[ Industry Update ]
[ Industry Update ]
Royal decoration for Van Leeuwen’ s Peter Rietberg
At his official farewell reception on 9 October 2025, Peter Rietberg, former Chairman of the Management Board of the Dutch company Royal Van Leeuwen, was awarded a Royal Decoration. He has been appointed Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. In the presence of more than one hundred guests, the Mayor of Zwijndrecht, Leon Anink, presented Mr. Rietberg with this honor at Van Leeuwen’ s headquarters. The decoration recognises Mr. Rietberg’ s long and distinguished career, as well as his wider contributions to society. Individuals appointed as Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau have generally rendered outstanding service of national and international significance. Peter Rietberg stepped down as Chairman of the Management Board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 9 April 2025, and remains associated with Royal Van Leeuwen as a shareholder.
Meltio, Fastech Blue Laser Wire US site trainsets, underscoring the scale and importance of this project for Bengaluru’ s rapidly growing metro network. The company has supplied 1,031 metric tonnes of 301N stainless steel to date, with further deliveries scheduled as the project advances. The supplied material, valued for its high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent corrosion protection characteristics, superior fire and crash resistance, and low carbon footprints, has been used across the operational metro coaches, including roofs and structural parts. The company has been associated with metro projects globally, including supplying stainless steel material through Alstom India for metro projects in Queensland, Melbourne, and Sydney, in addition to supplying for almost every Indian metro project in India.
MWL migrates from SME Platform to NSE Main Board
Mangalam Worldwide( MWL), a fully integrated stainless-steel manufacturer, has received final approval from the National Stock Exchange of India( NSE) to migrate its equity shares from the SME Platform( Emerge) to the Capital Market Segment( Main Board). The migration, involving 2,97,00,674 fully paid-up equity shares with a face value of INR 10 each, marks a major milestone in MWL’ s growth journey and reflects its strong business fundamentals and market confidence.
NAS purchases KOCKS tech
Meltio, a major manufacturer of wire-laser metal additive manufacturing solutions, and Fastech, a Virginia-based provider of advanced metal additive manufacturing and machining services, have announced the official launch of the infrared-laser – based Meltio Engine Robot Integration to Blue Laser wire metal 3D printing technology. This milestone was celebrated with the opening of Meltio’ s first international Advanced Additive Manufacturing( AM) reference site in Danville, Virginia. The Meltio M600 industrial system and the Meltio Engine Integration Kit for industrial robots enable the production and repair of parts in multiple materials, including copper, titanium, stainless steel, Inconel, and aluminium.
JSL supply Bangalore Metro Phase 2
Jindal Stainless has supplied premium 301N austenitic stainless steel for the Bangalore Metro Phase 2 project. In August, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation( BMRCL) inducted three trainsets from the CRRC- Titagarh Consortium into service under its Phase 2 metro expansion. The order covers 53
KOCKS recently received an order for an RSB ® 370 ++/ 6 Reducing & Sizing Block from North American Stainless( NAS) in Ghent, Kentucky. The KOCKS block is a central component of the planned rolling mill modernization and convinced NAS with its versatile, highly flexible production options from structural special steel to round and hexagonal dimensions. For optimum process control, the RSB ® comes with the KOCKS Blue Box ® water cooling lines and the Microstructure Simulator for thermomechanical rolling. The 4D EAGLE S gauge, combined with the Size Control System and a remote control for automatic stand and guide adjustments, allows precise closed-loop quality. In the roll shop, the BAMICON Octopus software and hardware support all set-up processes.
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