- FIELDS OF ACTIYITY
STEEL s.a. is specialized in 5 different fields:
- Measuring and metering of energy: Supply of meters and manufacture of metering accessories
- Energy Management: Metering data Processing, tariff optimalization, production directionsn …
- Engineering and electrical planning: Expertise and design of global systems for industrial process control
- Services: Installation, assembling, maintenance, quality control, training ...
- Follow-up of power transformers and quality analysis of the electricity sunply (Power Quality)
This diversification enables STEEL s.a. to hold a unique position with respect to competition.
Four words sum up Steel's motto: proximity, proficiency, quality, accuracy.
In the engineering field, STEEL s.a. has completed various projects in Germany, Belgium, China, Egypt, France, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, e.g.:
- Panpaper Mill Co Ltd (Kenya) - 1996/2005: Design, industrial survey and starting of the control equipmert for a washing filter and a sieving unit
- CPG M'Dilla (Tunisia) - 1998/1999: Flotation mills for mineraI phosphates. Design, development, operational software, industrial survey and starting of the control equipment
In the metering field, STEEL s.a. is the partner and supplier of many companies:
| Elia*1 |
Since 1985: sunnly of syrchronizing time-switches
Since 1998: supply of many meters and metering cabinets |
| SNCB/NMBS*2 |
2004-2006: Replacement of metering cabinets |
| Régie de Wavre*3 |
2004-2005: Sunnly of a global metering solution(AMR: Automatic Meters Reading),
including meters, telecommunications, software and services |
| AIESH*3 |
2003-2005: Supply of a global AMR Solution |
| AIEG*3 |
2003-2005: Supply of a global AMR Solution |
| FRE*4 |
2006: Supply and installation of a global AMR solution |
| UCL*5 |
2006: Supply and installation of a global AMR solution |
| RTE*6 |
As from 2007: supply of meters |
*1 Elia is Belgium’s transmission system operator and is responsible for the transmission of electricity
*2 SNCB/NMBS is the company that manages and operates the Belgian public railway network.
*3 Local Public Corporation for Energy of Belgium
*4 Fortis Real Estate is the largest real estate asset manager in Belgium
*5 Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve
*6 RTE is the company responsible for operating, maintaining and developing the French electricity transmission network
STEEL s.a. has been holding the ISO 9001 certification since 2003 but had not waited that long to lay stress on quality.
Quality has always been one of the mainstays of our management policy.
It is a daily concern of aIl departments and services of the Company.
Beyond the obligations attached to the ISO 9001 standard STEEL s.a. sees to it that aIl members of the Company focus on a proactive customer approach. We try to establish a true complicity.
ln addition we attend to each case specifically in order to find the solution adapted to any type of demand; we provide assistance at aIl levels and stand out by our swiftness of execution. Also, we always keep in mind to offer our customers the best of service. STEEL s.a. may grow with respect to turnover, floor area and personnel, but it will always stick to the basic value of proximity with its personnel and customers.
STEEL s.a. stresses safety as an essential part of the company’s culture. It sees to it that safety gestures become a reflex with everyone in order to prevent casualties and bodily and/or material damage.
STEEL s.a. therefore insists on the implementation of the following:
- Systematic and thorough analysis of the risks for any project.STEEL s.a. is in a position to anticipate the measures required for a preventive approach of the safety problem and to provide the necessary improvements. In some special cases we use measurable objectives and indicators, which are subsequently followed up and strictly evaluated.
- Training of the personnel and stimulnting their awareness. All members get a thorough training in safety that will enable them to care for their own safety and that of their colleagues within the scope of their mission.
- Systematic use of adequate protection equipment.
Our commitment to environment is a decision emanating from the highest level of our organization and it is respected by aIl members of the Company.
It shows in simple daily gestures such as the sorting of garbage with a view to an optimalized "environmental impact/cost" ratio. It is also a strategic decision through our investment in an automated control system of our electrical installations in order to reduce our energy consumption (putting out the lighting and "non essential" plugs during the nights and weekends).
