SMS Group completes modernization of CSP plant at Nucor Steel

Wednesday, 18 November 2015 16:19:15 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it has successfully completed the modernization of the compact strip production plant (CSP) at Nucor Steel in Berkeley, South Carolina, US

The objective of the modernization was to upgrade the double-strand CSP plant, supplied by SMS group in 1996, to the grown requirements of the market. With an increased final strip width of 1,880 millimeters (formerly 1,680 millimeters), Nucor Steel now operates one of the widest CSP plants in the world. At Nucor, SMS group for the first time implemented a new modernization concept designed to expand the product range and reduce energy consumption at the same time.


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