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06On the links Three long-standing golf tournaments still thriving
02Supplier of choiceWith products in major foundation projects across the globe, ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading supplier of sheet piles. And R&D is improving products and developing solutions to ensure we continue innovating.
03New academic Chair Meet the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy
07Snapshots! The people, places and events of ArcelorMittal Dofasco
05Amazing! Cold Roll employee Jesse Montani takes top spot on Amazing Race Canada
D O FA S CO | H A M I LTO N
Research & Development>
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Many of our company’s market-leading solutions started life in the lab. But product development is just one element of what our Research and Development (R&D) teams are working on across the globe. Process R&D, for example, accounted for almost 40 per cent of our global R&D spend last year. Here, we give you an inside look at how this type of research is helping us revolutionize our plants and stay ahead of the competition.
“Process R&D” – or research into the process of steel production – is playing a vital role in helping our segments achieve operational excellence by boosting productivity, cutting costs, optimizing assets, and improving environmental performance. Our KLiP technology, for example – developed in our global R&D centre in Asturias – is set to revolutionize production-line scheduling optimization.
Scheduling our production lines is a daily challenge across our
plants. A lot is at stake: the quality of scheduling directly affects our results. But without needing any investment, KLiP – which uses artificial intelligence algorithms inspired by ants – is cutting production costs and improving quality. In some plants, it has even driven a significant increase in productivity through optimizing scheduling. Several of our production lines are already taking advantage of this technology – from Dofasco and Avilés, to Sagunto and Kryviy Rih – and others, including Burns Harbor and AM/NS Calvert, are set to do so in the near future.
Innovations such as hybrid filtration are making strides in cutting the capital and operating costs associated with meeting new dust emission standards. With hybrid filtration, CAPEX is reduced by 50 per cent, and operational costs are also decreased by 50 per cent. While very expensive technologies are available in the marketplace, our global R&D centre in Asturias has adapted a technology used in the cement industry and power plants for the steelmaking industry,
making ArcelorMittal the pioneer in using this technology in steel plants.
Our global R&D division is developing a pilot project of hybrid filtration in the sinter process in ArcelorMittal’s Asturias operations in Spain. Meanwhile, Ghent, Dabrowa, Tubarao, and Zenica have started engineering projects on an industrial scale to implement the technology.
Process R&D is also helping improve the safety of our plants. Removing dross from the zinc bath in a galvanizing line poses both safety and production challenges. For this reason, R&D has proposed an innovative new drossing technology using electromagnetic force. Designed by our global R&D process centre at Maizières – and industrialized in close connection with Ghent, Mardyck and Montataire galvanizing lines – this advanced electromagnetic drossing improves safety conditions for operators by minimizing the risk of falling into the zinc bath. It also creates competitive advantages by increasing the speed of the galvanizing line.
We are also in the process of filing a patent on NUBOC – an accelerated cooling technology for plate applications, which is set to help us extend our plate product offering on line pipe, structural and offshore steel grades. This powerful concept has been successfully tested at the Burns
Harbor 160” plate mill, and the industrialization phase is now in progress. At least ten process specialists and metallurgists across four R&D labs have been involved from the early stages through to implementation on a line.
ArcelorMittal is constantly
benchmarking its processes with best-in-class industry players. Our process research and development is playing a vital role – enabling us to stay ahead of the competition, improving the performance and efficiency of our plants, and laying the groundwork for tomorrow’s high-performance steel products.
How process R&D is revolutionizing our plants
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Put simply, sheet piles are thin but highly resistant interlocking sheets of steel driven into the ground to temporarily or permanently support any given structure. Our company boasts the widest range within the foundation market, and our products feature in major projects across the globe – from sea and river ports, to waterways,
breakwaters, tunnels, and a host of other foundation applications.
ArcelorMittal sheet piles are produced in our facilities in Luxembourg and Poland: Belval is the main production facility for standard Z and U sheet piles, while HZM piles for combined walls are manufactured in Differdange, also in Luxembourg. U sections are produced at Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.
Faster, easier installation on site
The main competitor of sheet
piles is concrete, used in situ as slurry walls or drilled piles, or as pre-fabricated elements. The key advantage of concrete is that it is inherently cheaper than steel, but the efficiency benefits offered by steel mean that engineers across the world are choosing steel over any other competing materials in foundation projects.
What is more, sheet piles are faster and easier to set up compared to other materials, resulting in shorter installation times and quicker project completion. This is particularly
important in projects that aim to prevent flooding, because as soon as the steel sheet piles are in the ground, they develop their strength and start acting as retaining elements. Durability is another important factor, and there are several examples of projects where sheet piles have not required replacing in more than 50-60 years.
A global reference for high-quality sheet piling
Perhaps the best-known project using our sheet piles is the
Mose (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) project, which aims to protect Venice from flooding at periods of high water. ArcelorMittal has been part of the international team contributing to this ground-breaking project from the very beginning, and our sheet piles are used in the ship locks at the lagoon inlets and as foundation elements for the submerged floating flood gates.
Mose is one of our biggest sheet piling projects to date, but there is a multitude of other projects of which the team can be proud. Our sheet piles were used to build the first sheet pile tunnel on the South American continent in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and we have delivered 54m-long sheet piles for a bridge foundation in Sweden. For a pilot-project in the Swiss Alps, we managed to deliver 36m-long AS500 flat piles via a narrow-gauge railway to a construction site at 1,400m altitude, to cut off parts of an existing lake.
