| • | Plant capacity is 600,000 tons of cold strip per year |
| • | Designed to produce stainless steels of AISI grade series 200 and 300 |
| • | Short cold test phase and first coil produced within three months |
In late December 2015, a stainless steel continuous tandem cold mill (TCM) supplied by Primetals Technologies to Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co. (Beihai Chengde) produced the first coil at the Beihai plant in the Chinese Guangxi Province. The mill consists of a Power X-HI type, five-stand, continuous tandem cold rolling mill and a heavy laser welder. The rolling mill has a rated capacity of 600,000 tons of cold strip per year, and is designed to produce AISI grades series 200 and 300. The cold test was performed within 17 days and the first coil produced within only three months. The order was placed in the mid-2013. It was the second order for an X-HI and the third order for a continuous TCM for stainless steel that Primetals Technologies had received from China.