News & Press Releases

A twin vacuum degassing plant (VD) and a continuous bloom caster supplied by Primetals Technologies have been brought into operation at the Chinese special steel producer, Changzhou Eastran Special Steel Co. Ltd. (Changzhou Eastran).

Acciaieria Arvedi S.p.A., an Italian steel producer, has issued Primetals Technologies the final acceptance certificate for a new electric arc furnace. The furnace was installed in the Cremona Steel Works. The production capacity is 1.4 million metric tons of crude steel per annum.

In August, an electrolytic metal coating line equipped with an integrated automation solution developed by Primetals Technologies was started up at Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) in Shanghai. This is the first application of a new automation concept specifically designed for processing lines.

AMAG rolling GmbH, an aluminum producer, has awarded Primetals Technologies an order to modernize continuous heat treatment line no. 2 at its Ranshofen plant in Austria. This involves renewing the electrical and automation equipment as well as replacing and adding instrumentation and control components.

Primetals Technologies has received an order from Chinese steel producer Langxi County Hongtai Steel Co., Ltd. (Langxi County Hongtai) to supply an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace and a ladle furnace for its plant in Xuancheng, Anhui Province.