The new facility at the company’s Ural Steel plant, featuring equipment supplied by Tenova LOI Thermprocess, has upped the plant’s capacity to 30.7 metric tons per hour, according to a company press release. The plant expects to triple its production of heat-treated heavy plate in 10 years and increase its output of steel for bridge construction by 39%. The new technology will also help to improve quality and uniformity in heat treating and cooling.

“This new high-tech facility will strengthen the Company’s position in the market for heat-treated rolled products,” said Metalloinvest chief executive Andrey Varichev.