Another 400-mm-Thick-Slab Caster to be Installed at Shougang - Siemens to Supply Total of Three Slab Casters for New Production Facility in Tangshan, China

摘要

The Chinese steel producer Shougang Group Co. awarded Siemens VAI Metals Technologies projects for the supply of three new continuous-casting machines, including a caster capable of casting ultra-thick slabs of up to 400 millimeters. The casters will be installed at the new facility of Tangshan Shougang Baoye Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Shougang Baoye) and will be successively started up beginning in September 2009. The orders were received shortly after the order from the Shougang Group for the supply of a 400-millimeter-thick-slab caster at Qinhuangdao ShouQin Metals Material Co. Ltd.