News & Press Releases

In a move to improve the quality and range of wire rod produced in the United Kingdom, British Steel selected Primetals Technologies to design, manufacture and install a new wire rod line and upgrade long rolling equipment in the company’s existing rod mill in Scunthorpe, UK. The expanded size range will enable British Steel to serve new markets.

To keep up with growing market demand, JSW Steel Limited has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies for the supply and installation of a two-strand wire rod mill.

In July, Primetals Technologies launched its m.space web portal. m.space. The platform for the metals industry offers various eServices and shall provide users with the opportunity to search for, find, configure and use eService solutions.

Recently, a transfer bar cooling system supplied by Primetals Technologies was commissioned in the hot strip mill of Tata Steel´s Port Talbot integrated steel plant located in South Wales, United Kingdom. This results in an increase of production capacity by approximately 150,000 metric tons of hot strip per year.

Primetals Technologies has received an order from Mexican steel producer Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. (Simec) to revamp the company´s merchant bar mill in Mexicali in the Mexican State of Baja California.