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Fives recognised by Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence

FIVES, a global industrial engineering group, has been honoured by Fastmar- kets Global Awards for Steel Excellence, by sreceiving industrial recognition. This year’s ceremony marked the 11 th Annual Fastmarkets Global Awards, held virtually in July 2020. The nominations chosen were selected from 30 different categories, determined by a combined panel of industry professionals. Fives wins in two categories. Fives received the award as a Technology Provider of the Year for its heat treatment and real-time qual- ity management technologies, enabling steel manufacturers to improve opera- tional efficiency, increase the quality of finished products and enhance the flexibility of operations. “Fives has been a global leader in a variety of industries for more than 200 years. We have been involved in landmark projects leading technological

Technology Services Provider. As a collaborative initiative, Fives and Marcegaglia developed the SmartLine, a fully automatic strip processing line control system based on predictive modelling. In 2019, the SmartLine was commissioned for Marcegaglia’s contin- uous galvanising line in Ravenna, Italy. “This was a joint effort between Marcegaglia and our Fives’ teams. Marcegaglia had a vision for a fully integrated control system of the coil finishing lines based on predictive modelling, incorporating all the upstream metallurgy and all the processing steps down to the finished coil in order to achieve the highest quality yield and productivity. The result has been a great success for both of our organisations,” added Mr Guillaume. Fives www.fivesgroup.com

Fives won the Fastmarkets Global Awards for Steel Excellence

innovations for the steel industry with solutions that provide increased productivity and flexibility of operations, while drastically reducing environmental impact. I am very proud of our team and am honoured to receive this prestigious award,” stated Guillaume Mehlman, president of steel & glass at Fives, during the Fastmarkets Global Awards Ceremony. Additionally, Fives was the winner of the Joint Award for Information

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