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Siemens-Led Consortium to Supply Anneal-Pickle Line to Tiancheng Stainless
Apr. 18, 2012 - A consortium led by Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Tiancheng Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd. to supply an annealing and pickling line for its Guanghan Works in the Sichuan Province.

Tata Steel to Add Dedicated Zinc Pot at IJmuiden Works
Apr. 18, 2012 - Tata Steel plans to invest in an additional zinc-pot operation at its IJmuiden works in the Netherlands that will focus exclusively on the production of MagiZinc® Auto coated steels for the automotive industry.

Posco Completes Continuous Galvanizing Line
Apr. 17, 2012 - Posco completed an annual 750,000-tonne-scale Continuous Galvanizing Line at Pohang Steelworks, enabling it to manufacture various products including plated steel sheets and others with consistent quality and high strength.

Cherepovets Reaches Design Capacity on Color Coating Line No. 2
Apr. 13, 2012 - The Cherepovets Steel Mill achieved the design capacity of its second color-coating line, at 200,000 tonnes per annum of coated hot dip rolled products, in four months—three months earlier than scheduled.

Guangzhou JFE Steel Sheet Starts up 2nd Continuous Galvanizing Line
Apr. 5, 2012 - Guangzhou JFE Steel Sheet Co., Ltd. has begun operating a second 400,000-tonne/year continuous galvanizing line, part of an integrated production system encompassing cold rolling, continuous annealing, and two hot-dip galvanizing lines.

SAIL Inaugurates Emission-Free Coke Batteries at Bokaro
Mar. 27, 2012 - SAIL Chairman CS Verma recently inaugurated two rebuilt coke oven batteries at the Bokaro Steel Plant of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL). He also inaugurated the Coil Packaging Line-2 of the new cold rolling mill as well as the Centre of Excellence.

Sumitomo’s Thai Sumilox Restores Operation in Thailand after Flood
Mar. 26, 2012 - Thai Sumilox Company, Ltd. has restored its pressing line and resumed operation following the October 8, 2011 suspension due to flood damage in Thailand.

OAO Severstal Completes Upgrade Project at Izhora Pipe Mill
Mar. 21, 2012 - OAO Severstal announces that its Izhora Pipe Mill (IPM), part of the Severstal Russian Steel Division, is completing an upgrade project worth over 82 million rubles (US $2.8 million).

RG Steel Sparrows Point to Restart Galvanizing Line
Mar. 6, 2012 - RG Steel announced plans to restart the No. 2 Galvanizing Line at RG Steel Sparrows Point in early April.

Nippon Steel Galvanizing (Thailand) Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony
Feb. 28, 2012 - Nippon Steel Galvanizing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. held a groundbreaking ceremony on February 27. The company was established in June last year by Nippon Steel Corp. for the manufacture and sale of hot-dip galvanized and galvannealed steel sheets.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Sees Benefits in New Chemcoater at Siegerland
Feb. 13, 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe reports significantly improved workflows on the coil-coating line 3 at the Siegerland location with the startup of a new chemcoater.

ISRA PARSYTEC Installs Inspection Solution for Shougang Pickling-Tandem Mill
Feb. 9, 2012 - ISRA PARSYTEC has supplied its Compact SensorTM on-line surface inspection solution to the Shougang Corporation for installation on the company’s coupled Pickling-Tandem Mill in Qianan, China.

voestalpine to Supply phs Ultraform from New Indirect Press-Hardening Facility
Jan. 30, 2012 - The Automotive Division of the voestalpine Group will supply a leading European car manufacturer with key components involving its patented “phs-ultraform,” a hot-dip galvanized auto body steel developed by voestalpine and formed during a new “indirect press-hardening” process.

Electrolytic Tinning Line from Tenova in Full Production at Jiangsu Sunshine
Jan. 27, 2012 - Jiangsu Sunshine in Dajiang, China, recently went into full production with the new electrolytic tinning line supplied by Tenova Strip Processing.

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