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Siemens to Assume Maintenance Responsibility for New TKS Plant in Brazil

12/06/2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies will take over complete responsibility for electrical and mechanical maintenance of all steel production equipment and machinery at ThyssenKrupp CSA Companhia Siderùrgica’s new 5-million-tonnes/year new integrated iron and steelworks in Brazil.

ThyssenKrupp CSA Companhia Siderùrgica has contracted Siemens Metals Technologies to take over complete responsibility for electrical and mechanical maintenance of all the machinery and equipment involved in the steel production process, from the sinter plant and blast furnace to the steel works and slab caster. With this arrangement—the first such application in the world, according to the company—ThyssenKrupp CSA will entrust Siemens with complete responsibility for lifecycle servicing of its new integrated iron and steel works in Brazil. The contract will run for 15 years, and the order is valued at around 700 million Euros.
 
ThyssenKrupp CSA had in November 2006 awarded Siemens an order for a converter steelworks and two slab casters for its new integrated iron and steelworks in Sepetiba, a coastal town in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The facility’s target is to achieve an annual production of five million tonnes of slabs with widths of 800 to 2000 millimeters and in thicknesses of 200 to 260 millimeters. Commissioning of the new equipment is scheduled for the beginning of 2009.
 
ThyssenKrupp intends to use slabs from this new steel-production facility to supply its domestic production facilities and other main processing facilities. Around 40% of the slabs produced in Brazil are to be processed at ThyssenKrupp's German facilities, with the remaining 60% most likely destined for the NAFTA market. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce—the world's largest iron-ore producer—will have a 10% share in the project.
 
Within the framework of the new service contract, Siemens will set up two workshops at the site of the new integrated iron and steel works, employing around 600 people to maintain the new production facility.
 
According to Siemens, one of the reasons it received the service contract was its experience in maintaining industrial plants all over the world. “We employ around 3000 specialists in over 50 different countries. They have unique experience in the maintenance and modernization of mechanical and electrical installations as well as in all aspects of process automation,” said Dr. Anton Stallinger, who is responsible for service business in the area of metallurgical plant construction. “Thanks to our service solutions which are tailored to the respective customer's plants, we uphold the competitiveness of our customers and increase the productivity of their installations.”
 
Metals Technologies (MT), a Division of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S), is one of the world’s leading engineering and plant-building companies for the iron and steel industry as well as for the flat-rolling sector of the aluminum industry and for open-cast mining. MT, which was created from the integration of Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau, Linz, Austria, and the electrical engineering product business and automation solutions of Siemens, provides a comprehensive range of supplies and services for all related technological processes and integrated automation solutions for the entire life-cycle of metallurgical plants.
 
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) is the integrator of systems and solutions for industrial and infrastructure facilities and global service provider for the plant and projects business covering planning, installation, operation and the entire life cycle. In fiscal 2007 (to September 30) I&S employed a total of 37,000 people worldwide and achieved total sales of EUR 8.894 billion, according to U.S. GAAP.