Our successful business model is largely project-oriented, with early involvement alongside all stakeholders. Ongoing projects include the delivery of sheet piles to various ports in Israel, South Africa, Angola and Argentina, as well as projects across Europe, the USA and Australia.
Our company offers a compelling blend of project design, engineering services, and job-site logistical support, which is helping to cement our position as preferred supplier to key market players. These crucial foundations of our business model will help ensure sustainable, long-term return on investment for our mills.
The result of seamless collaboration
Sheet piles are a very important product for ArcelorMittal, and the company has been working hard to consolidate and further expand its leadership position as a supplier of choice for this high value-added product. No other steel
manufacturer in the world is currently able to match our product offer.
Our success was largely made possible thanks to the close dialogue we build and maintain with our customers, as well as the seamless collaboration between our various teams in-house – from the technical and sales department, to the teams in the production sites. This concerted approach allows us to ultimately build trust with our customers and provide them with products meeting their exact requirements.
Building foundations for the future
All these efforts have allowed our company to establish itself as the world’s leading supplier of sheet piles. But the challenge today is in making sure we are able to maintain this position far into the future. To achieve this, significant R&D efforts are invested in improving existing products, and developing new, steel-based solutions.
A recent example was the launch this July of a new generation of more cost-efficient, extra-wide sheet piles, following a €35 million investment in our Belval plant. The width of our AZ-800 sheet piles can now reach up to 800mm – currently the widest sheet piles in the market – reducing the required number of elements and consequently leading to even faster execution time.
“Innovation is key to maintaining our position as the partner of choice,” said Augustine Kochuparampil, CEO at ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products: “Our focus has been and will continue to be on high-quality, outstanding service and technological development to serve our customers with efficient and sustainable product solutions.”
To find out more about ArcelorMittal’s sheet piling business, visit http://sheetpiling.arcelormittal.com
Foundations for the future: ArcelorMittal’s sheet piling businessSheet piles might not be the most visible steel in our everyday lives, but these products have helped us establish our reputation as a producer of high-value-added steels. In this issue of 1 Magazine, we shine a spotlight on our sheet piles business to investigate why this is such an important market segment for the company.
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ArcelorMittal Sheet piling is providing solutions for projects across the globe
Process R&D plays a vital role in helping our segments achieve operational excellence.
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Dr. Greig Mordue was introduced as McMaster’s first Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy on October 1, 2015 and in addition to being Chair is also Associate Professor, jointly appointed with the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University.
Greig was previously General Manager of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) responsible for Corporate Planning and External Affairs. During his 20-plus years with Toyota, he held a range of responsibilities related to Government Relations, Human Resources and Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Toyota, Greig worked as a Special Assistant to the Treasurer of Ontario and Ontario Minister of Finance, the Ontario Minister of Financial Institutions and the Ontario Leader of the Official Opposition.
As Chair, Greig’s work will support evidence-based policy decisions that will support the entire supply chain for
manufacturing. For ArcelorMittal Dofasco, that’s our suppliers and customers in our major markets: automotive, distribution, construction and manufacturing, tubular and consumer and industrial packaging.
“This was an idea and legacy investment that came out of our 100th year in 2012 and is an outcome of the Manufacturing
Summit that we hosted in conjunction with the Conference Board of Canada and McMaster University that year. Establishing the chair is a reflection of the priority we place on supporting our supply chain,” said Sean Donnelly, President and CEO.
“Manufacturing is important and the work of the policy chair will influence good evidence-based policy decisions and will also increase collaboration between industry, academia and government. Ultimately, our desire is to ensure Canadian manufacturers are well-positioned to significantly contribute to the economy by
improving their competitiveness, boosting productivity and attracting foreign direct investment.”
Greig contends he has two main goals that are mutually supportive. “To reinforce the fact that manufacturing is important
and matters and to position McMaster at the nexus of manufacturing policy in Canada.
“I want people to know that manufacturing is essential. I want them to understand that manufacturing is not just something other countries – that other people – do. My intention is to use the platform that ArcelorMittal Dofasco and McMaster have provided to tell media, students, and policy makers that advanced manufacturing is critical; that it makes an outsized contribution to this country’s most important metrics: productivity, R&D, income and exports,” Greig said.
The announcement marked the official kick-off to Manufacturing Month in Canada, an initiative of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. “The appointment of Dr. Mordue as chair will reinforce the message that manufacturing matters — not just in Hamilton and the province of Ontario, but across Canada,” says Jayson Myers, CME President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. “I can’t think of a better way to launch Canadian Manufacturing Month, as our future depends on how well we promote Canada’s largest business sector as the industry that will power the economic engine of our nation for the next generation.”
ArcelorMittal Dofasco kicked off Manufacturing Month in Canada with the introduction of Greig Mordue, the new Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy at McMaster UniversityThe Chair is a legacy investment of the company’s 100th Anniversary in 2012, when we announced our intention to establish a Research Chair that would make a significant contribution to the development of manufacturing policy in Canada.
Did you know that steel is infinitely recyclable?
Nine lives of steel
For more information on steel’s recyclability, visit worldsteel.org
Toaster
Laptop
Bicycle
Washing machine
Tool box
Cat food can
Bed
Watch
Knife
The steel in Sarah’s car was first used in a submarine.
For her new car, Sarah wanted something safer, more environmentally friendly but also affordable.
