Press releases worldwide
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 […]
The new AQTF (Advanced Quench-and-Temper Facility) heat-treatment line supplied by SMS group (www.sms-group.com) to TimkenSteel Corporation at its Gambrinus Steel Plant in Canton, Ohio, U.S.A. has commenced full commercial production. Extensive testing was successfully completed in November 2017, and TimkenSteel […]
In December 2017 a delegation from the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan visited the SHARC electric arc furnace plant (Shaft Arc – electric arc furnace with scrap preheating in the shaft) at Hellenic Halyvourgia (HLV) in Volos, Greece. Hellenic […]
Jianlong Beiman Special Steel Co., Ltd., based in Qiqihar, China, has awarded SMS group (www.sms-group.com) a contract to supply core components for a high-speed wire rod mill for quality steel. The centerpiece of the new wire rod mill, which has […]
In Tianjin, near Beijing, Chinese aluminum producer Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co. Ltd. operates two high-capacity aluminum hot rolling lines supplied by SMS group (www.sms-group.com). In January 2018, one of the two lines in 1+1+3 configuration, i.e. two reversing roughing stands […]
The long-standing aluminum rolling mill in Amorebieta, Spain, which has been operating under the name Aludium (www.aludium.com) since 2015, has ordered an Ecomelt-PS275 multi chamber melting furnace with preheating shaft for clean and contaminated scrap from Hertwich Engineering, an SMS […]
We see digitalization and Industry 4.0 as key challenges that are set to profoundly change the tube and wire industry in the years to come. SMS group (www.sms-group.com) is turning the spotlight on these topics at the Tube & wire […]
At its site in Slovenska Bistrica, Impol Group Slovenia has successfully rolled the first aluminium strip on the cold rolling mill modernized by SMS group (www.sms-group.com). In the summer of 2016, Impol Group Slovenia had awarded SMS group Technical Services […]
Mahshahr Pipe Mill Company (MPM) has signed a comprehensive service and modernization contract with SMS group (www.sms-group.com) for its large-diameter pipe mill in the Chuzestan Province in Iran. With this contract, MPM and SMS group are continuing their successful cooperation. […]
Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Salzgitter Group, has awarded SMS group (www.sms-group.com) an order for the supply of a new heat treatment line, project name “Adjustage II”. The line is the centerpiece of a project initiated […]