International Operations

Caster 3 control room, Port Talbot, UK.

Corus produces strong, light steel for the packaging industry.

Rail is manufactured at Hayange, France and at Scunthorpe in the UK.

Corus’ principal divisional activities:

Strip Products Division
Corus Strip Products IJmuiden and Corus Strip Products UK
Hot rolled steel strip and cold rolled and metallic coated steel

Corus Packaging Plus
Light gauge coated steel for packaging and non-packaging applications

Corus Tubes
Steel tubes, hollow sections, linepipe and pipeline project management

Corus Colors
Pre-finished steels

Corus Special Strip
Plated precision strip products with specialist finishes

Cogent Power
Electrical steels and transformer cores

Long Products Division
Corus Construction & Industrial
Plate, sections, wire rod and semifinished steel, special profiles, railway products and services

Corus Engineering Steels
Engineering billet, straight and cooled bar, turned, drawn or ground bar and hot rolled narrow strip

Teesside Cast Products
Slab and bloom

Distribution & Building Systems Division
Corus Distribution and Building Systems
Service centres, further material processing and building systems

Corus International
Tailored product and service solutions for international projects and international trade

Corus Consulting
Consultancy, technology, training and operational assistance to the steel and aluminium indus

Aluminium Division
Corus Primary Aluminium
Extrusion billets, slabs and ingots

Innovation and expertise

Corus has a policy of collaborative product development with key customers in its principle markets and works with research institutes around the world to develop cuttingedge, innovative technologies. Breaking new ground and collaborating with customers to develop new products and technologies is a field of proven expertise. The goal is
to become the best supplier to the best customers. Proof of Corus’ capabilities can be seen in some recent supply contracts such as:

• Heathrow Terminal 5, London
• Wembley Arch, London
• Network Rail, UK
• Dream Tower, Jeddah
• Wimbledon Centre Court Stadium (Retractable roofing)
• Dubai Mall, Dubai
• Fusionpolis project, Singapore
• JCB Dieselmax speed project

Corus has had a business presence in India for many years, for trading and projects. Although Corus supplies only a small amount of steel to the Indian market, Corus Kalzip was recently contracted to supply aluminium roofing to a number of projects in India including:

• Infosys Bangalore Foodcourt
• NSCI Sports Stadium
• Mumbai Terminal T1B
• Infosys SDB5 Hyderabad
• Amritsar International Airport
• RMZ Infinity Bangalore – Software park
• Housing Development in Anna Nagar, Chennai

Research & Development

Corus’ R&D activities continue to generate new ways of responding to the challenges the automotive marketplace poses. The Company has over 950 employees at its research development centres in the UK and the Netherlands.
To help automotive manufacturers reduce the weight of their vehicles in order to make them more fuel efficient, Corus is investing to further expand and enhance the Company’s product range and capabilities, including the development of advanced high strength steels for use in lightweight automotive applications.

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