220 lbs lighter than conventional steel. Equivalent to the weight of 25 bowling balls.
Cleaner because steel made during the primary production phase resulted in seven times fewer emissions than aluminum. That’s 1,287 lbs of CO2e – the equivalent to flying from Chicago to Cleveland.
More efficient since Sarah visits the gas station 11 fewer times during the vehicle’s life than her mother did when she used to refill her old car made of conventional steel.
Today, thanks to advanced high- strength steel, her car is:
More than 650 million tons of steel are recycled annually, making it the most recycled material on earth.
Steel’s recyclability makes it the competitive material of choice in the sustainable world.
Since then it’s had nine lives as a:
And in 2095 when Sarah’s grand-daughter takes her new flying car to work, her old car will be recycled for another nine lives.
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Greig Mordue (second from right) was introduced at an event at McMaster University, in the Machine Lab at the W.G. Booth School of Engineering. Photo (from left): Roy Cain (Acting Dean of Social Sciences), Ishwar K. Puri (Dean of Engineering), Patrick Deane (President and Vice-Chancellor), Jayson Myers ( President and CEO, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters), Greig Mordue (Chair, Advanced Manufacturing Policy and Associate Professor, Department of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Walter G. Booth School of Engineering Practice in the Faculty of Engineering) and Sean Donnelly (President and CEO, ArcelorMittal Dofasco).
« My intention is to use the platform that ArcelorMittal Dofasco and McMaster have provided to tell media, students, and policy makers that advanced manufacturing is critical; that it makes an outsized contribution to this country’s most important metrics: productivity, R&D, income and exports. »
Greig Mordue
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Our journey down the Pyramid and to ZeroMeet some of the Cold Roll Finished Product Team that are utilizing the Pyramid Builders System to identify and eliminate unsafe behaviours and conditions in their workplace
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Brian Dunn calls the Pyramid Builders System ‘one of the best things he can imagine’ for ArcelorMittal Dofasco.
Brian is a crane operator on the Cold Roll Finished Product
Team and has been involved for more than four months with collecting details on possible safety hazards in his department. The team in this area has observed more than 1,350 unsafe behaviours and conditions. They are using this information to help improve safety and eliminate accidents by making a few simple changes to their environment.
Cold Roll’s Pyramid Builder’s team called itself The FOUNDATION, but they have received participation and support from all Finished Product Team members.
“It was a great experience,” Dunn said. “Everyone on all shifts got involved and even the smallest comments helped. Even small things might lead to an injury. It is definitely something everyone should do. You don’t want to see your friends getting hurt.”
The FOUNDATION is focusing on three behaviours they believe are the most critical. “Through discussion with the folks who are on the forefront, we decided to zero in on these concerns based on the likelihood for a serious accident. Identifying and eliminating hazards before an accident is simply another facet of “Stop. Challenge. Choose,” says Bob Pouliot, Health and Safety Process Leader, and member of the Cold Roll/Tin WCCI Steering Committee.
The FOUNDATION is one of a few teams across ArcelorMittal Dofasco using the Pyramid Builders System. It is based on the Byrd Accident Pyramid theory, which relies on the premise that as we gather more information, we can reduce unsafe conditions and behaviours at the bottom of the pyramid, which will reduce accidents from happening further up the pyramid.
A team from Central Trades and Services machine shop was the first to pilot the program last
year. They created a process to find hazards and then developed tactics to eliminate the behaviours and conditions. This pilot phase has shown such promising results that many more areas across the organization will begin applying it in 2016.
Dunn says employees in Cold Roll Finished Product have started to fix some of the smaller issues and are working on making the larger changes. The FOUNDATION team chose several possible solutions for hazards found in the three most critical areas and chose a preferred solution for each.
Two areas involved pedestrians walking under a crane’s load and mobile equipment entering the working area of the crane unannounced. The team’s preferred solution is to install warning lights
using sensors, triggered by crane location, to alert pedestrians and vehicles not to enter the zone where a crane is operating. When the lights are on, the area is restricted and no one will be permitted to enter. They will also install signs and issue a safety contact to raise awareness.
The third priority identified was when employees enter the coil fields without safety vests, which makes it difficult for crane
operators to see them between the rows. Their preferred solution is to create a safety rule requiring all people entering the coil fields to wear safety vests.
As Bob and Brian note, as we experience fewer injuries and accidents at ArcelorMittal Dofasco, we must increasingly identify unsafe conditions and unsafe behaviours, with an eye to eliminating them. It’s a journey down the pyramid to Zero.
Health and Safety>
Don’t miss the bi-annual Health and Safety FairThe 2015 Health and Safety Fair is set to take place on Tuesday, November 17 and Wednesday, November 18 from 8am-7pm in the Main Office Garage and Conference Rooms.
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Our Health and Safety Fair is one of the largest employee health and safety fairs in Canada, with more than 80 different organizations participating, with approximately 3,000 employees and retirees visiting. Drop in to a presentation on financial health, how to navigate the CCAC, watch fitness demonstrations, and more. We’ve packed the event with plenty of new exhibitors and activities this year, so there is a lot to learn and experience.
