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With effect from April 1, 2013 Norbert Theelen has been appointed Deputy Member of the Managing-Board of SMS Meer. At the same time, he assumes the management of the Tube Plants Division. The 55-year-old has held a number of positions with the company since 1973 and most recently was in charge of the Seamless Tube Plants Product Area. ”Thanks to …
Dongil Industries from Pohang, Korea, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany , to replace an existing straightener with WRP 40BF two-roll straightener. The new machine will enable the company to produce bright steel with High-quality surfaces in future: Bar straightness is better than 0.35mm/m with a surface roughness of under 5mm. Furthermore, the …
Ningbo Shimao Copper from Zhejiang province, China, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a complete casting and rolling plant of the CONTIROD® type fr the production of copper wire rod. The company is thus strengthening its position in the copper business. Ningbo Shimao Copper is a Chinese producer of …
Abinsk Electric Steel works from the Krasnodar Region, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, to upgrade its high-speed rebar rolling mill. With two new roughing stands, Abinsk will be able to roll larger square billets than to date. This will enhance the company’s competitiveness on the local market. So far Abinsk has …
Confab S.A. has ordered a mechanical expander with a newly developed straightener from SMS Meer, Germany, for its Pindamonhangaba tube mill near Sao Paulo, Brazil. The “Advanced Geometry Technology – AGT®” allows calibration and straightening of longitudinally welded pipes with small diameters and large wall thicknesses precisely on one single machine. Such pipes are required …
Heinrich Geissler, a company of the GMH Group, based in Witten, Germany, has ordered a two-roll straightener for bright steel from SMS Meer. The machine is 7m high and weighs 280t. Heinrich Geissler will use the new machine to straighten round bars of solid steel with diameters up to 250 mm. the machine offers a …
The Chinese company Jiangsu Shenyuan Special Steel from Shenyuan, Jiangsu province, has awarded an order to SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of the wire rod outlet of a specila steel rolling mill. The mill has an annual production capacity of more than 180,000t and rolls top-quality stainless steels and high-grade valve steels. Diameters from …
The Chinese company FuJian WuHang Stainless Steel from ChangLe City, FuJian Province, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of the core technologies for construction of a new stainless steel rolling mill. The mill produces wire rod and bar in coils. The core facilities include a modern 3-roll PSM® (Precision Sizing …
After a construction period of around two years, Jiangsu Tianhuai Steel Pipe from Jiangsu Province, Eastern China, recently commissioned the new 20″ PQF® tube mill supplied by SMS Meer, Germany, for seamless quality steel tubes and rolled the first tube. The new PQF® mill is the biggest mandrel mill in the world and can produce …
TPCO America Corporation from Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a new 10 3A” tube mill with PQF® rolling technology. The plant will produce 011 country tubular goods (OCTG) for the crude oil and natural gas industry in the region. The customer decided in favor …