German plantmaker SMS Demag has announced that ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC, based in Mobile, USA has placed an order with the company for the complete supply of a hot strip annealing and pickling line for the works in Calvert, Alabama.
In a statement regarding the order, SMS Demag said that the annealing and pickling line, the essential purpose of which is to produce hot strips, is an integral part of a new cold rolling mill for stainless steel that is being erected by ThyssenKrupp Stainless in the USA.
The annealing and pickling line will have an annual production capacity of 750,000 mt. Apart from its main use in cold strip production, the hot strip will additionally be utilized for tube and pipe production, apparatus engineering and in the offshore industry.
The cold mill is expected to commence production in 2010. ThyssenKrupp Stainless is investing around €840 million in new production capacities for stainless steel.