Mental Health Matters is one of the major themes for this
year’s event, with many exhibitors focusing on children and youth mental health, as well as adult mental health. Children and youth mental health exhibitors include Hamilton Health Sciences, Centre3, Kids Help Phone, Start2Finish, Children’s Aid Society, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Positive Parenting, and more. A display on youth safety will focus on internet safety, sexting, and drug awareness, provided by Hamilton Police Services. Adult mental health will be well represented by Homewood Health (our Employee and Family Assistance Program Provider), St. Joseph’s Healthcare, the Mood Disorders Society and Not Myself Today.
As always, interactive exhibits make this event a must-attend, including health screening, massage, and new this year, the Screen for Life Coach, promoting cancer screening. This full sized coach bus will be parked in the Main Office Parking lot throughout the fair and will be providing cancer screening plus education about cancer screening. Operated by the Hamilton/Niagara/Haldimand/Brant Regional Cancer Screening Program, the program is designed to increase the frequency of cancer screening throughout the region. Employees may have a tour of the bus and may also pre-book cancer screenings during the
event. You can pre-book an appointment with the Screen for Life Coach by calling 1-855-338-3131 or 905-975-4467. Remember to bring your Health Card with you.
On the safety side, visit the fair as part of your Health and Safety Meeting. Find out about Pyramid Builders, drive the Simulator, find out about impaired and distracted driving and much more. Buses will be circulating through Primary and Finishing every 30 minutes, and you can book a bus to pick up groups by filling out the form on the Dofasco Team Site at http://intranet.dofasco.ca/bins/doc.asp?rdc_id=358556.
• Tuesday, November 17 and Wednesday November 18• 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day• Main Office Garage and Conference Rooms,
1330 Burlington Street East• Open to all employees and retirees• More than 80 organizations with exhibits, information & servicesBook a bus to pick you and your group up from your plant location: http://intranet.dofasco.ca/bins/doc.asp?rdc_id=358556.
What you need to know about the 2015 ArcelorMittal Dofasco Health and Safety Fair!
Brian Dunn (Cold Roll Products) has been part of a team that is using the Pyramid Builders System to collect details about potential safety hazards in the area. Other team members include Dave Walker, Dave Pollock, Austin Massey, Kevin Woods, AJ Johansen and Steve Bellini. Brian says the Pyramid Builders System is one of the best things he could imagine for ArcelorMittal Dofasco.
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> Awards and Accolades
Jesse and the boys at No.3 Temper Mill took a few minutes out to celebrate the big win. From left to right Tyler Macnair, Larry Legere, Dennis Wilkinson, Andrew Wawrzewski, Gerald Benkel, Jessie, Peter Balach, Mike Cooper, Milan Knaus, Jessie McKay and Brett Peaire.
Jesse Montani (Cold Roll Products) pulled off an amazing feat this past summer. He and brother Gino won Amazing Race Canada, the popular CTV series that sees 12 teams compete in
an adventure race on steroids across three continents, four countries, six provinces, 16 cities and more than 48,000 kilometres.
The brothers faced physical,
mental and emotional challenges that all added up to what Jesse describes as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
The 12-leg race finished in Whistler, B.C. with the final three
teams competing for the win. That leg included challenges that saw them riding a bike across a steel girder 200 feet in the air, calculating the total distance they had travelled through the
race and doing a ski-jump into water, among other things.
Jesse says the hardest challenge in the race was an acting challenge in which he says “I don’t know what kind of accent
I was trying to do!” and the best was “running up to the finish mat to [series host] Jon.”
See a recap of the series at http://theamazingracecanada.ctv.ca/.
Jesse (left) and Gino Montani are feeling their newfound celebrity status as they were special guests of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club on Friday, October 2nd. The brothers were invited to set off the Tiger-Cats steam whistle. It’s the team’s newest tradition at Tim Horton’s Field and it is set off before each game to signal “time to go to work.”
Jesse Montani’s Amazing Race Canada Win
Rene Daigle (sitting) shows Arne Pscheidt, Juergen Rothfuss and Anita Marten from the Daimler audit team the zinc coating weight control screen in the Main Operating Pulpit at No.6 Galvanize Line and explains how thickness of the coating on the strip is controlled. Standing behind (from left) are Larry Matone, Tony Diiorio and Marc Seuradge (Galvanize), Tom Kiss (ArcelorMittal USA) and Marcus Oethe (Flat Carbon Europe).
Meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectationsAn audit team from the Daimler Group was on site on October 2, 2015 to inspect our people, processes and product. It was a successful audit and our new Ultragal® steel is now certified for use in the Mercedes Benz line of vehicles. We currently supply unexposed hot dip (mostly dual phase) steel to Daimler. Ultragal® is an exposed-quality hot dip galvanized product that has
excellent and controlled surface roughness and waviness to enhance the painted appearance of the body panels on the vehicle. This steel is a second generation of our very successful Extragal® steel.
Teams from many of our Automotive customers have been on site auditing and will continue to visit to specifically review the capabilities and performance of the new No.6 Galvanize Line.
> Learning and Development
Playing to WinThrough group workshops and outdoor activities, our newest employees are experiencing new ways to learn, relate, lead and be accountable. It’s all designed to help everyone at our company Play to Win.
This team from CTS, called Moose Heads, participated in the last Play to Win Session for 2015, from September 30 – October 2 at Horseshoe Valley Resort and Conference Centre. Kneeling from left: Troy Ryan, Jerry Paczkowski, Sean Zibakhsh and Mike Vorkapic. Middle from left: Alan Putt, Marty McGurk (facilitator), Jack Yachouh, Dan Riddle (Team Lead), Kevin Born, Michael Doherty, Rosemary Stiller (program manager and facilitator), Denis Thiboutot and Cory Boakes. Back from left: Russell Danby, Richard Graovac, Joshua Sullivan, Jason Dallen, Jens Daferner and Alexander Soteras.
