28 September 2005
UGINE & ALZ CARINOX : start-up of the UGINE & ALZ CARINOX STEEL PLANT
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1. Juli 2005 
UGINE & ALZ MODIFIes surcharge formula
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May 2004 
new U&A web site FOR BUILDING
Visit the new web site UGINE & ALZ for building applications: www.ugine-alz-construction.com


2 April 2004
FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR THE NEW carinox MELTING SHOP IN charleroi, belgiUM
The foundation stone for the new Carinox melting shop was laid on 2 April 2004, in the presence of the Arcelor general management and Walloon government representatives.  
The new melting shop is the largest investment decided to date by the Arcelor group. For UGINE & ALZ, Carinox is a strategic industrial project, representing a capital expenditure of 230 million euros, and involves the construction of an electric melting shop upstream of the hot strip mill. The project will make Charleroi an integrated plant for the production of hot rolled stainless steel strip, and will create about 400 new jobs.


From left to right : Joseph Kinsch (Chairman of the Arcelor Management Board), Guy Dollé (Arcelor Chief Executive Officer), Serge Kubla (Vice-President and Finance Minister of the Walloon Government), Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe (Prime Minister of the Walloon Government), Jean-Yves Gilet (Arcelor General Manager in charge of the Stainless Steel sector) and Philippe Darmayan (Chairman and CEO of Ugine & ALZ).

Key figures for the Carinox project: 
- total ground coverage : 18 ha 
- covered area : 25 000 m2 
- volume of concrete : 35 000 m3 
- framework weight : 10 000 tonnes of steel 
- maximum site workforce : 400
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March 15, 2004  
PRESS RELEASE - UGINE & ALZ
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December 2003
"TRANSFER" : A CATERING TROLLEY THAT GOES IN THE UTENSIL WASHER !

UGINE & ALZ and the company 3Bornes (F. Tesnière) have filed a patent for a new catering trolley : it is the first fully stainless steel food tray handling and storage trolley.
The trolley is composed of a stack of 3D modules made from bent stainless steel, which are simply fit together one above the other, and which are designed to take stainless steel food trays.
It is manufactured by TSA Inox and marketed by Rieber France. 
The " TRANSFER " trolley is one of the essential elements of the innovative 2Zones2 kitchen, a project also invented by F. Tesnière and supported by UGINE & ALZ.

The advantages of the " TRANSFER "trolley are : 
- it is the first trolley that can be cleaned in a utensil washer 
- it is perfectly modular (adapted for both grids and trays) 
- it is highly flexible (in terms of the number and height of trays)
- it is extremely easy to use (simple superposition of modules).
This new invention has just been nominated for the Observeur du design 2004 ETOILES awards, organised by the Agence pour la Promotion de la Création Industrielle (APCI). The trolley is on display from 18/11/2003 to 08/02/ 2004 at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris.

September 2003
THe new flat products brochure is now on line

July 2003
BEAUTY AND HARMONY - STAINLESS STEEL AT THE HEART OF THE KITCHEN

U&A now offers customers a new attractive surface finish: UGISAND®.
Ugisand® is an original stainless steel sheet product whose sanded finish has a satiny appearance.
U&A has designed a special manufacturing process to obtain a uniform surface finish that is reproducible in all directions.
The Ugisand® finish is conserved after deformation, offering flexibility and freedom of design for
all applications.
Ugisand® creates an overall harmony in the kitchen environment.