Day: 3 August 2016

Please follow the links below to find more information about NASS Training Courses 2016

Health and Safety Passport Plus                               
19th & 20th October 2016
NASS Office, Birmingham

This is an advanced Health & Safety programme to enable employees in positions of responsibility to manage workplace Health and Safety and promote a safe working culture throughout the business. Designed for supervisors, team leaders and managers in the steel service centre industry, the Health & Safety Passport PLUS course has been designed by the metals industry for the metals industry, has been piloted by the NASS Health & Safety Committee and is RoSPA accredited. Participants who wish to extend their qualification may also take an NVQ in this subject, gained through the completion of a project at their own place of work, regular site visits will be made by the trainer to offer support.

NASS Introduction to Steel Metallurgy
2nd November 2016
NASS Office, Birmingham

The Introduction to Steel Metallurgy provides an overview of the basic principles of ferrous Metallurgy and how steel products are made. Joining Techniques are described and the physical properties, standards and definitions of Steel Grades are reviewed. The course concludes with guidance on the specifications and selection of Steel Grades for a wide variety of applications.

NASS Essentials for Inside Sales                                
15th & 16th November 2016
NASS Office, Birmingham

The NASS “Essentials for Inside Sales” two day training programme will be delivered by Tuesday’s Training, who provide motivational training and coaching, particularly specialising selling the Steel Industry, personal development, leadership, team building, communication, diversity and motivation.

Please contact:
Joy Graham (joy.graham@nass.org.uk)
The National Association of Steel Service Centres
The Citadel,
190 Corporation Street
Birmingham
B4 6QD
Tel: 0121 200 22 88
Fax: 0121 236 7444
www.nass.org.uk

Shipments from steel service centres (SSC) and general steel distributors in Europe rose during the first six months of the year thanks to the boost registered in Q2, according to the data published by EUROMETAL, the European association for stockholders and distributors.

SSC saw their shipments recovering by 4% year-on-year during H1, thanks to the rise seen in Q2 when shipments increased 7% y-o-y. Multi-product distributors on the other hand saw their shipments increasing 3% y-o-y during the January-June period, with long products leading the recovery with a 7% y-o-y growth.

As reported, SSC shipments increased by 6% y-o-y in 2015, while multi-product distributors saw their shipments fall by 3% y-o-y last year.

While the recovery in shipments underlined a healthy demand in Europe, distributors remained cautious when managing their stocks; both SSC and multi-product distributors kept their stocks stable in June in terms of days of sales. In June SSC had 57 days’ worth of sales in stock, while distributors had 70 days.

— Emanuele Norsa