Flat Products Rolling
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ArcelorMittal and CLN Group Form Joint Venture to Serve Italian Flat Product Market
03 April 2015 - ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Italia (AMDSI) and CLN Group today announce the formation of ArcelorMittal CLN Distribuzione Italia, a joint venture between the two companies, that brings together two of Italy’s leading steel distribution companies.
Primetals Technologies to Modernize Rolling Mill Drives for AMAG Rolling in Austria
31 March 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order from AMAG rolling GmbH, located in Ranshofen, Austria, to modernize the entire drive technology on its four-high hot rolling stand.
SMS Siemag Upgrading 7-Stand Hot-Wide-Strip Mill at ArcelorMittal Gent
16 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal has awarded SMS Siemag the order to upgrade the 7-stand hot-wide-strip mill in Gent, Belgium.
New Guild International Laser Welder Allows Coil End Welding on Strip as Thin as .003”
11 March 2015 - New laser welding technology from Guild International is making coil end welding on strip as thin as .003” possible.
Rizhao Produces First Coil on Arvedi ESP Plant from Primetals Technologies
06 March 2015 - In February, Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co. Ltd. rolled the first coil on the ArvediESP (Endless Strip Production) plant No. 1 supplied by Primetals Technologies.
Fives Selected for Five New High-End Automotive Steel Projects
13 February 2015 - Fives, an international engineering group which designs and supplies process technologies to various industries, has been awarded five new processing line contracts for the automotive steel market, making it in this field a dominant equipment provider to steelmakers.
TMW Modifies Expansion Plans to Adapt to New Opportunities
09 February 2015 - The Material Works, Ltd. (TMW) announced today that the unprecedented acceptance and growth of Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) technology has forced reconsideration of its plans to open a flat rolled toll processing center adjacent to the Big River Steel mill being currently under construction. TMW will instead expand the capacity of its present Red Bud, Illinois facility to include a new EPS processing and technology center and associated equipment to process the new generation of higher strength steels.
Tata Steel Europe Begins Operating Europe’s Most Powerful Decoiler
23 January 2015 - Tata Steel has commissioned a new £11 million heavy-gauge decoiler in Llanwern, South Wales, capable of supplying manufacturers with stronger steel to improve their own products.
The Bradbury Group Announces Awarding of e•Drive® Patent
20 January 2015 - The Bradbury Co. Inc. has been awarded Patent #8893537 for the advanced e•Drive® roller leveling technology.
New Side Guide System from Siemens Reduces Hot Strip Mill Maintenance Costs
18 December 2014 - With the newly developed Eco Slide Disc Solution, Siemens Metals Technologies offers operators of hot strip mills a side guide system which can be adapted to nearly all existing entry guides and elongates the lifetime of wear parts up to 10 times compared to conventional wear plates.
Siemens to Modernize Automation of Hot Rolling Mill for Chinese Steelmaker
10 December 2014 - Chinese Handan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to modernize the process automation system of the hot rolling mill at its Handan factory.
Tata Steel Upgrades Hot Strip Mill in Port Talbot
19 November 2014 - Tata Steel has completed a major upgrade of the hot strip mill at its Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, enabling it to further improve the quality of its steel products used in a wide range of markets, including automotive, engineering, construction and domestic appliances.
SMS Supplies Ladle Degassing Plant and Steckel Mill to Project in Venezuela
11 November 2014 - SMS Siemag has been awarded an order for the supply of plants for the second construction stage of a new integrated steel making and processing complex of Siderúrgica Nacional (SN) in Venezuela.
NLMK Upgrades Hot Rolling Mill at Lipetsk Production Site
28 October 2014 - NLMK Group has completed an upgrade of its continuous wide-strip hot-rolling Mill 2000 with a capacity of 5.7 million metric tons of rolled steel per year.
Siemens Boosts Capacity of AHSMA’s Plate Heat Treatment Line
19 September 2014 - Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de México S.A.B de C.V. (AHMSA) has commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies to expand the annual capacity of its planned normalizing line at its Monclova plant to 300,000 metric tons of plate per year.
Habaş Successfully Commissions Hot Strip Mill from SMS Siemag
27 August 2014 - Turkish steelmaker Habaş has successfully commissioned a hot strip mill supplied by SMS Siemag in Aliağa, Turkey. Production of the first coil in July 2014 marked Habaş’ entry into the market of flat products.
Emerson’s New Monitoring Program Protects Rolling Mill Drives for Safe Increases in Mill Loads
25 August 2014 - Emerson Power Transmission Solutions is launching a new torque-amplification analysis program for precisely measuring the true torque loads and vibration frequencies experienced by rolling mill drives, as part of a program to help mills process tougher alloys, increase output with thicker slabs or higher speeds, protect against cold-end slabs, or mitigate torsional vibration.
Saarstahl Invests €46 million in Modernization of Rolling Mills
22 August 2014 - After the major investment projects of previous years, the most recent of which was the building of the new secondary metallurgy in the steelmaking plant, Saarstahl is continuing its modernization program with further investments in the rolling mills in Völklingen and Burbach, Germany.
Kobe Steel and Angang Steel Establish JV to Make Automotive Cold Rolled High-Strength Steel In China
07 August 2014 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. and China’s Angang Steel Company Limited, a leading subsidiary of Anshan Iron & Steel Group Complex, established a joint venture called Kobelco Angang Auto Steel Co. Ltd. in China on 1 August 2014 to produce and sell advanced cold rolled high-strength steel sheet for automobiles.
Jindal Chooses GE Power Conversion to Help Triple Output of Steel Plants in India
25 July 2014 - GE’s Power Conversion business announced that Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) has chosen GE Power Conversion’s AC motors and drives to upgrade the steckel mill at its Raigarh Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh, India.
