On one occasion we’re sitting on the visitors’ balcony of the HSM of voestalpine and we watch the steel slabs pass by. On another occasion I’m at Hotel Hoge Duin in Wijk aan Zee finding myself cheering on our managers to win a chess game against the Dutch National Chess Champion. And on to an...
On January 2018, the 80th edition of the Wimbledon of Chess will take place in Wijk aan Zee. To get more familiar with the braingame and the tournament, De Magneet organised an introductory Chess Workshop for young professionals. Tournament director Jeroen van den Berg started with a very inspiring presentation about the history and culture...
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visualizing processes and ideas can help break down elaborate problems. This is what we focused on the Magnet’s Visual Thinking workshop last Friday. The Jongens van de Tekeningen/Flatland went through the principles of this way of thinking with a trial group of 20 people. First we learned to focus...
From 10th – 15 October, 18 Young Professionals participated in the five day-sailrace ‘Race of the Classics’. With Ipswich (UK) in mind as ultimate destination, they sailed all the way to Scheveningen! That did however not compromise the great experience. Watch the movie and you’ll get a taste of it. On the last day, with...
“I was in a warehouse in Turkey where a Dutch colleague and I were trying to figure out the grades, source sites and destinations for each of the coils on the stack. It was an interesting exercise and through the process we exchanged information that we were unaware of before.” This is a snapshot from...
“Soon after the integration of Downstream Operations to Magnet, my colleagues and myself had the opportunity to take part of the Sweden tour, with both possibility to meet Tata Steel young professionals and discovering fascinating industrial processes. We had the chance to meet and exchange ideas with people from several sectors, countries and business units....
Me and my colleagues were very proud to represent the Maubeuge Site at the Magnet Strategy Workshop. Firstly, we took the opportunity to visit the DSP and HDGL2 in IJmuiden. After the tours we attended the Magnet Strategy Workshop. If I had to summarise this event with two words I would say Great Opportunity. We...
On the 28th July several magnet members went Gorge Walking in the valleys close to Port Talbot. See our video montage of the day! Part way through the course we lost our GoPro in the water, but luckily we managed to go back a few hours later and find it just before the really bad...
The first week of September a group of 30 Magnet members have visited the beautiful city Krakow in Poland. A five days trip of inspiring company visits, workshops, getting to know other Magnet members and immersing in another culture. The objective for the trip was to learn and find out more about ‘Is circular economy...
Sustainability was the topic of choice at a recent symposium which saw employees come together to hear the challenges the business faces on its sustainability commitments. Magnet professionals from across the UK, MLE and DSO were joined by senior managers who were able to add their insights to an enjoyable and thought-provoking forum. One of...