More than 380 new employees have experienced “Play to Win” in 2015 as part of their “on boarding” experience with our company. While the unique experiential learning program has been offered at ArcelorMittal Dofasco since the early 1990s, it has evolved and changed over the years. The program is held at Hockley Valley near Orangeville, Ontario and takes place over three days. Participants attend both classroom and outdoor sessions that expose them to concepts about playing to win versus playing not to lose, recognizing social styles, the importance of a TASTE
environment, teamwork and bold creative thinking. Play to Win takes participants on a journey to learning the role each of us plays in our collective success and is all taught by a group of 8 Play to Win facilitators from Dofasco. The program has four core concepts: Learn - try new things, be adaptable, be open to change and doing things differently in an effort to continuously improve; Relate -move from me to we, collaborate; Lead - take ownership within your sphere of influence/control and pursue new approaches and ideas; and Make choices - be accountable: Stop. Challenge. Choose.
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On the links with the Men’s and Ladies’ Dofasco Golf Tournaments, and the Dofasco Duffers charity tournamentThis year, the annual Ladies’ Golf Tournament celebrated its 60th anniversary at Chippewa Creek Golf and Country Club on September 11. Meanwhile, Willow Valley Golf Club hosted the 79th annual Men’s Golf Tournament on June 18 and the Dofasco Duffers celebrated its 38th year on September 15.
Dinner and prizes followed the day’s play at the Men’s Annual Golf Tournament. Dave Seguin (left) receives the Bill P. Solksi Trophy as the Champion from Tournament Committee Member Mike Morson (Ironmaking Technology).
This December 1953 edition of the Illustrated News reported a successful first ever Dofasco Ladies’ Golf Tournament.
From left: Sean Donnelly (President and CEO), Rose Giles (Commercial), Franci Mueller (Commercial), Anka Backman (Retired, Commercial), Monika Stanshall (Commercial) and Bronko Jazvac (Director, Health and Safety and World Class Continuous Improvement).
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Recreation is a key part of Dofasco’s employee experience and history. One of our thriving traditions is the annual Men’s and Ladies’ golf tournaments. Headed by employee volunteers, the tournaments feature employees, retirees and
associates competing for prizes and on the Men’s side, the Bill P. Solksi (former VP, Finance) Trophy. A third tournament, the Dofasco Duffers Charity Golf Tournament, has been held by employee volunteers each September for 38 years.
The men got things started on June 18, when they took to the links for the 79th Annual ArcelorMittal Dofasco Men’s Golf Tournament at Willow
Valley Golf Club.
Nearly 120 golfers participated in the 18-hole tournament. As in previous years, the Hamilton Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada was on site with ”Hit a ball for MS,” which raised more than $500. Tournament committee member Jay Gagnon (Engineering and Maintenance Technology) says the tournament featured strong play. “Scoring was very good this year with eight players shooting 80 or better and another 20 players at 90 or better. This
year’s champion, Dave Seguin
(Retired, Security) played a truly exceptional round of golf returning a three under par, 69. This was Dave’s second consecutive victory after having also won in 2014.”
Next, it was the Ladies’ tournament on September 11. It was first held Oct. 17, 1952 at Chedoke Golf Course (three editions have been canceled due to weather) and foursomes were permitted a male caddy. The tournament moved to Mount Hope in 1968, then to Sundrim in 1980 until the early 1990s when it moved to Chippewa Creek, with the exception of
one year at Glancaster. This year, 91 golfers
participated in the 9-hole best ball tournament with a shotgun start. Jane Wood (Quality and Metallurgy), one of the tournament organizers, said that it was a day to remember. “We brought back some of the old traditions, showcased the original pictures with photos and a slide show, and took on a ‘diamond anniversary’ theme. Our keynote, Scott Maki our VP, Finance, was also a highlight of the day in addition to two other executive team members, President and CEO, Sean Donnelly and Director of Health and Safety and World Class
Continuous Improvement, Bronko Jazvac who circulated around the course meeting participants. Overall, it was back to basics, with good friends, good golf, and good food!”
Rounding out the tournament season was the 38th annual Dofasco Duffers Charity Tournament on September 15. This year, more than 100 golfers came together
for a day of 18 holes best ball golf while raising $10,000 for the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) and the Navy League Cadets.
The tournament was started in 1977 by employees Joe Clark and Andy Gdovin, both now retired. They began with 40 golfers and their first tournament raised enough to buy a wheelchair for a child in need.
Over the years, the team of volunteer organizers has grown, as has the tournament. Organizers report that since its inception the tournament has raised more than $200,000 to support VON’s Palliative Care Home Care Programs and more than $30,000 for the Navy League Cadets.
The tournament has a core volunteer team including employees Lidio Cesarini (CTS), Dave Mosiuk (No.3 Temper Mill), Tom Epplett (Batch Anneal), Dave McIsaac (Central Shipping or No.3 Galvanize) and Michele Dawson (Cold Roll and Tin).
If you would like to play in the tournaments or become a member of the organizing committees for 2016, contact Jane Wood at ext. 3478 (for the Ladies’ Golf Tournament), Jay Gagnon at ext. 3775 (for the Men’s Golf Tournament) or Lidio Cesarini at ext. 6532 (for the Dofasco Duffers Charity Tournament).
