German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that the Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Company (Angang) has ordered a continuous hot dip galvanizing line. The line will be installed in a new plant near the city of Guangzhou in the province of Guandong.
Starting in the second half of 2015, the new hot dip galvanizing line of Angang in Guangzhou will be able to produce 450,000 tons per year of high-quality galvanized cold rolled strip for the automotive industry.
The line will be designed for strips in thicknesses ranging between 0.4 and 2.5 mm and widths between 800 and 1,880 mm. The strips will be galvanized and galvannealed.