Press releases worldwide
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK), Russia, has commissioned SMS group (www.sms-group.com) to revamp hot strip mill 2500 at its plant in Magnitogorsk. In particular, the order includes the extensive modernization of the finishing train equipment and the installation of […]
Tata Steel UK has placed an order with SMS group (www.sms-group.com) for the supply of a 330-ton converter for its integrated steel plant in Port Talbot in Wales, Great Britain. The SMS group scope of supply and services furthermore includes a new […]
Aarti Steels Ltd. and SMS Concast, a company of SMS group, have successfully commissioned the revamped Continuous Casting Machine for billets in Cuttack-India. Smooth start-up to the full satisfaction of the customer was performed after a minimized installation period of […]
Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc., based in Illinois, U.S.A., has chosen SMS group (www.sms-group.com) as the primary technology supplier for its new 500,000 tons per year merchant bar mill. The new facility will be installed at its existing bar mill located in […]
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has awarded SMS group (www.sms-group.com) the contract to revamp a 75-ton AOD converter at its stainless steel mill in Sandviken, Sweden. Commissioning is scheduled for August 2018. SMS group’s scope of supply comprises a new converter […]
ElvalHalcor S.A. (www.elval.com), the newly merged business of Elval Hellenic Aluminium Industry S.A. and Halcor Metal Works S.A., Greece, will boost its output of prime aluminum flat rolled products. The company which belongs to the Belgium-based Viohalco holding awarded the […]
The Spanish company Exlabesa Extrusion Padron SL has ordered a continuous homogenizing furnace with air cooling station, long billet stacker, billet saw, semi-automatic strapping and automatic weighing station from Hertwich Engineering, a company of SMS group, for its extrusion plant […]
As part of its digitalization offensive, SMS group (www.sms-group.com) has kicked off a research and development project on intelligent production planning in coopeation with Jacobs University of Bremen, Germany. The project will cover aspects such as dynamic reacting to specific production […]
The new HD (High Definition) spray technology from SMS group (www.sms-group.com) was implemented and successfully commissioned in the two-strand slab caster at ArcelorMittal Bremen during November and December 2017. SMS group retrofitted the two strands of the vertical bending caster one […]
PMB Silicon Sdn. Bhd., based in Sarawak, Malaysia, has contracted SMS group (www.sms-group.com) to supply two SAF (Submerged Arc Furnace) for the production of silicon. The planned production capacity is 32,000 tons of silicon per year. Commissioning is scheduled for […]