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There is always something going on in our business units. New employees, new orders, new equipment or even an anniversary – there is always a reason for good news.
US steel producers visit
At the end of September, a delegation of US steel producers visited various German steel mills. The tour, led by the Association for Iron & Steel (AIST), served to exchange experiences in the field of long production of quality steels. KERN...
KERN Safety and Health Day 2023
This year’s KERN Safety and Health Day took place on the 29th of September. All KERN employees had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the latest developments in firefighting and fire protection (including practical firefighting exercises)....
Westerwald family business prevails over international field of competitors
Kern Industrie Automation receives order for plant modernization from thyssenkrupp Rasselstein For more than 100 years, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH, now Germany's only tinplate manufacturer, has been producing in Andernach. Among other materials, raw...
2nd step retrofit parcel distribution center
In the 2nd modernization step, the plant shutdown over Whitsun was used to modernize 10 local I/O- cabinets. The old RIO-stations and the converters were replaced with modern technology and put again into operation. Further modernizations will follow in...
METEC 2023 in Düsseldorf
The countdown is on for METEC, the leading trade fair for the steel industry, which will be held in Düsseldorf/ Germany from June 12 to 16. Our experts from the fields of automation, robotics, safety technology and special machine engineering are...
Retrofit parcel distribution center
In the distribution center of a large German parcel service provider, the electrical switchgear of a conveyor system was renewed. A total of 92 drive controls were modernized. Due to the detailed pre-planning and the workshop test carried out, the...
Production inspection switchgear cabinets
Successful inspection of the switchgear cabinet production for the project “Extension of Water Management Beeckerwerth” of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG at Kern Industrie Automation GmbH by employees of the final customer (thyssenkrupp) and main...
Successful performance test at FERALPI STAHL Riesa
Together with our parent company AIC, 4 new automatic tying machines for steel bars were supplied and installed to FERALPI STAHL in Riesa. The commissioning of the machines, as well as the safety-related integration into the existing plant, including...
Successful commissioning push pickling line decoiler
On December 19, the plant shut-down for the renewal of a decoiler on a push pickling line at customer site in Hagen-Hohenlimburg/Germany started. The mechanical work was carried out by C-Technik Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH. The electrotechnical part...
Hot-dip galvanizing line FBA 10 at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe
ANDRITZ AG has built the new, state-of-the-art FBA 10 hot-dip galvanizing line for strip steels on the site of the former Westfalenhütte steel mill in Dortmund. With this investment, the operator, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, is strengthening the site...