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Danieli & C Of cine Meccaniche S.p.A.
AIST Tadeusz Sendzimir Memorial Medal presented to Gianpietro Benedetti
Danieli chairman is recognized for leadership in technological breakthroughs for steel produc- tion
The Association for Iron & Steel Technology presented its 2018 AIST Tadeusz Sendzimir Memo- rial Medal to Danieli Chairman Gianpietro Benedetti, in recogni- tion of his leadership in steelmak- ing technology and plant building over four decades.
As the Chairman of Danieli, Mr. Benedetti’s leadership has been instrumental to a long series of technological breakthroughs for steel production, in particular for minimill operations. Among the many achievements have been the
world’s rst endless casting-roll- ing plant for long products, the MI.DA® Micromill process, and the DUE Danieli Universal Endless process for continuous thin-strip casting and rolling.
As noted by Giovanni Arvedi, Pres- ident of Finarvedi SpA, Mr. Bene- detti “followed an original path to technological development revealed in various applications in the long products sector, and also in the at products sector, more particularly in the thin slab casting area.”
The AIST Tadeusz Sendzimir Memo- rial Medal was established in 1990 to perpetuate the memory of Dr. Tadeusz Sendzimir’s achievements and engineering contributions in developing process equipment for the steel industry. The award recognizes individuals who have advanced steelmaking through the invention, development or application of new manufacturing processes or equipment.
Past winners of the Sendzimir Memorial Medal have included F. Kenneth Iverson, Irving K. Rossi, and John A. Vallomy.
The award presentation took place in Philadelphia on May 8, at the President’s Award Breakfast during the AISTech 2018 event.
“Through his perseverance, exper- tise, strategic vision, he has guided the company to achieve global prominence by striving to lead the technological evolution of the steel industry,” Mr. Randy C. Skagen, president of AIST, noted in its citation.
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