1. LYSAGHT ROOFTRAK® Provides Safe Roof Access
2. Looking for an Old Steel in Focus Article?
3. PIPESTEEL™ - A Million Tonnes of History
4. xler® brand Embodies the Best in the Business
5. Local Quality Beats Global Challenge
6. Lasers Keep Family Firm at the Cutting Edge
7. Modular Power Poles Defy Bushfire Hazard
8. Run Lean Without Running Onto the Rocks
9. Did You Know...?

LYSAGHT ROOFTRAK® is a safe, stable, slip resistant walkway system for incidental access to roof-mounted equipment and services. Laid on top of the existing roof cladding, the system offers flexibility in layout. The brackets used to fix the walkway feature numerous mounting holes, while there are a number of accessories to assist in finishing the job. Find out more about this product here:

http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19rooftrak

It can be a frustrating experience trying to locate an article when you can't remember which issue of a periodical it appeared in. BHP Steel therefore brings you the Steel in Focus Archive - putting all the articles from all the issues at your fingertips. If you are involved in heavy engineering, manufacturing and infrastructure, the archive is an essential reference. Browse the articles here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19focusarchive

From its Port Kembla Works in New South Wales, BHP Steel Limited has supplied state of the art raw coil feed for the manufacture of high strength, high quality pipe for the oil & gas industry in Australia, for nearly four decades. This steel is now known as PIPESTEEL™. Read about the history, the uses and the technology of PIPESTEEL™ here, including full grade data sheets.
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19pipesteel

BHP Steel has brought together the time-honoured achievements of the past and the promise of the future to present its plate and coil products in a new range under the xlerplate® and xlercoil® brands. The xlerplate® and xlercoil® product ranges comprise more than 2000 width, thickness, length and grade combinations of steel plate and hot rolled coil to meet virtually any processing, fabrication or manufacturing application. Read more about the new xler® range here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19bestbusiness

Australia has beaten England again - not on the sporting field - but in servicing the needs of a global resource company. Melbourne based Apollo Engineering has recently renewed its contract to manufacture hot metal vessels for the Pasminco lead smelting plant at Port Pirie in South Australia. Long established as an exporter of boiler drums all over the world, Apollo won the Pasminco contract four years ago against stiff international competition, and extended this relationship further in the first quarter, winning the contract for a further year. Read more about this successful Australian enterprise here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19localquality

Making the most of new technology is often a question of getting the timing right, and a Sydney metalworking company has shown that the best time may well be when the old technology is still working just fine. W. H. Williams and Sons was already doing very nicely in 1997, when it decided the time was right to install a laser cutting machine in its Silverwater workshops. A second laser cutter followed in 2001, and the two machines have more than lived up to expectations. Read more:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19laser

A new development in modular galvanised steel power poles has established the potential for steel poles as a more durable, practical and convenient alternative to old fashioned wooden poles for high voltage infrastructure. Energy Australia is trialling modular galvanised steel poles, jointly developed by Ingal in Newcastle and BHP Steel in Port Kembla, on its high voltage 22kV infrastructure in the remote Putty area of NSW. For more information:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19defy

Lean manufacturing is a concept that many people think is only for mass production industries — but nothing could be further from the truth. Being lean means eliminating waste, and eliminating waste is good for any business. The whole idea of lean manufacturing is continuous product flow through the entire value stream. Inventory is seen as equivalent to cycle time — and reduced cycle times and inventories will force waste to be exposed and eliminated. Find out more about lean manufacturing here:
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=19runninglean

Five completely trivial but fun facts to boggle your mind. The theme for this edition of 'S.O.S' is chocolate. Did you know:

• A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk about 50 metres, hence, it would take about 875,000 chocolate chips fo fuel an around-the-world hike.
• Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Psycho" which actually took 7 days to shoot.
• Chocolate has over 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in strawberry and vanilla.
• Chocolate can be lethal to dogs because it contains Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system.
• The Swiss consume more chocolate per capita than any other country in the world - more than 10kg per person per year on average.

Thanks for reading,

Adam Rollings
BHP Steel - Internet Manager

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