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Tibnor appointed certified SSAB Laser


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SAB has appointed Tibnor as an SSAB Laser® Certified Partner. To ensure greater


availability, prompt deliveries and strong product expertise, SSAB is now adding also Tibnor to the network of distribution partners for SSAB Laser® in Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Baltics. SSAB Laser® is a unique product, especially developed for laser cutting. The product improves general productivity, output and end- product quality. SSAB Laser® also has guaranteed flatness, both before and after laser cutting. “Our partners are given


thorough training in both the product and its areas of application, so that our competence regarding which steels are really suitable for laser cutting is passed on,” says Anders Wallin, Manager, Tech Support at SSAB. This enables more customers to benefit from fast, problem-free


Anders Wallin, Manager, Tech Support at SSAB


cutting with a shorter production time, less need for rework and greater precision in the cut components. The SSAB Laser® distribution


network consists of some ten dedicated partners in Europe, and Tibnor now joins this group as the


Pekka Oja, Country Manager, Finland and the Baltics at Tibnor


first partner in Finland and the Baltics.


“For us, it feels natural to represent SSAB, we’ve been doing so for many years and we’re now taking our partnership to the next level”, says Pekka Oja, Country Manager, Finland and the Baltics at


Tibnor. “We already have a range of SSAB Laser®, and we’ll now be extending that. Combined with our extensive product offering, prompt deliveries and good customer service, we’ll be an attractive supplier to the Finnish metal industry”, he adds. Each delivery of SSAB Laser® also comes with the opportunity for technical support. SSAB Tech Support is available locally all over the world and can visit customers at short notice to resolve urgent problems or to initiate more long- term partnership projects. For further information please


contact Jose Rovira, SSAB or Pekka Oja, Country Manager for Tibnor in Finland and the Baltics.


Striking begins for new ten euro collector’s coin


In addition to the five euro coins with a polymer ring, machines from the Schuler Group will now also be used to produce similar ten euro coins 14th November 2018 marked


the start of production for a new ten euro collector’s coin featuring a colorless polymer ring at the Karlsruhe mint of the State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The first coins were officially struck in a ceremony attended by Baden- Wuerttemberg’s Finance Minister, Edith Sitzmann. These “tri- material” coins are produced on a joining machine, which connects the polymer ring to the metallic core and outer metallic ring, and


on minting presses from the Schuler Group.


The front face shows a paraglider set in a mountainous landscape, while the back face includes an eagle, an inscription reading “Bundesrepublik Deutschland”


(Federal Republic of Germany), and the twelve stars of Europe. The 9.7-gram coin is the first issue of what is to be a three-part series entitled “Air Moves.” It will be available in the two mint qualities “uncirculated” and “proof” starting


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in the spring of 2019. Autumn of the coming year will then see the arrival of the next edition of the five euro collector’s coin. This issue, which will feature a green polymer ring, will also be produced using Schuler technology. The front face will depict a European hare representing the temperate latitudes in the “Climate Zones of the Earth” series. The coins are extremely popular among collectors and non-collectors alike. Additional information will be available at the Technical Forum held on January 31, 2019 in Berlin before the official opening of the World Money Fair.


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Certified Partner in the Nordic


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