By such actions we feel proud to contribute to a global improvement of our environment and to the collective well-being.
In order to share its expertise STEEL s.a. has set up a partnership with many schools such as the ECAM (Industrial Engineers Studies) to take charge of the students's final dissertations. By their experience and know-how our engineers offer the students a practical and concrete approach adapted to their projects.
>1982 In a room of a family home Pierre Van Hoof and Gabriel Vanderdonck set up STEEL , SociéTé d'Etude en ELectronique. Soon Cockerill Sambre calls upon their services. The associates specialize in the fields of instrumentation and industrial process.
>1985. STEEL books an order for programmable time-switches from LUCAS cable manufacture. In this connection STEEL develops its very first product for use in the energy metering, i.e. the "France Inter Radio-synchronized time-switch" ALLIX85.
>1986. STEEL moves to its first offices, rue de Wavre, Bierges.
>1987, STEEL starts its first industrial process development on account of Dorr Oliver at Cellulose d'Alicel, Rouen (France). The main activity of the Company remains the develonment of industrial processes and instrumentation, together with the design of new products.
> En 1988, STEEL starts an indsutrial project at Shanxi, China. It is the on set of a long collaboration the country of the rising sun. Over the following ten years several projects of industrial development are completed in plants at Zheng Zhou, Pingguo, Weng Fu, Anshan.
 >1988 -1998, STEEL books order from France (EDF), Belgium (Cellulose des Ardennes, Sucrerie Tirlemontoise ... ), Egypt (Abu Tartur), Morocco (Compagnie Minière de Guemassa, Cellulose du Maroc), Indonesia (P.T.Lontar), Kenya (Panpaper Mill Co Ltd), Tunisia (Cie des Phosphates de Gafsa),...
> 1992, In addition to numerous industrial projects, STEEL keeps on developing new products and launches ALLIX92.
> 1998, STEEL reconsiders its growth strategy and concentrates on the energy market. The Company officially becomes the European distributor for the energy meters of the Australian firm EDMI.
> 1999, STEEL supplies Elia (Elia is Belgium’s transmission system operator and is responsible for the transmission of electricity) with a majurity of their meters and dataloggers. Resources assigned to the development of industrial processes are graduaIly curtailed and STEEL's business focuses on the metering and management of energy.
> 2000, STEEL reaches a turnover of 400,000 € and has 5 employees
> 2001, STEEL's strategic option in favour of the energy market proves to be the right one for the Company signs a contact with Elia for a supply of metering cabinets. A large number of these have been delivered and installed over a period of 4 years.
> 2002, STEEL invests in new offices in the Wavre industrial park. ..
> 2003, STEEL is granted the ISO 9001 certification.
The Company signs a contract with the Régie de Wavre, AIESH, AIEG (Belgian Public Corporation for Energy)for a glohal metering solution, including meters, telecommunications, software, services.
That same year, the Company revises its synchronizing time-switch and launches ALLIX03.
> 2004, STEEL renovates the metering system of SNCB-NMBS on account of Infrabel (Infrabel is the company that will manage and operate the Belgian public railway network.). In 18 months hundreds of meters are replaced without any loss of data or interruption in the operation of the network.
The same year, Elia extends the term of its contract to 2 years.
> 2005, STEEL develops a series of relays specially designed to meter energy and completes the production and installation of high-voltage cabinets in Elia's substations .
> In 2006, Elia renews its contract with STEEL for a period of 5 years. ALE (Agence Liègeoise de l’Electricité), UCL (University of Louvain-la-Neuve), Fortis Real Estate (the largest real estate asset manager of Belgium) entrust STEEL with the supply and installation of AMR (Automatic Meter Heading) global solutions.
STEEL reaches a turnover of 2,500,000 € and has 12 employees.
> 2007, STEEL celebrates its 25th anniversary and extends its offices in the Wavre industrial park. The Company obtains a 3-year contract with RTE France (RTE is the company responsible for operating, maintaining and developing the French electricity transmission network) for a supply of meters and continues the delivery of metering cabinets to Elia.
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