HELSINKI, 11-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, M. Soc. Sc. (Econ.), MBA, has been appointed Outokumpu’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Leadership Team as of March 1, 2019 reporting to CEO Roeland Baan. Outokumpu’s CFO Christoph de la … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged appointment, CFO, leadership, Management, Outokumpu, Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, Roeland Baan
ESPOO, 12-Jun-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Saila Miettinen-Lähde has today notified Outokumpu that she will resign the company’s Board of Directors. The reason for the resignation is the recent ruling by the district court of Helsinki on Miettinen-Lähde’s former employer Talvivaara’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Outokumpu, Saila Miettinen-Lähde
HELSINKI, 15-May-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu provided Forta super duplex stainless steel for a prototype of an offshore patrol vessel made by Swedish ship maker Swedish Steel Yachts AB (SSY). Outokumpu supplied mirror-polished plates in different dimensions for the vessel, which … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 03-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu announces enhancement of stainless bar production in its facilities in in Richburg, South Carolina, USA. New capabilities include a new coil-to-bar line to cover bar sizes from 0.600” to 1.250” inches and full reinforcement bar … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Bob Beatty, coil-to-bar line, Outokumpu, stainless bar production, Stainless Steel
ESPOO, 20-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu delivers some 500 tonnes of Forta DX 2205 duplex stainless steel for the second-phase development of Jiaxing Petrochemical Co Ltd’s purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production facility in Zhejiang province, China. This investment in a new … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 12-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu and Outotec have reached an agreement regarding innovations on ferroalloys technology and the related license fees to Outokumpu. The agreement follows the arbitral award of August 28, 2015 which confirmed that Outokumpu and Outotec are … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged ferroalloys technology, license fees, Outokumpu, Outotec, patent dispute
CHELSINKI, 27-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu appoints Maciej Gwozdz as Head of Operations Europe and member of the Outokumpu Leadership Team as of January 1, 2017 at the latest. Maciej Gwozdz joins Outokumpu from ZF Group/TRW, one of the largest automotive … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Management, Metals and Minerals
ESPOO, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has given Outokumpu its annual sustainability award for the efforts of Outokumpu’s Mexican mill in water recycling. Water is used in various phases of the manufacturing process of stainless steel, from … Read the full press release
ESPOO, 30-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu has now completed share repurchase which was announced on May 13, 2016. Between May 17, 2016 and May 26, 2016, Outokumpu repurchased 2,000,000 its own shares through public trading at Nasdaq Helsinki, with average price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Investment
Tagged Outokumpu, share repurchase
ESPOO, 24-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu today announced collaboration with Tubacex, a global leading stainless steel and high nickel alloys tubular solutions supplier. As part of the collaboration, Tubacex has used Outokumpu Therma 253 MA billets as starting material for production of … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Spain
Tagged Diego Herrero, Olle Källgren, Outokumpu, Outokumpu Therma 253 MA billets, Tubacex
ESPOO, 7-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The combination of humid weather, air conditioning, refrigerator units and foodstuff was the decisive factor for selecting Outokumpu Core 4622 grade as material for illuminated signs for 6,000 7-Eleven convenience stores in Thailand. Says Nopol … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged 7-Eleven, convenience stores in Thailand, Nopol Chuklin, Outokumpu
ESPOO, 15-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Outokumpu today announced the publication of a new edition of its Corrosion Handbook on stainless steel. Based on the company’s extensive research and product development, and first published in 1934, the handbook has become an … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Industrial, Marketing, Metals and Minerals
Espoo, Finland, 31-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — PVI Industries LLC, an American water heaters manufacturer has chosen Outokumpu’s proprietary lean duplex grade LDX 2101® to replace carbon steel in its water heaters. Using lean duplex has significantly reduced PVI Industries’ waste stream and increased … Read the full press release