| • | First rail production facility in Kazakhstan |
| • | Rail heads hardened with Idrha+ |
| • | Value of order in upper double-digit million euro range |
Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order to supply Aktobe Rail and Section Works LLP, Kazakhstan, with a rail and section mill with an annual capacity of 430,000 tons. The new rolling mill will be constructed in the town of Aktobe under the auspices of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC, the national railway company, and will be the first rail manufacturing plant in Kazakhstan. In order to produce rails with a high contact fatigue and wearing resistance, the rolling mill will be equipped with the Injector Dual-phase Rail Hardening (Idrha+) system. The value of the order lies in the upper double-digit million euro range. Production is scheduled to start in the second half of 2014.