An annual event, SSAB's Steel Pile day was held this year on January 23, 2020 in Helsinki, where some 370 foundation construction experts including contractors, designers, equipment manufacturers, representatives from the authorities, and students in the field met up. The day's presentation dealt with SSAB's pile products and how they are used in different infrastructure construction projects. As in earlier years, the program featured interesting presentations about cases that customers and designers had been involved in.

For 20 years, family company AA Diesel Truck Bodies has supplied custom-made truck bodies to the demanding Australian transport industry. The right steel in the body units will help the end user to reduce weight by 10 to 20 percent and increase the payload.

The two-year platform economy research project in metal processing (AMET) brings together two universities, five SMEs and two industrial partners, one of which is SSAB Europe. The project aims to improve the efficiency of metallurgical production processes and the supply chains of metal products. The purpose of the project is to develop process monitoring systems and expert systems for chosen processes, such as the electric arc furnace, continuous casting and rolling.