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Overview of the plant at TMK Seversky © SMS

One of the largest heat treatment lines in Russia put into operation

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Seversky Pipe Plant, a company of the TMK Group, has awarded the SMS Group the final acceptance certificate for a heat treatment line for the quenching and tempering of […]

Xingcheng Special Steel and SMS Concast are taking the next step towards the world's most advanced technology for continuous casting of 1,200-millimeter round blooms (here: 1,000-millimeter round blooms). © SMS

Continuous casting plant for round blooms

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co. (JYXC) Ltd. from China, at SMS Concast, a company of the SMS Group , placed an order for a three-strand jumbo continuous caster […]

Secondary copper smelter for Ames

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

SMS Group is supplying a secondary copper smelter to Ames Copper Group, a joint venture between Prime Materials Recovery Inc. and the Cunext Group, for the site in North […]

The second roughing stand rolls the slab in a reversing process to the pre-strip thickness. The flange-mounted upsetting ensures narrow width tolerances and thus a high output. © SMS Group

High-performance hot strip mill successfully commissioned

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

The new high-performance hot strip mill supplied by SMS at HBIS Laoting Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. in China has successfully started operation. With HBIS Laoting, the HBIS Group, […]

CSP continuous caster No. 2 with pendulum shear © SMS-Group

Steelworks successfully expanded

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

The US steelmaker Big River Steel (BRS) has successfully commissioned the expansion of its steel mill in Osceola, Arkansas, supplied by the SMS Group. For this expansion […]

SMS group supplies a complete package for Shandong Weiqiao Light Metal: a 28 MN direct extrusion and pipe press including design, erection, electrics, hydraulics as well as technology and digitalization package. © SMS Group

All-rounder for aluminium profiles and tubes

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Shandong Weiqiao Light Metal enters a new business segment and orders a 28 MN direct extrusion and tube press from SMS. Shandong Weiqiao Light Metal, a company […]

The three-roller bending unit of the SMS pipe forming station in detail © SMS Group

State-of-the-art spiral forming plant for oil and gas pipes

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Sinopec Shashi Steel Pipe Works has placed an order with the SMS Group for a spiral forming plant with submerged arc and MAG welding (Perfect Arc) for its site in […]

The U-shaped line includes a turbulence pickling system, high-performance inductors, FOEN galvanizing technology and an after-pot cooling system from Drever. © SMS Group

Short ramp-up phase

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

A pickling and galvanizing line with heat-to-coat technology was successfully commissioned by SMS in December 2020 in Ghent, Kentucky. Following the successful commissioning phase, Nucor Steel Gallatin granted SMS Group […]

A symbolic groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of construction of the new plant in Brandenburg, Kentucky, USA. Copyright SMS

Slab continuous casting plant including heating and heat treatment equipment supplied

19. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

Nucor Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility at Brandenburg, Kentucky, USA, on October 23, 2020. For this project, the SMS group will supply a single-strand caster for […]

Seamless steel tubes on the cooling bed of the PQF plant at Tagmet Image: © SMS Group

Tagmet – Anniversary batch produced

15. August 2021 Hans Georg Schätzl

At the end of May, Tagmet, part of TMK’s Pipe Metallurgical Company in Taganrog, Russia, produced the five millionth ton of pipe on the PQF (Premium Quality Finishing) seamless pipe […]