2018-07-06
On Thursday June 28th, we had a great 350th anniversary celebration by the mill in Hagfors, Sweden. It was a blast! Never have the city of Hagfors or Uddeholm had such a big event before. As many as 7000 people came and celebrated Uddeholm’s 350 years. The anniversary event included some of Sweden’s best and […]
Read More2018-05-08
Did you know we founded more than a company? Parallel to expanding Uddeholm in the late 1800’s, we built a town and formed a society. In 1873 when we started to build the new iron works in Hagfors, a small industrial community of both workers and builders with families soon started to form. And as […]
Read More2018-04-24
For over 100 years, Uddeholm was truly a “family affair”. The Geijer Legacy starts with Bengt-Gustav Sr. and Lovisa Sofia Tranea (mill founder Karlström’s granddaughter). The couple fostered 11 children together, and the large family in combination with a very specific will came to have a large effect on Uddeholm’s continued development. Before Bengt-Gustav’s death […]
Read More2018-03-02
1 March matters! On this date 140 years ago (in 1878) the first iron was delivered out of a small Swedish town’s newly built iron works. And from that day and onward, Hagfors has been the hub of Uddeholm’s steel production.
Read More2017-10-13
September 18-19 a group of representatives from ASSAB Singapore as well as the ASSAB sales companies in Taiwan, South China, Japan and Korea gathered for the Asian launch of Uddeholm Idun. Uddeholm Idun is the awaited addition to the tool holder concept. Uddeholm Idun is the first and patented corrosion resistant tool holder grade on […]
Read More2017-03-28
Uddeholm Vanadis 8 SuperClean is now officially launched in the USA. It was done through a road show at three different places (Cleveland, OH – Rialto, CA – Chicago IL). During the internal training and related customer visits, there was a lot of interest from the market, looking for something new in this segment. Read […]
Read More2017-03-23
Uddeholm recently received the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence (VQE) Award. Volvo Cars introduced the award 2011 for recognizing suppliers that deliver high quality products, services and partnership. The elements of performance that are being measured are: To qualify for the award the supplier has to maintain approved ratings for all elements during a 12 month […]
Read More2017-03-03
The launch of the groundbreaking stainless steel Uddeholm Vanax SuperClean will take place march 14-16 with a 2 day training and activity workshop. We are happy to be ready to present a steel grade to the industry that offers the best of two worlds: stainless properties of an austenitic stainless steel in combination with a […]
Read More2017-02-03
Uddeholm Denmark recently inaugurated a PVD Coating plant at Kolding, Denmark, on January 27 2017. More than one hundred customers and stakeholders participated in the official inauguration. The 1,2 Million Euros in PVD Coating project at Kolding is equipped with German state-of-the-art Eifeler Vacotec Technology. Uddeholm Denmark has ambitious growth plans in PVD Coatings with […]
Read More2017-01-23
Uddeholm Nimax will soon be available in an ESR version, Uddeholm Nimax ESR. The material is specifically developed for big and middle sized injection moulds with high demands on surface finish. Main applications are transparent, high gloss polished or textured moulds for use mainly within automotive, white goods, packaging and electronic industry. Uddeholm Nimax ESR […]
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