EANS-News: ANDRITZ to supply production lines to Nucor Steel Arkansas, USA
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Graz, March 28, 2017. International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an
order from steel producer Nucor to supply turn-key production lines for its
new specialty cold rolling mill complex at the company's sheet steel mill in
Hickman, Arkansas, USA. Start-up of the plant is scheduled for the second half
of 2018. The 650,000 short ton p. a. expansion project will increase Nucor
Steel Hickman's production of specialty grades, including third-generation,
advanced high-strength steels, high-strength low-alloy steels, and
high-efficiency electrical steels.
The ANDRITZ METALS scope of supply includes a high-performance push pickling
line with line speeds of up to 200 m/min for pickling hot-rolled carbon steel.
Besides complete ANDRITZ in-house electrics and automation, an advanced
ANDRITZ multi-roll leveler for highly effective shape correction and a
powerful ANDRITZ 4-high skin pass mill are included. Thanks to the
multi-roll-leveler and the skin pass mill, the push pickling line will
achieve superior material flatness in addition to the well-known, excellent
ANDRITZ strip surface.
The order also comprises a reduction cold rolling mill equipped with the
ANDRITZ S6-high technology as well as a temper rolling mill in 4-high design,
including reduction mode (prepared for future S6-high mode as well). With
rolling speeds of up to 800 m/min, the mills process advanced high-strength
steel of the third generation and even beyond for material grades of up
to 2,000 MPa. All rolling units (skin pass, reduction, and temper mill), which
are operated with state-of-the-art ANDRITZ in-house electrics and automation,
are equipped with correspondingly fast and automated roll change equipment,
integrated bridle rolls, advanced strip drying, and gauge controls to ensure
tightest tolerances.
Nucor Corporation, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, is the
largest steel producer in North America and the largest "mini-mill"
steelmaker (i.e. it uses electric arc furnaces to melt scrap steel as opposed
to blast furnaces to melt iron). The company is also North America's largest
recycler of any material.
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The ANDRITZ GROUP
ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel
industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial
sectors as well as for animal feed and biomass pelleting. Other important
business segments include automation and service business. In addition,
the international Group is also active in the power generating sector
(steam boiler plants, biomass boilers, recovery boilers, and gasification
plants) and in environmental technology (flue gas cleaning plants) and offers
equipment for the production of nonwovens, dissolving pulp, and panelboard
as well as recycling plants. The publicly listed technology Group is
headquartered in Graz, Austria, and has a staff of approximately
25,200 employees. ANDRITZ operates more than 250 sites in over 40 countries.
ANDRITZ METALS
ANDRITZ METALS is the technology and global market leader in forming
equipment through the Schuler Group, in which ANDRITZ has a stake of more
than 95 percent. Schuler offers presses, automation solutions, dies, process
know-how, and services for the entire metalforming industry. Its customers
include car manufacturers and their suppliers, as well as companies in the
forging, household appliance, packaging, energy, and electrical industries.
Schuler is also the market leader in coin minting technology and offers
system solutions for the aerospace, railway, and large pipe industries.
In addition, ANDRITZ METALS is one of the leading global suppliers of complete
lines for the production and processing of cold-rolled strip made of
stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, and non-ferrous metal. The lines
comprise equipment for pickling, cold rolling, heat treatment, surface
finishing, strip coating and finishing, punching and deep drawing, and the
regeneration of pickling acids. The business area also supplies turnkey
furnace systems for the steel, copper, and aluminum industries, as well as
welding systems for the metalworking industry.
Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Finance, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com
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