the latest generation of induction furnaces. Now entering the commissioning phase, the project is sending a clear signal for sustainable, efficient, and future-proof steel production.

New secondary metallurgical plant at JSW Vijayanagar works
JSW Vijayanagar Metallics Ltd., a subsidiary of JSW Steel Ltd., has commissioned a new 350-ton Ruhrstahl Heraeus (RH) vacuum recirculation degassing plant. This installation marks the world’s first operational combination of an RH Ladle Rocker with Fast Vessel Exchange (FvE), representing a major advancement in secondary metallurgy and plant efficiency. With a total production capacity of three million tons per year for vacuum-treated steels the installation is to enhance production capability and safety as well as steel grade flexibility at one of India’s largest steel sites.

Industrial cooling system optimization for continuous casting plants
A new test facility enables innovative visualization of the hot strand during the continuous casting cooling process. This solution delivers deep insights into the behaviour of the hot strand, supporting the enhancement of cooling systems in continuous casting and other industrial applications where cooling is critical. The flexible setup allows testing of any type of industrial cooling system.

Addressing key challenges in hot and cold roll grinding mills
Roll maintenance can be a challenge for rolling mills, since rolls are typically made from hard-to-grind materials, requiring specialty grinding wheels that must not compromise roll integrity or safety. Industrial roll grinding is more than just maintenance; it is a key step that directly impacts the quality of the final product as well as mill uptime and throughput. Common roll grinding challenges are addressed with a focus on achieving maximum productivity and ensuring quality.

Steel Distribution

Driving higher quality and process stability with new straightening technology at Steel Service Centre Poland
At ArcelorMittal SSC Europe, the Polish team in Kraków completed a project involving the modernization of the cut-to-length line from FIMI, aimed at developing a hybrid straightening technology that represents a world-class innovation. Thanks to this investment, a key stage in preparing sheets for thermal cutting has been significantly improved, and material quality has increased substantially. The straightening process and accompanying research now allow the company to deliver sheets with tighter flatness tolerances and reduced internal stresses, which directly impact work safety, efficiency, and downstream savings for customers.

Worthington Steel to acquire Kloeckner & Co
The merger creates the second largest steel service center company in North America with over US$9.5 billion of combined revenue. It is expected to be a highly complementary combination that strengthens Worthington Steel's strategic offerings in key product categories and regions and further diversifies Worthington Steel’s footprint across North America and Europe.

Sustainable Steel Application and products

Canada's first ultra-high-speed ground transportation project
TransPod is a Canadian company developing the world's leading ultra-high-speed ground transportation through its TransPod Line infrastructure system and FluxJet vehicle. The FluxJet is TransPod's all-electric vehicle designed to travel at more than 1,000 km/h on the TransPod Line, a network system with stations in major cities and high-frequency departures to make travel fast, affordable, and safe. The company has announced a strategic collaboration with Algoma Steel and Supreme Steel to advance the Edmonton–Calgary Tube Transportation Project Test Track. This strategic collaboration with Algoma Steel and Supreme Steel secures the materials and manufacturing capacity required to transform how Canadian businesses, workers, and communities move and collaborate.

Vattenfall orders the world's first fossil-free steel dam gate
Vattenfall and SSAB have signed a new agreement for the delivery of 120 tonnes of fossil-free steel for what will be the world's first fossil-free dam gate. The dam gate will be the largest steel component ever produced with near-zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions in the iron production. It will be installed in Vattenfall's hydropower station in Stornorrfors in 2028. The Stornorrfors hydropower station in the Ume River is Sweden's largest, in terms of annual production, with an installed capacity of 603 MW.

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Fairs | Exhibitions | Events

Kranfachtagung, Bochum/Germany - 16.-17.03.2026
LogiMat, Stuttgart/germany - 24.-26.03.2026
wire & Tube, Düsseldorf/Germany - 13.-17.04.2026
AWT-Conference, Aachen/Germany - 14.-15.04.2026
HANNOVER Messe, Hanover/Germany 20.-24.04.2026
AISTech, Pittsburgh/USA - 04.-06.05.2026
10th International Conference on Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High Performance Steel, Pilsen/Czech Republic - 01.-03.06.2026