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The article offers information on the updates related to the steel industry and trade in the U.S. The A1057/A1057M standard of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International addresses the galvanizing process when it is used throughout various industries including construction, automotive and transportation. Nucor Fastener announces the loss of Roger Hamilton, a teammate and a colleague in the fastener industry who unexpectedly died on January 23, 2009.

The article reports that the plan of SeverCorr LLC to expand its operation has started in order to take advantage of the federal funding opportunities in Columbus, Mississippi. According to CEO John Correnti of SeverCorr, the company is ramping up its pickling line which is estimated to run at about 100 feet per minute. Moreover, Correnti assesses that the company's mini-mill construction is continuing on the plant's cold mill, galvanizing line and annealing operations.

The article reports on the launch of the intelligent dummy-fill-synthesis tool from Blaze DFM. It discusses the benefits and features of the tool. The tool benefits IC foundries with their application of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) to each metal, via and active polysilicon layer on the surface of each IC layer. Engineers use dummy fill in CMP process, particularly during electromigration or shorts occurring when too much metal are scraped away or distorted. Dave Reed, vice president of Blaze DFM, stated that design-rule-correction scripts in determining places to insert dummy fill.

The article reports that Techint Technologies got a Russian steel producer into a pickle in a short time, and both sides are happy about it. The Italian metals industry equipment manufacturer is claiming a record in the startup of the number 1 pickling line at Russia's Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works. Techint says it completed the startup of the line with only a 52-day halt in production while the old line was completely dismantled and the new one erected and put into operation. The new line has the ability to process 2.2 million tons of steel strip per year.

Comments on the plans of three metal companies to add hot-rolled capacity to the West Coast in February 2004. Steel trader Klaus J. Abstoss' acquisition of a Los Angeles, California-based pickling operation; Feasibility study launched by California Steel Industries Inc. to determine if it should install another reheat furnace; Plans of Nucor Corp. to build a second facility for its Castrip direct-casting technology.

This article presents information related to legal issues concerning Nippon Steel Corp., Tokyo. The fight over anti-dumping duties for Japanese tinplate is one of the longest-running shows in Washington. The successive court rulings are labeled Nippon I through Nippon IV, named for participant Nippon Steel. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) believes that unprofitably priced Japanese tinplate has injured the U.S. companies. At the U.S. Court of International Trade, Judge Jane Restani disagrees. An appeals court ruling in 2003 told Restani to refrain from refinding the facts, determining witness credibility or interposing determinations on causation and material injury.

This article focuses on business expansion plans announced by Mexico based Galvasid SA de CV. Galvasid is installing a pickling line, cold mill and galvanizing line with "minispangle" equipment designed to produce about 250,000 tonnes of coated steel sheet per year. Plans are for the family owned operation to produce both galvanized and galvalume (zinc-aluminum coated) coil and eventually feed a paint line that can take 30 to 40 percent of the plant's output. Galvasid's target markets include: construction and building applications, commercial and industrial uses and unexposed parts for the automotive sector.

Reports on the study regarding the removal selectivity control of aluminum and titanium metal barrier during aluminum chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in Taiwan. Use of CMP in the damascene processes; Conduction of the study by the National Tsing Hua University; Subscription for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

Reports that Taiyuan Iron & Steel in China has awarded a contract to DMS in France to design, supply and commission annealing and pickling lines for stainless steel as of June 2001. Features of the lines; Benefit of the contract to Taiyuan Iron & Steel.

Reports on efforts by United States steelmakers to comply with the tighter Hazardous Air Pollutant standards for pickling facilities that use hydrogen chloride and for hydrochloric-acid regeneration plants. Installation of additional scrubber; Upgrade of pickling lines; Costs; Industry efforts to develop environment-friendly pickling processes.

Focuses on the development of an abrasive-free chemical polishing process for semiconductor metals by Hitachi Ltd. Features of the technique to improve yield and performance for copper interconnects; Characterization of the process.

Reports that SMS Demag AG has received an order from Thyssen Krupp Stahl AG for the supply of a turbulence-tank pickling line for a galvanizing plant in Kreuztal-Ferndorf, Germany. Expansion of the capacity of the cold-strip galvanizing plant.

Reports that Samuel Manu-Tech Incorporated's Nelson Steel division in Toronto, Ontario is adding a push-pull pickling line to its operations. Cost of the project; Features of the project; Schedule for the operation of the pickling line.

Reports on the exclusive supply agreement signed by Moyco Technologies and Nanophase Technologies for certain powder materials needed for the chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurries to be sent to firms like Hyundai, IBM and Samsung. Terms of the blanket purchase order and agreement; Moyco's responsibilities under the agreement.

Reports on Worthington Industries' plans to build a $150 million pickling, slitting and cold-rolling facility for steel sheet in Decatur, Alabama. Expected output of the pickling line; Expectation of hot-band supply in the southeastern United States.