ALUMINIUM 2018, the leading trade show for the aluminum industry took place in Düsseldorf from 9 to 11 October. In addition to discussing the big topics of the future at the SMS group booth, representatives of SMS group’s Technical Service also presented its service concept for extrusion press operators.
The new semi-continuous billet mill supplied by SMS group to Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation in the Ha Tinh province, Vietnam, has commenced full commercial production.
The ArcelorMittal production plants in Belgium are part of the ArcelorMittal Group, which manufactures high-grade steel products for a wide range of industries.
Hamburg-based Aurubis AG is to take delivery of three new converters, which will be supplied by SMS group and used to produce blister copper, an important stage in the copper production process.
The four-year agreement is for the maintenance and renewal of the Belgian rail network and will see British Steel supply between 35,000 and 40,000 tonnes of rail a year – more than 3,000km of rail over the duration of the contract. Deliveries are scheduled to start in January 2019.
Chinese steel producer Shandong Iron & Steel Rizhao has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate for the new high-capacity hot strip only seven months after rolling the first coil.
SSAB is to invest a total of around SEK 1 billion in SSAB Americas’ steel mill in Mobile, Alabama to increase production capacity for quenched and tempered (Q&T) steels and to reduce costs.
The EU steel market remained on a relatively fast growth track in the second quarter, supported by healthy economic fundamentals and the good operating performance of steel-using sectors. Nonetheless, imports continued to grow much faster than the domestic deliveries of EU mills. Steel demand growth levelling out in the EU and in other regions over the coming quarters – against the backdrop of persisting excess capacities in the global steel sector and proliferation of distortionary steel trade actions worldwide – is reason for concern.
SSAB Domex® Plus is part of the SSAB Domex® family, although it is practically a brand-new steel.
Vietnamese cold strip producer MY VIET INDUSTRIES Co. Ltd. has granted Esmech Equipment Pvt. Ltd., a company of SMS group, the final acceptance for the supplied pushpull pickling line and the CCM® (Compact Cold Mill).
DaehanSteel Co. Ltd., South Korea, awarded SMS group an order to modernize its existing VCC® (Vertical Compact Coiler) of the rolling mill in its Pyeongtaek plant, which is located in the Seoul area.
wire 2018 exceeded all records attained so far and this success might still be topped: wire 2020 in Düsseldorf will open up for the first time with Fasteners and Springs forming independent exhibition areas under the roof of wire 2020. Start of registration for potential exhibitors is by end of January, 2019.