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Snapshots!The people, places and events of ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Families enjoyed activities including origami, face painting, puppet shows and an obstacle course in the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Family Zone at Supercrawl Sept. 12-13. Activities aimed to foster creativity and compassion and included a lesson on growing plants; workshops on urban farming; button making; storytelling with children’s authors; and the chance to collaborate on a mural. Above left: Toni Ann Simms (Construction) and three-year-old Robbie have some fun in the family zone. Above right: Team Orange member Fernanda Rubim (Finance) welcomes visitors to the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Family Zone.
Fun for everyone at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Family Zone
Kathy (World Class Continuous Improvement) and Tom Kuhl (Technology) joined other members of Team Orange Sept. 19 to climb the stadium stairs at Tim Hortons Field at the first Stair to Care event in support of the Ontario Lung Association. The ArcelorMittal Dofasco team raised more than $1,500, which will help children, adults and their families have access to treatment and resources to manage their asthma.
Team Orange climbs stairs to care for asthma
Team Orange members helped Habitat for Humanity Hamilton at its food booth at this year’s Winona Peach Festival. Funds raised at the event go toward Habitat’s local building projects. In the photo above left, Team Orange member Andrew Ramadori (Commercial) helps prepare a plate for a hungry guest. On the right, Gord Eaves (Commercial) mans the grill.
Serving up future homes for Habitat for Humanity Hamilton
Reeling in a lesson about natural resources
Sending kids back to school with everything they need
Members of Team Orange joined the Dofasco Anglers Club again this year for the Hamilton Waterfront Trust’s annual Hamilton Harbour Fishing Derby. Hundreds of free fishing rods were handed out to children 12 and under, who also learned how to fish and about the importance of being responsible stewards of air, land and water resources. From left: Stephanie Laufman (Stores), Richard DoCouto, (Corporate Affairs) and Gerrie Bugiardini (Tubular) help children try to reel in a big catch.
Back to school shopping is a luxury for one in four children in Hamilton living in poverty. This is why ArcelorMittal Dofasco joins each year with Wesley Urban Ministries to fill knapsacks for preschool and school age children and teens. Teams from across the plant helped 170 children this year by donating knapsacks stuffed with pencils, binders, crayons and much more. From left: Laura Wilson from Wesley accepts 170 knapsacks from Brittany Murray (Commercial), Kim Woods (Commercial) and Gennifer Bean (Utililities).
1 | ArcelorMittal Dofasco | October 2015Local News8
1 Magazine is published six times per year by ArcelorMittal Dofasco for the company’s employees, retirees and their families.Editor: Marie Verdun, [email protected] Contributors: Abigail Cukier, Candice Olson, Richard Do Couto, Lindsay Knight, Ginette DeMatteis, Sarah Hunt, World Steel Association, Erin Duffy, Lydia WilliamsPhotographers: ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling, VolkerStevin | UK, WIDE.LU, Joseph Bucci, J.D. Howe (McMaster University), Canadian Press, Jamie Green (Greenphotographics), Ian Goring (The Hamilton Tiger-Cats)Layout and Printing: Aylmer ExpressCirculation: 9,000Publication Mail Agreement #40069251No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher. © Copyright 2015 ArcelorMittal Dofasco, 1330 Burlington St. East Hamilton ON L8N 3J5 905 548 7200 ext. 2066 http://dofasco.arcelormittal.com/
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06On the links Three long-standing golf tournaments still thriving
02Supplier of choiceWith products in major foundation projects across the globe, ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading supplier of sheet piles. And R&D is improving products and developing solutions to ensure we continue innovating.
03New academic Chair Meet the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Policy
07Snapshots! The people, places and events of ArcelorMittal Dofasco
05Amazing! Cold Roll employee Jesse Montani takes top spot on Amazing Race Canada
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Cover Image:ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest producer of hot-rolled steel sheet piles. ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling is in charge of the sales, marketing and promotion of hot-rolled steel sheet piles, cold-formed sheet piles, bearing piles and foundation solutions. Steel sheet piles are used worldwide for the construction of quays walls and breakwaters in harbours, locks, and for bank reinforcement on rivers and canals. Other applications are temporary cofferdams in land and in water, permanent bridge abutments, retaining walls for underpasses or underground car parks and impervious containment walls.
William Andrejciw, on August 2, 2015, at the age of 78. William worked in Galvanize and Shipping and retired in 1991 with 31 years of service.
Keith Barker, on July 25, 2015, at the age of 63. Keith worked in the Metallurgy - Chemical Test with 42 years of service.
Ray Brydges, on August 31, 2015, at the age of 95. Ray worked in the Sales Department and retired in 1981 with 33 years of service.
Concezio Cassiani, on August 22, 2015, at the age of 75. Concezio worked in Cranes - No.1 MS and retired in 1992 with 26 years of service.
Wenceslas Chrzaszcz, on August 9, 2015, at the age of 86. Wenceslas worked as a Crane Operator - Beach Road and retired in 1987 with 35 years of service.
Gerald Coleman, on August 29, 2015, at the age of 80. Gerald worked in No.5 Stores and retired in 1992 with 21 years of service.
Wilbert Crown, on September 12, 2015, at the age of 80. Wilbert worked in Transportation and retired in 1992 with 17 years of service.
