Schmolz Bickenbach Group’s US-based specialty steels provider Ugitech USA has announced that it is on schedule and one step closer to opening its new facility incorporating the latest technology in cold drawn bars at Batavia in Illinois (USA). The new production line has been installed in the new stainless bar mill in Illinois. The new facility marks a transfer in technology from the primary steelmaking operations of Ugitech in Europe, to the new facility in the US.