The first cold steel rolling and galvanizing complex in the UAE, Al Ghurair Iron and Steel (AGIS), is all set to double its capacity for galvanized production after signing on CMI FPE India as the supplier of a new Continuous Galvanizing Line and Skin Pass Mill.
AGIS is one of the leading industrial groups in UAE and global steel-making giant Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals Corporation of Japan, already has an annual galvanized production capacity of 200,000tns.
This capacity will go up to 400,000tns with the supply of a new CGL and Skin Pass line from the Indian company, which is a subsidiary of Belgium’s CMI Group.
A high-level delegation from CMI FPE, led by Mr Jean Gourp, Managing Director and Mr Deepak Khanna, CEO, was in Abu Dhabi on April 1st and 2nd to finalize the details of the CGL supply, ahead of the signing later this month of a formal contract for engineering, supply, erection and commissioning of the line.
Mr Abu Bucker Husain, CEO of AGIS, said that “…AGIS has a clear focus on delivering superior quality products to customers on a consistent basis and this order with CMI FPE is in line with that vision. Our current production lines, operational since 2009, are from CMI FPE and we are happy with the technology as well as their service. We are pleased to combine our strengths to meet the growing demands of the marketplace.”