Antonio Di Cola, on August 22, 2015, at the age of 83. Antonio worked in Masonry and retired in 1992 with 18 years of service.
Djuro Djuric, on July 8, 2015, at the age of 89. Djuro worked in Material Handling - Railroad and retired in 1985 with 34 years of service.
William Gallagher, on September 6, 2015, at the age of 84. William worked in Dock and Yard Locomotives and retired in 1990 with 39 years of service.
Hubert Goebel, on September 1, 2015, at the age of 90. Hubert worked in the Hot Mill and retired in 1990 with 15 years of service.
Rainer Greve, on August 30, 2015, at the age of 74. Rainer worked in Civil Engineering and retired in 2001 with 30 years of service.
Philip Guidi, on August 17, 2015, at the age of 55. Philip worked in the Blast Furnace OPS and retired in 2012 with 34 years of service.
Roy Horvat, on September 9, 2015, at the age of 79. Roy worked in Material Handling and retired in 1992 with 27 years of service.
Arthur Lindley, on September 12, 2015, at the age of 84. Arthur worked in Plant Stores and retired in 1992 with 12 years of service.
Karlo Macasevic, on August 23, 2015, at the age of 83. Karlo worked in Personnel and retired in 1992 with 32 years of service.
Morris Masgoret, on August 18, 2015, at the age of 84. Morris worked in Maintenance and retired in 1991 with 25 years of service.
Phillip Mitges, on September 6, 2015, at the age of 64. Phillip worked in the No.4 Pickle Line and retired in 2008 with 39 years of service.
Gustav Mueller, on August 6, 2015, at the age of 84. Gustav worked in Central Shipping and retired in 1991 with 34 years of service.
Clayton Nicolle, on August 3, 2015, at the age of 80. Clayton worked in Material Handling and retired in 1992 with 17 years of service.
Kazumi Ogawa, on August 9, 2015, at the age of 83. Kazumi worked in the Water Treatment Plant and retired in 1992 with 17 years of service.
Walter Orchard, on August 1, 2015, at the age of 82. Walter worked in Traffic - Transportation and retired in 1991 with 30 years of service.
Stephanie Pearce, on August 12, 2015, at the age of 30. Stephanie worked in Product Research.
Allan Peters, on August 24, 2015, at the age of 76. Allan worked in Overhead Cranes and retired in 1992 with 30 years of service.
Eric Reading, on July 23, 2015, at the age of 82. Eric worked in the Slab Yard and retired in 1991 with 22 years of service.
James Smith, on September 16, 2015, at the age of 72. James worked in the Foundry and retired in 1992 with 28 years of service.
Ivan Tompa, on August 11, 2015, at the age of 76. Ivan worked in the No.2 Hot Mill and retired in 1992 with 32 years of service.
Robert Townsend, on August 9, 2015, at the age of 56. Robert worked in the Rewind Line and retired in 2007 with 30 years of service.
William Waite, on September 12, 2015, at the age of 76. William worked in Central Maintenance - Plant Stores and retired in 1992 with 28 years of service.
Donald Williamson, on September 15, 2015, at the age of 65. Donald worked in the HBI Coil Yard and retired in 2008 with 34 years of service.
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Europe ArcelorMittal Asturias to invest more than €100 million in coke oven batteries refurbishment in Gijón The main part of the approved investment will be directed at the re-construction of two 45-oven batteries at ArcelorMittal Asturias’ coke plant in Gijón, installation of a state-of-the-art emission collection and scrubbing system, and implementation of efficient by-product management systems. The refurbishment work will start in mid-2016 and the coke oven batteries are expected to reach full capacity in 2019. 09/23/2015
ArcelorMittal steel in Warsaw’s €220 million tunnel project ArcelorMittal Warszawa has produced 9,000 tons of 10-32mm-wide rebars for the first Polish tunnel to be built using the Tunnel Boring Machine method. The steel was provided to ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Polska, which made the cut and bending, and delivered the reinforcing structures to Spanish company OHL Construccion, which is leading the construction work on the tunnel. 09/09/2015
Americas ArcelorMittal Monlevade celebrates 80 years of operations ArcelorMittal Monlevade – one of Brazil’s first steel plants – celebrated a milestone 80 years in operation. Our Monlevade unit is the only integrated ArcelorMittal plant among our long carbon operations in Brazil and is chiefly responsible for the production of wire rods for special applications in the oil extraction, agricultural and household appliance markets – to name but a few. 09/15/2015
Our Brazilian mines mark important safety milestones Our Serra Azul mine celebrated 24 years without a lost-time injury in September, while Andrade mine celebrated 23 years without a LTI. The mines reinforced the entire staff’s commitment to safety and well-being. 09/23/2015
Unicon celebrates 56th anniversary, produces 390 millionth tube ArcelorMittal Industrias Unicon, our Venezuelan tubular products site, manufactured its 390 millionth tube on the day of its 56th anniversary. Representatives of local, regional and national authorities, as well as suppliers, local management and employees, got together to mark the event at our plant in La Victoria-Aragua, and watch the 390 millionth tube – a 12m-long and 394kg-heavy structural hollow section – be produced in front of their eyes. 08/25/2015
Africa Liberia gets five more professionally trained locomotive operators Five Liberians who went through intensive training and tests to serve as the newest ArcelorMittal Liberia locomotive operators received certificates of completion on September 19 in Buchanan. They will join the four Liberian drivers who were certified last year. 09/21/2015
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Global News in BriefRecent Retirees>
To those employees who have recently announced their retirements: “Thank you for your service and best wishes for a wonderful retirement!”
