| • | Stainless steel casting capacity increased by one million metric tons per year |
| • | Additional caster installed and existing one replaced in special-steel works |
In the last quarter of 2013, three continuous slab casters from Siemens Metals Technologies were put into operation at Chinese steel producer Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Corp (Tisco). Two of the casters were installed in Tisco’s carbon and special-steel works in Taiyuan and the third in the company’s stainless steel works at the same location. Each of the continuous casters is designed to produce one million metric tons of slabs per year. The new casters increase Tisco’s capacity for manufacturing high-quality carbon, silicon and stainless steels. Siemens’ technology packages ensure that they produce slabs with a high interior and surface quality.