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SMS wins German Award for Supply Chain Management 2022 with BOXBAY high-bay storage system

• Award-winning technology offers port operators efficient, climate-neutral high-bay solutions aimed at mitigating logistics bottlenecks
• More efficient use of surface area: BOXBAY high-bay storage system offers up to three times the capacity
• Quayside transshipment speed is up to 20 percent higher

SMS group was presented with the German Award for Supply Chain Management for its latest BOXBAY logistics technology at a ceremony held as part of the International Supply Chain Conference.

• Will add more capacity to the overall plant output
• New equipment to be installed with only minor modifications needed at the steel plant
• Startup scheduled for July 2023

Mexican steel producer Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (TYASA) has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies for a new twin ladle furnace. The new equipment will be implemented at TYASA’s Ixtaczoquitlán site, located in the south-eastern part of Mexico.

It features Danieli Fata Hunter Twin-Roll Casting technology.

Chinese magnesium-alloy strip producer Youli is operating its new strip-casting line in Shandong, China.
The new plant will produce hot-rolled strip from 4 to 7 mm thick (mechanical capacity up to 10 mm) and in widths from 900 to 1425 mm.

ASAŞ places an order with SMS group for the supply of one of the world's largest extrusion lines and an energy-efficient HybrEx® line.

• With a force of 150 MN, it is one of the world's largest extrusion lines
• Extra-large profile sizes are possible for manufacturing railway cars
• ASAŞ places the spotlight on energy efficiency using HybrEx® technology from SMS group
• New aluminum profiles for tomorrow's mobility

ASAŞ Alüminyum, one of Turkey's largest aluminum manufacturers, is investing in extrusion technology from SMS group to produce profile sizes that currently cannot be produced anywhere in Europe. ASAŞ has been relying on SMS group's expertise for many years and has ordered two new aluminum extrusion lines. The plants to be supplied comprise a 150 MN extrusion and tube line, as well as a 45 MN HybrEx® line.

• HyREX – a new technology for hydrogen-based hot metal production
• Primetals Technologies and POSCO have agreed to jointly develop a new green steel demonstration plant
• The plant has a key role for POSCO as the steel producer aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

On July 26th, Primetals Technologies and South Korean leading steel producer POSCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a demonstration plant for hydrogen-based hot metal production in South Korea. Startup of the plant is scheduled for early 2027.

SMS group company Paul Wurth has been selected to supply the world's first commercial 100 percent hydrogen Direct Reduction plant with its consortium partner Midrex to the Swedish company H2 Green Steel. The new plant, located in Boden in northern Sweden, will be the first worldwide to produce green steel at scale by replacing coal with green hydrogen.

Danieli Service will carry out the upgrade project supplying new downcoiler and installation services.

Jindal United Stainless Limited – JUSL selected Danieli Service to supply a new downcoiler #2 for upgrading its hot-strip mill down coiler area at JUSL, Jajpur plant, India, which is producing stainless-steel grades 200, 300, 400 series.

New research within the HYBRIT project, driven by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, shows superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron (H-DRI) made using HYBRIT technology. Test results prove that the direct reduction of iron ore using hydrogen offers a superior product that is easy to handle, transport and store. It also virtually eliminates CO2 emissions in the reduction process.