Siemens VAI Metals Technologies put a new continuous casting plant into operation in August at the Taiwanese steelmaker Dragon Steel Co. The two-strand caster was installed at the Taichung, Taiwan location and is designed to produce approximately two million tons of slabs made of carbon and micro-alloyed steels annually for high-quality flat-rolled products. Previously, two continuous casters had already been installed by Siemens and were already in operation at the site.