Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it has received an order from
Taiwan-based steel producer Wei Chih Steel Industry Co. Ltd (Wei Chih) to modernize the company's existing bar mill in its Tainan Plant.
Siemens said that this modernization will enable the steel producer to produce not only rounds with diameters up to 100 mm but also flat bars with cross-sections ranging from 25 x 3 mm to 100 x 36 mm, and square bars with cross sections ranging from 11.3 to 60 mm.
Modernization work is scheduled to be completed by the middle of 2015.