Fives and Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union, the north-western China-based iron and steel manufacturing company, has signed a 10-year contract for technical support for the development and production of a wide range of high value-added automotive steels, including the latest advanced high-strength steels.
Fives will provide high-end technological and process expertise covering from upstream to downstream production processes: steel making, hot rolling, pickling, cold rolling, annealing and galvanizing. The cooperation agreement includes extensive training, high-level technical support, development and certification of new high-end automotive steel products, all supported by quality expert systems AbSISTM and EyeronTM developed by Fives KEODS.
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Fives has already signed contracts with Baotou Steel for two automotive hot dip galvanizing lines and Stein Digiflex® vertical furnaces for two continuous annealing lines, all equipped with the most advanced process equipment, such as the high efficiency AdvanTek® combustion system and the top performing Flash Cooling® technology.
These contracts together cover Fives’ offer to be a solution provider and an enterprising partner of Baotou Steel for their ambitious expansion program in the high-end automotive market.
