The winner takes it all!

Not quite when it comes to The Swedish Steel Prize. There might be one winner, but today the Winner and the three runner-ups all go into the next phase of the Swedish Steel Prize, the Winner support. “This is really something we are looking forward to,” says Werner Krüger D’Almeida from Brazilian Rotary-Ax. Winner Support [...]

Winner!

This year’s Swedish Steel Prize goes to the manufacturer Deere & Company (John Deere) headquartered in Moline, Illinois, USA. By using high strength steels, the company has developed combines that harvest crops more efficiently while meeting stringent engine emissions requirements.

An inspiring finish

What better way to conclude the Inspiration Seminars than with a tremendously inspiring presentation. Trend spotter and futurologist Magnus Lindkvist made it happen with a wit, humor, as well as some surprises that had every member of the audience following his every word. Magnus challenged the audience to change the moralistic view of the future [...]

Stronger than steel?

As the second guest speaker at the Inspiration Seminars, Mikael Syväjärvi presented a material to the audience that in some ways, is stronger than steel – Graphene.  While he admitted it was not a replacement for most steel applications, Mikael explained that the Noble Prize winning material still has the potential to change the world [...]

Aura, Charisma, Personality

The first guest speaker received a thunderous applause from the audience at the Inspiration Seminars. Cecilia Rydinger Alin, one of Sweden’s most famous orchestra conductors spoke about leadership and drew many parallels between her job as a conductor and that of a manager within a company. She listed aura, charisma and personality as being some [...]

Time for Surprize!

It is day two of The Swedish Steel Prize event and time for one of the fundamental elements in the event, The Inspiration Seminars. Be sure that this is an inspiring event with lots of surprizes. Has to be! The theme of the year is “Surprize”.

New insights and steel-dating

Swedish Steel Prize rewards innovation within the high strength steel industry. The secondary aim is to inspire and encourage future designs and innovation. New Insights created a forum for the exchange of knowledge face-to-face and the feedback is very positive. The day saw parallel technical seminars with SSAB steel experts and clients. Topics included design, [...]

Mill Tour: the colors, the heat, the steam

The Mill Tour went off without a hitch at today’s Experience Day in Borlänge. Participants were able to get the full SSAB experience, as the entire production site was put on display for them. The day began with a welcome from the executive team and then it was off to get a first hand look [...]

A tool for solving the crisis

 Production efficiency could make a difference when it comes to solving the world economy crisis. When New Insights, a brand new element in the Experience Day program at SSAB in Borlänge, opened this morning, lots of customers chose to attend the seminar “Cost savings in customers production process”. The Production Efficiency Group at SSAB [...]

All is set and ready to go!

Imagine the music of the song “The Final Count Down” when you read this, because it is THE final count down for Swedish Steel Prize 2011. We are happy to report that thanks to a great group of people here at SSAB, we are ready to go! It has been a very productive and exciting [...]