Arlenico, a special-quality wire rod producer, will install the 4-stand block on the wire rod line at its Caleotto plant. This will allow the company to serve the market with products of the tightest tolerances ever produced and will for the first time be able to apply the thermomechanical rolling process.

Arlenico is owned by Duferco Italia Holding and Feralpi Siderurgica.

Located in Lonato del Garda, Feralpi Siderurgica is a producer of rebar and wire rod for construction. It is investing in the 4-stand MEERdrivePLUS block in order to increase production, expand its range of product sizing and improve the mechanical properties of those products. 

MEERdrivePLUS technology uses individual drives with small, low-voltage motors for each stand, making “one-family rolling” possible, reducing downtimes for size and ring changes.

Read the full announcement from SMS group here.