News & Press Releases

Primetals Technologies’ most extensive upgrade of process optimization systems to date was recently implemented at Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Co’s (TISCO) steel plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.

Primetals Technologies recently completed a pilot project together with Brazilian steel producer Gerdau. Focused on Gerdau’s slab caster, the project gave the steel producer the opportunity to both access technical information about its spare parts, and create service requests online via m.space.

Metals producer AFV Beltrame Stahl Gerlafingen has recently contracted Primetals Technologies to upgrade its wire rod mill in Gerlafingen, a city in the canton of Solothurn, located in the north-western part of Switzerland. This equipment will improve production performance by ensuring uniform packaging of the coils.

Recently, the third MEROS plant implemented at Acciaierie d’Italia’s sinter plants in Taranto, Italy was started up by Primetals Technologies, and the results are outstanding.

Recently, the 138-meter-long cargo ship Happy River left the harbour in Rotterdam and headed for a U.S.-based steel producer. On that ship was an LD converter (BOF) from Primetals Technologies with a heat size of 330 tons. It is the first time ever Primetals Technologies ships equipment this large overseas.