Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., China, has placed an order with SMS group to supply new SMS group ConSo R6 injectors for the electric arc furnace No. 3 in Luhe, Nanjing. Erection and commissioning of the equipment are scheduled for 2019.
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK), Russia, has placed an order with MET/Con, an SMS group company, for the implementation of the quality management system PQA® (Product Quality Analyzer).
A shared victory between Fraunhofer Institute IPM from Germany and Luleå University of Technology from Sweden, who both came up with ideas on how to trace steel products by using the materials own characteristics. That was the result of the SmartSteel Innovation Challenge 2018.
The extremely fast start-up continues at Deacero Ramos rolling mill in Arizpe, Mexico. After only a couple of weeks from the start of commissioning, the mill successfully produced rebar #3 (9.5 mm) with 5-strand slitting technology at 13 m/sec.
Mukand Sumi Special Steel Ltd. (MSSSL), a joint venture of Mukand Ltd., India, and Sumitomo Corporation, Japan, has placed an order with SMS group for the supply of a state-of-the art Special Bar Quality (SBQ) rolling mill for the production of straight round and hexagon bars, wire rod and bar-in-coils.
SSAB’s investment project to modernize the entry section of the pickling line at the Hämeenlinna Works has now been completed. The investment supports SSAB’s growth strategy in the automotive industry and enables a higher production volume of more advanced coated strip products.
For over three decades steel company SSAB has delivered steel plates to England-based My Inner Strenx members Kocurek Excavators, the industry leaders in the manufacture of demolition equipment.
Finkl Steel, a subsidiary of the SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group, will increase prices by $0.03/lb. USD for all new orders booked on or after January 1, 2019. This price increase will be effective for all products ordered from all Finkl Steel production facilities.
On October 23, 2018, OTTO FUCHS Group celebrated the grand opening of its new 60k die forging press at the location of its U.S. subsidiary Weber Metals in Paramount, California. It is the largest single investment in the company’s over 100-year history.
