/ins  For the 20th time SSAB hosts the Swedish Steel Prize event on November 12-14, 2019. The Swedish Steel Prize is an international award for companies, institutions and individuals in the steel industry. Since 1999, it has been recognizing and rewarding those that have developed a method or product that fully utilizes the potential of premium steels.

Representatives from the media are invited to participate in the whole program and to a press brief in Oxelösund with representatives from SSAB Special Steels and in Stockholm with SSAB CEO and President Martin Lindqvist and Head of Research and Innovation Eva Petursson.

The finalists for the Swedish Steel Prize 2019 include four revolutionary design concepts that fully utilize the characteristics of premium steel within SSAB’s product range. This year’s finalists are Austin Engineering from Australia, Kampag from Brazil, Roofit.solar from Estonia and Shape Corporation from the USA. Read more about the finalists here.

The winner will be announced at a ceremony within the Swedish Steel Prize event on the evening of November 14.

Swedish Steel prize events

Date: November 12-14, 2019

Nov 12 Mill tour, SSAB Oxelösund

Press brief: at SSAB Oxelösund, on Tuesday November 12 with representatives from SSAB Special Steels with mill visit.

Nov 13 Experience Day, Waterfront Congress Center Stockholm

Nov 14 Inspiration Seminars, Waterfront Congress Center Stockholm, including presentations of this years Swedish Steel Prize finalists.

9.30 Press brief with CEO Martin Lindqvist on the Swedish Steel prize, innovation and fossil-free steel and Eva Petursson, Head of Research and Innovation.

Dinner and Prize Ceremony, Stockholm City Hall, Announcement of the 20th Swedish Steel Prize winner!

Last date to register is November 1st.

Read more about the program here: www.steelprize.com/program 

Press Registration: https://axacoair.se/go?xtSvnlwL 

För ytterligare information, vänligen kontakta:
Mia Widell, Press Relations manager, mia.widell@ssab.com, tel: +46 76 527 2501

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