Recent evolutions and trends in the steel rolling industry -Inaugural speech of the 9^th International Steel RollingConference

Abstract

Steel rolling technology has achieved such fantastic progress in the 20^th century that it might be considered to have come to maturity.Actually, it remains nowadays the object of intense development thataffords further impressive improvements. The progress of rollingtechnology is fostered by a drastic global growth of the number ofrolling equipments on the order of 40% over the last 15 years. Itbenefits from a dedicated R&D effort based upon a large scope ofscientific knowledge. The 9^th Steel Rolling Conference illustrates thispotent innovative approach and it offers a unique opportunity forfruitful exchanges between steel producers, equipment suppliersand steel users.