Tag: Primetals Technologies

The stainless-steel continuous slab caster modernized by Primetals Technologies was started up at Outokumpu’s production site in Tornio, Finland.

Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has awarded Primetals Technologies an order to supply two new ladle heating stations for the LD basic oxygen furnace plant at its Duisburg-Huckingen location.

Nucor Steel Berkeley, the North American steel producer has recently awarded Primetals Technologies the order to supply a SIAS surface inspection system for the company´s hot strip mill in Huger, South Carolina.

A stainless steel continuous tandem cold mill (TCM) supplied by Primetals Technologies to Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co.

French stainless steel wire rod producer Ugitech has awarded the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for its custom engineering solution to upgrade and automate the compacting and coil handling process in the company’s rod mill, which recently achieved all performance goals. The upgrade for its stainless steel rod mill in Ugine, France includes a new vertical compactor and unloading station design which allows the automatic loading of loose coils from a floor mounted cradle onto a vertical compacting system, replacing a former manually operated secondary processing system.

Two-strand continuous slab casters from Primetals Technologies went into operation in September at Baosteel Zhanjiang, a subsidiary company of the Chinese corporation Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd.

Primetals Technologies will supply a hot strip mill with an annual production capacity of 3Mt for Steel Authority of India Limited's (SAIL) Rourkela Steel Plant. This order has been received by a consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T).

The new combined primary and secondary dedusting system from Primetals Technologies has been in full operation at Buderus Edelstahl in Wetzlar, Germany since February 2015. Following the original acceptance test in the fall of 2014, the system is now also cleaning the off-gases from two new ingot-casting plants.

Italian steel producer Acciaieria Arvedi has ordered an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace from Primetals Technologies.

Zenith Steel (Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel) in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies to revamp a complete wire-rod outlet to improve the quality and range of its products.