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Best GreenTech Finalist at Wales Technology Award

Best GreenTech Finalist at Wales Technology Award

We’re proud to be finalists in this year’s Wales Technology Awards in the Best GreenTech category, and to be part of a community of innovators from across Wales.

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Highlights from UK Metals Expo 2025

Highlights from UK Metals Expo 2025

Nightingale HQ team join the metals community at UK Metals Expo 2025. CEO Ruth Kearney shares her highlights.

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Nightingale HQ team attend UK Metals Expo

Nightingale HQ team attend UK Metals Expo

Nightingale HQ team attend UK Metals Expo on 10 and 11 September at the NEC, Birmingham.

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CBAM Explained: The Financial Case for Cutting Scrap

CBAM Explained: The Financial Case for Cutting Scrap

The steel industry faces increasing pressure to decarbonise, with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) set to become a decisive factor by 2026. Scrap is no longer just a production inefficiency it directly increases reported emissions and carbon costs. For Finance and Sustainability Managers, reducing scrap is now central to meeting carbon targets and protecting margins.

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Smart Cuts, Less Scrap: A 1D Cutting Stock Problem

Smart Cuts, Less Scrap: A 1D Cutting Stock Problem

In rebar manufacturing, scrap directly impacts profitability and sustainability, making efficient production essential. Mathematical optimisation, particularly the 1D Cutting Stock Problem, helps minimise waste by determining the most efficient way to cut raw steel bars into required lengths while reducing leftover material.

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Welsh AI firm launches platform to cut waste and boost UK steel industry

Welsh AI firm launches platform to cut waste and boost UK steel industry

Cardiff-based Nightingale HQ (NHQ), has launched GoSmarter.ai, an AI-powered platform designed to help steel manufacturers to reduce waste, lower carbon emissions, and improve production efficiency.

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Rebar Optimiser Cuts Steel Waste and Carbon Emissions

GoSmarter.ai is excited to announce the launch of the Rebar Optimiser, a smart new tool designed to help steel manufacturers and fabricators reduce waste and lower carbon emissions during the rebar cutting process.

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MillCert Reader Saves 10 Hours Monthly for Production Teams

MillCert Reader Saves 10 Hours Monthly for Production Teams

MillCert Reader is helping steel production teams save hours by automatically extracting key data from mill certificates and renaming documents in seconds

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GoSmarter.ai offers free tools to minimise waste for the steel sector

Cardiff-based Nightingale HQ has launched a free suite of digital tools to help steel manufacturers boost efficiency, cut waste, and lower carbon emissions - GoSmarter.ai

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Steel MillCert Reader launched

Steel MillCert Reader launched

We’re excited to share that MillCert Reader is now live on GoSmarter.ai and it’s already making life easier for production teams.

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