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| Processing Line for Stainless Steel: Posco orders special equipment and electrical systems from Siemens
Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Pohang Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (Posco) to supply special equipment, drives | |||
| 9 May 2008
, Linz, Austria
: Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Pohang Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (Posco) to supply special equipment, drives and the automation system for a cold-strip annealing, pickling and finishing line at the company's Pohang plant. The volume of the project is in the two-digit million Euro range. The new equipment is intended for the processing of stainless steel strips and is scheduled to start production in the middle of 2009. Turning out around 30 million metric tons of crude steel, Posco is the leading producer in Korea. The company operates two integrated production facilities in Pohang and Gwangyang. The production of stainless steel is concentrated at the Pohang location. In the course of expanding its production capacities, Posco is building a cold-strip annealing, pickling and finishing line, designed for the annual processing of around 400,000 metric tons of austenitic and ferritic steel grades. The new line will be able to process cold strip with widths of between 600 and 1350 millimeters and thicknesses of 0.3 to three millimeters. The process speed will be up to 150 meters per minute. For the new processing line, Siemens is designing and engineering special equipment, including the skin-pass mill, the tension leveler and the side-trim shears, which will be manufactured at the Montbrison facility in France. The scope of supply also includes 270 speed-controlled AC drives, the automation as well as the operator control and visualization system. All the components are part of the Siroll PL solution platform for strip processing lines. Siemens is also responsible for supervision of the installation work and for commissioning. One of the main reasons for Siemens winning the order was Posco's good experience with the APL 3 processing line which was also equipped by Siemens back in 2003. Further information on solutions for steel works, rolling mills and processing lines is available at www.siemens.com/metals. The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is the world's leading supplier of production, transportation and building systems. Integrated hardware and software technologies combined with comprehensive industry-specific solutions enable Siemens to enhance the productivity and efficiency of its customers in industry and infrastructure. The Sector comprises six Divisions: Building Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility, Drive Technologies and Osram. In fiscal 2007 (ended September 30), Siemens Industry generated sales of approximately EUR40 billion (pro forma, unconsolidated) with around 209,000 employees worldwide. www.siemens.com/industry With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies, (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa., U.S.A.), and Industry Technologies, (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. |
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