Allan Amos, with 37 years of service, Utilities
Zoran Blagojevic, with 31 years of service, CTS
Paula Blain, with 36 years of service, Hot Mill
David Botts, with 30 years of service, Central Shipping
Greg Camps, with 35 years of service, Tin Mill Mechanical
Peter Cegnar, with 36 years of service, Material Handling
Craig Corsini, with 34 years of service, No.4 Galvanize Line
Fred Dent, with 38 years of service, IRNM
Ron Doggett, with 38 years of service, CTS
Michael Doyle, with 40 years of service, Engineering
Colin Garrick, with 35 years of service, P.C.R. - Roll Shop
Michael Geiss, with 38 years of service, No.2 HM - Rollshop Services
Don Gerrard, with 40 years of service, Corporate Administration
John Giroux, with 40 years of service, Truck Garage - MH&L
James Ivan, with 34 years of service, Operating Services – GREP
Kevin Jessome, with 34 years of service, Coil Repair
Jacques Joseph, with 40 years of service, MH&L – Truck
Jennifer Kalvaitis, with 36 years of service, Human Resources - Organization Development
Allan Kollee, with 40 years of service, Coke Ovens
John Kosior, with 37 years of service, Hot Mill - Roll Shop
Frank Mastrandrea, with 31 years of service, Corporate Strategy
JoeAnn Maxwell, with 30 years of service, Tin Mill
Jim Monkelbaan, with 31 years of service, Steelmaking
Chris Morris, with 40 years of service, Hot Mill – Reheats
Donald Newson, with 31 years of service, No.4 CPL
Peter Paci, with 40 years of service, CTS - Machine Repair Aisle
John Popovich, with 38 years of service, Chem Lab and Iron, Steel Lab
Brian Smith, with 40 years of service, Tin Mill - No.2 Tower Anneal
Gary Stahler, with 36 years of service, Hot Mill Rolling Team
Janko Vracar, with 36 years of service, General Repair - Bearing Shop
Jason Waldes, with 36 years of service, CRP
Rebecca Whitworth, with 33 years of service, CTS - Administrative Team
Our sympathies to the families of the employees and retirees who have recently passed away. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Save the date!!ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s legendary Annual Family Christmas Party will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2015 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at our F.H. Sherman Recreation and Learning Centre.
With the organizing committee well into planning this year’s exciting Main Stage shows and arena activities, they are now recruiting volunteers to help bring their efforts to life!
Not able to volunteer at the event but still interested in helping? Consider making a stuffed animal for donation to
local children charities over the holiday season. Plush animal templates are now available for pick-up at the Main Office security console or at the F.H. Sherman Recreation and Learning Centre.
For more information call 905-548-7200 Ext. 3610.
Parting thoughts…The 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games were the talk of the town in July and August. With the main event behind us, some of the participants, volunteers and fans look back on the experience. Meanwhile, the replica cauldron made with ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel awaits its new home in Hamilton.
Erin Duffy Student Intern
As a an official partner of TO2015, we provided a place where fans could visit and learn more about ArcelorMittal Dofasco, while also receiving a memorable and lasting keepsake of their day. Visitors happily lined up to have their photo taken in “the cube” at CIBC Pan Am Stadium, which was outfitted with a green screen and photo equipment. Over 24,000 people from different backgrounds and cultures visited our station and were excited to receive a photo of their experience at the Pan Am Games in Hamilton.
More than 50 employees and family members volunteered at our stadium photo cube, while more than 200 won tickets to events and eight were chosen as torch bearers. While each had their own story to tell about the experience, here’s what some had to say:Laurel Hines (World Class Continuous Improvement): “I spent most of my time interacting with the crowd to encourage people to take advantage of our free photos… It was great to tell them that it was free and I loved the look of surprise on their faces”. Gary Regis (CTS):”It was fantastic to be at the soccer events in Hamilton, to work with our fellow TeamOrange members as we talked to people from other countries. Lots of people enjoyed getting a family picture to show they were at the Pan Am event”.
Kathy O’Rourke (Information Systems): “It was amazing witnessing how venues like this dissolve all barriers and how truly easy we can blend as one. This does not just mean other countries and nationalities – but just as important – those in our own community and country”. Debbie Waugh (Procurement): “I just wanted to pass on my thanks to ArcelorMittal Dofasco for sponsoring the Pan Am Games and providing so many of us with the opportunity to attend. I’m certainly glad I decided to enter the draw – a good time was had by all”.Analinda Sanchez Moreno (Steelmaking): “We went to Men’s Indoor Volleyball – Canada vs. USA. This was amazing!!! Canada was losing 2-0 and then came up to win the game. The vibe was great! The transportation was easy and everything went smoothly”.Mary Mathewson (World Class Continuous Improvement): “I was proud to see the cauldron on display at the CN Tower and see the long line-up in front of the site as people from all countries waited to have their photo taken in front of the flame. Here in Hamilton, there were many favourite moments in the booth including the full team of merchandise vendors fitting into the booth and orchestrating a jump up with the ball.”
As a legacy to the Games, the People’s Cauldron will be displayed permanently at a yet to be decided location in Hamilton. We’ll keep readers posted as more information becomes available.
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