by Dan Kunz | Feb 23, 2023 | Industry Expertise, Industry Trends, What's New
What's To Be in 2023? Let’s start with a review of 2022: 2022 was an Incredible Year for Certified Grinding The year started off poorly with a catastrophic accident that closed the mill of our largest supplier, Swiss Steel International (read up on our initial report...
by Dan Kunz | Oct 10, 2022 | Barstock, Barstock Straightening, Industry Expertise, Industry Trends
Words are Not an “Exact Science” … Numbers Are! It seems like the mills are trying to outdo each other these days with the latest buzzwords. Products are given proprietary names meant to qualify their quality, but seem completely arbitrary – “Super Max,” “Ultra...
by Dan Kunz | Jun 22, 2022 | Industry Trends
The Ugitech Steel Mill Factory Incident: An Update Earlier this year we reported on the serious accident that occurred at the Ugitech Steel Mill in Savoy, France on January 3rd. The accident was so serious, and the damage so extensive, that the melt facility at...
by Dan Kunz | Feb 3, 2022 | Industry Trends
The Greater Impact of UgiTech's Factory Accident On January 3rd, 2022 there was a serious accident at a Ugitech steel plant in Savoy, France. A crane bridge carrying molten stainless steel collapsed, killing an employee. There was extensive damage to the facility, now...
by Cazbah Admins | Nov 30, 2021 | Barstock, Industry Expertise, Industry Trends
The Pandemic's Imact on Barstock Availability As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous negative impact on the availability of round barstock for the machining industry. Supply chains have been shattered. Mills are delaying, or worse, canceling...
