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“Green Steel” offensive with Dillinger France

State subsidies for the modernisation of pusher furnace no. 2 in the framework of the decarbonisation programme of the French industry.

Dillinger France, subsidiary of the German Dillinger Group, are granted state subsidies by the French government: On 10 September 2020, the French Agency for the Environment and Control of Energy Consumption (ADEME) issued a call for projects on the energy efficiency of processes and public utilities in the industry.

Rizhao Steel produces first coil on fifth Arvedi ESP line from Primetals Technologies

Casting-rolling plant produces 2.2 million metric tons of high-quality, ultra-thin hot strip
Arvedi ESP Plant was adapted to increase production capacity during the ongoing project
Plant is optimized for low energy rolling of ultra-soft steels.
New features to match highest cold-rolling-standards for direct application market

In late November 2020, the fifth Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) plant supplied by Primetals Technologies produced the first coil at the Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Co., Ltd. (Rizhao Steel).

New benchmark in steel beam production

Italian steel producer Duferco commissions SMS group to supply medium section mill powered exclusively by renewable energies

Duferco Steel, located in Brescia, Italy, has placed an order with SMS group for a new medium section rolling mill. This flagship project will focus on core components of digitalization and automation in production and logistics, and on sustainability. This new, ultra-modern rolling mill to be installed in Italy will make Duferco one of the most important centers of steal beam production in Europe.

Copper is essential to our everyday lives and to the electrification of the world

ANDRITZ Maerz transfers global copper furnace business to SMS group

ANDRITZ Maerz GmbH, based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and SMS group GmbH have entered into an agreement to transfer the global copper furnace business, including the related intellectual property (know-how, references, patents, etc.) and service activities, from ANDRITZ Maerz to SMS group. This acquisition further strengthens the position of SMS group as a system supplier in the field of non-ferrous metals production.

Highly flexible cooling enables wider heavy-plate range

Successful “first plate” produced with the X-Roll® MultiFlexQuench from SMS group at Ilsenburger Grobblech

On November 23, 2020, Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH successfully heated the first heavy plate in its heat-treatment furnace No. 1, followed by the subsequent successful cooling in the new X-Roll® MultiFlex-Quench (MFQ) supplied by SMS group. Thanks to the closely coordinated and targeted collaboration during the assembly and cold commissioning phases, production of the “first plate” could take place eight days before the originally scheduled challenging deadline.

Danieli MIDA Minimill starts at Nucor Steel Florida

Endless casting and rolling operations right from the first heat

On December 18th, thanks to the joint efforts of Danieli and Nucor teams, Nucor Steel Florida safely started on schedule, melting, casting and rolling in endless mode from the first heat.

Mature plant technology and close cooperation as a basis for success

ElvalHalcor grants final acceptance for new high-performance aluminium hot strip mill from SMS group

Greece-based aluminium producer ElvalHalcor S.A. has granted SMS group the final acceptance for the new four-stand high-performance hot strip mill installed at the Oinofyta facilities near Athens.

China's first fully automatic forging line for flash-free forged pistons for cars and trucks

Anhui Anhuang Machinery Co., Ltd., based in Anqing in the Chinese province of Anhui, has placed an order with SMS group for a fully automatic closed-die forging line for pistons. Anhui Anhuang will be one of the first automotive suppliers in the field of massive forming in China that is capable of manufacturing pistons for cars and trucks in a fully automated process. For SMS, this is the first reference customer in China for a closed-die forging line for pistons.

Ames orders secondary copper smelter

SMS group is supplying a secondary copper smelter to Ames Copper Group, a joint venture between Prime Materials Recovery Inc. and Cunext Group, for the facilities in North Carolina, U.S.A.
The plant will produce up to 50,000 tons of copper anodes annually. The plant start-up is scheduled for 2021.

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Quality steel from Dillinger for impressive structures in two of Europe’s metropolises

The new headquarters of the French daily newspaper Le Monde officially opens today. The building provides Paris with a new architectural highlight. Steel from Dillinger plays a key “supporting role” in the structure: the steel structure of this extraordinary project near the Paris Austerlitz railway station contains 1,000 tons of Dillinger heavy plate. Both Dillinger and its subsidiary Dillinger France produced the plate used in this new building.

CMC Steel Arizona Minimill receives Solar Energy and becomes even more green

The Danieli MIDA endless casting rolling plant in Mesa is one of the most efficient and green steel producing facilities in the world

Irving, TX – Commercial Metals Company (CMC) announced that their micro mill in Mesa, Arizona, CMC Steel Arizona, has begun receiving renewable energy from Salt River Project’s (SRP) new “Saint Solar” electricity generation plant.

Danieli Hydro Mab to take a step ahead in green Steel

The new, Danieli Centro Combustion hydrogen multi-air burner operates with a methane and hydrogen mixture to reduce CO2 emissions.

Through recent decades CO2 emissions have been reduced by increasing thermal efficiency.