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usiness update All together now… Corus began centralising its financial services in April this year in a move that will see a single Financial Shared Services centre in Port Talbot, South Wales, for all UK businesses by March 2006. Corus Strip Products UK is one of several businesses that will conduct a range of financial services from the new location, including accounts receivable, travel and expenses and payroll. “Customers of Corus will benefit from the move”, said Commercial Accounting Controller, Danny Jones. “The new centre will adopt industry best practice and will use modern processes to provide customers with access to consistent and reliable information. Everyone here is committed to giving our customers a responsive, highquality service.” One of the key benefits will be the creation of a single point of contact for financial queries. Jones continued: “Combining services in this way will enable us to serve our customers more effectively, routing their calls more precisely and fielding enquiries about invoices, payments and related matters in a much more efficient way.” Financial services have previously been held in a large number of locations around the UK. The move is seen as part of Corus’ Restoring Success initiative, which has played such an important part in the recent recovery of Corus to profitability. Jones concluded: “The move to Financial Shared Services opens up a new era, both for Corus and its customers and for some of its other accounting contacts. Accounts receivable is the area that is most visible to our customers, but efficiency for us in other financial services, both internally and externally is vital to our overall competitiveness. This move represents just one more area in which Corus is striving to become a service leader.” Enquiries and correspondence should now be routed through the new centre, which operates between 0800 and 1800 hours and whose location and contact details are shown below. Customers need to be aware of these new contact details, although there will be no changes to any of the bank accounts currently in operation for any of the business units in this first move. They are: • Corus Strip Products UK • Corus Colors • Corus Narrow Strip • Corus Packaging Plus UK • Corus Construction and Engineering Products • Cogent Power Limited The new centre is at: Corus Financial Shared Services Commercial Accounting Department PO Box 106 Port Talbot Works Port Talbot West Glamorgan SA13 2NG T: +44 (0)1639 605300 F: +44 (0)1639 605301 E: fss.commercial.accounting@ corusgroup.com 6 <strong>Foreword</strong>
service Material information Corus Strip Products UK has published three more data sheets about high-strength steels, containing basic and advanced properties for these technically enhanced products. The business has also published a revised price list effective from 3 April 2005. Corus Strip Products UK Corus Strip Products UK Corus Strip Products UK Corus Strip Products UK Galvatite hot-dip galvanised steel Tenform XF350 Tenform hot-rolled high-strength formable steels Price list for strip products Tenform H220BD high-strength bake hardening steel substrate Hot-rolled high-strength low-alloy steel Tenform XF, XK and CMN Effective 3 April 2005 High-strength, bake hardening Galvatite Galvatite hot-dip galvanised steel on a Tenform H220BD high-strength bake hardening steel substrate is suitable for automotive closures and body-in-white structural components. The steel starts with good ductility, which allows it to be pressed into complex shapes, and increases in strength after being heated in the paint stoving process. Body panels made from Tenform H220BD therefore have improved dent resistance. Tenform XF350 Tenform XF350 is hot-rolled high-strength low-alloy steel. Its applications include automotive chassis and underbody components, warehouse shelving, and building and construction components. It shares the benefits of other high-strength steels in adding strength or reducing steel thickness, or both, and thereby creating opportunities to increase output per tonne, reduce weight and increase safety under load. Tenform hot-rolled highstrength steels Tenform hot-rolled highstrength formable strip steels are available in a range of strengths, forming capabilities and steel characteristics. The XF range has excellent formability. Tenform XK steels combine high-strength and good formability for cold-formed applications that have less demanding forming requirements. The CMN range is carbon manganese steel with a twophase microstructure for the most difficult cold-formed applications. Corus Strip Products UK price list The new Corus Strip Products UK price list shows the updated basis prices for the main products, plus some minor changes to other information. Where to get them These publications are available from the Corus web site either as downloadable PDFs or as hard copies that will be sent by post on request. To access these publications and others, visit the publications page of: www.corusgroup.com/stripproductsuk In the UK, publications are also available by calling 0800 0563365. <strong>Foreword</strong> 7
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