“The steel industry has been very fragmented (in Europe)...and the automobile and packing industries have been exploiting that.”
Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
“I can't recall, in the 40 years I've been following the steel industry, ever seeing a bid that was raised after already winning.”
Charles Bradford
“China's iron and steel industry has entered an important stage of strategic restructuring, which can help solve a series of problems in the industry.”
Xie Qihua
“Like steel, textiles, airlines and other American industries that have undergone radical restructurings, ... we expect an increasingly volatile and difficult environment for the companies involved and for their shareholders.”
John Casesa
“It is an industry that probably has too much capacity. It's probably too fragmented.”
Thomas Horton
“Using IBM PLM solutions is a key breakthrough for Hydro-Québec, the hydroelectric industry, and the industrial equipment industry in general. We are very excited about participating in the development of this industry that is adopting PLM solutions. The integrated multidisciplinary environment of our PLM solutions will allow Hydro-Québec to collaborate better with its partners. The agreement reached with Hydro-Québec once again confirms that IBM PLM can really help our customers respond to the new challenges.”
Walter Donaldson
“KUKA Robotics' stainless steel robots have been working in many applications & industries in Europe and we are pleased to be able to offer our North American customers this option as well. Food manufacturing in particular requires extremely stringent sterility standards and stainless steel is the optimum material to meet these requirements.”
Joe Campbell