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Siemens to Supply Process Control Systems for Jiangsu Guowei Aluminum
02/19/2009 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies receives order from Jiangsu Guowei Aluminum to supply two new process control systems with associated flatness measurement and coolant sprays technology.
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Jiangsu Guowei Aluminum Company Ltd., to supply two new process control systems with the associated flatness measurement and coolant sprays technology.
The two new Siroll ALU Technological Control Systems will be installed to increase capacity as part of Jiangsu Guowei’s 2008 Investment plan. Once the upgrade is complete, the facility will be capable of producing over 30,000 tonnes of high grade, extra wide, aluminum foil per year. The new process control systems will further improve the quality of the rolled products and improve productivity of the plants.
The project is scheduled for completion by January 2010.
Jiangsu Guowei Aluminum is based in the Jiangsu Yixing economic development zone, the economical development alongside the Tai Lake basin. The facility will produce high grade, extra wide, aluminum foil, which is used for packing foil, air conditioning foil, medicine packing foil and electric cable foil. The company’s customers are in the domestic goods, electronics, communications and transport sectors, and the packaging and construction industries.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is a leading international supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. The Sector consists of six Divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry posted in fiscal year 2008 a profit of EUR3.86 billion with revenues totaling EUR38 billion.
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. With around 31,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry Solutions achieved an order intake of EUR 8.4 billon in fiscal year 2008 (preliminary and unaudited).
