Severstal North America Honored for Steel Excellence
06/27/2011 - Severstal North America was named this year’s winner for Best Brownfield Technology in American Metal Market's 2011 Awards for Steel Excellence for the company’s efforts to remediate a steelworks site in Dearborn.
Severstal North America was named this year’s winner for Best Brownfield Technology in American Metal Market's 2011 Awards for Steel Excellence.
Severstal's efforts to remediate a steelworks site in Dearborn, originally built by Henry Ford in 1918, include a $740 million modernization program. The upgrade comprised a new cold rolling complex and galvanizing line targeting critically exposed applications for automotive customers and other original equipment manufacturers.
“We are honored to be a recipient of this prestigious award from the American Metal Market,” said Sergei Kuznetsov, Chief Executive Officer, Severstal North America. “We are grateful for the continued support from the City of Dearborn and the State of Michigan to help make these projects happen.
“We are looking forward to serving our customers with a wider range of superior products, especially in the advanced high strength steel market, as a result of these transformations," added Kuznetsov.
AMM’s awards recognize advancements rooted in pioneering and implementing business improvements that have delivered real change to the steel industry. “The award winning companies have shown tremendous creativity, inventiveness and are pioneers in creating the way to a better future for the steel industry,” said Raju Daswani, President of American Metal Market. “AMM's Awards for Steel Excellence recognize the key contributions of companies and individuals who through acumen, management, innovation and plain hard work are reinventing the steel supply chain.”
Upon completion of the capital improvement programs at Dearborn and Columbus, Severstal North America’s combined annual steelmaking capacity will reach 6.0 million tons, while its cold rolling capacity will increase to 3.6 million tons, and its galvanizing capacity will increase to 2.4 million tons.
Severstal North America, a major steelmaker in the United States, specializes in the full range of high quality light flat rolled products. Fully integrated operations and corporate headquarters are located in Dearborn, Mich., while a new state-of-the-art electric arc furnace operation in Columbus, Miss., serves the growing demand for steel in the southeastern United States. Severstal North America also has several joint ventures for high quality, value-added coated products, as well as Mountain State Carbon, a jointly owned coke-making facility. Severstal North America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of OAO Severstal, one of the world's largest vertically integrated steel and mining companies.
