Austria-based giant engineering and plantmaking company Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has announced the receipt of an order from Chinese steelmaker Handan Iron and Steel Corporation to supply the automation and electrical equipment for a new annealing line and two hot galvanizing lines.
The order, which includes all the drives plus the basic and process automation systems, is worth around 20 million euros. The strip processing lines are part of the cold rolling mill No. 2 which is currently being constructed and is scheduled to start production at the end of 2010.
Siemens is also responsible for supervision of the installation work as well as for commissioning, acceptance-test support and customer training.
The annealing line will be built in collaboration with SMS Demag AG, Dusseldorf, Germany, and Drever International S.A., Liège, Belgium, and the two hot galvanizing lines will be installed in conjunction with Drever International and CMI Groupe, which is located in Seraing, Belgium.
Handan Iron and Steel Corporation has an annual production of around nine million mt of steel. Since the middle of 2008, the company has been part of the Hebei Iron and Steel Group, the leading steel producer in China.