On February 10, Austria-based plantmaker Siemens VAI announced that it has received an order from ArcelorMittal Bremen to supply a 300 ton twin-ladle furnace. Accordingly, the plant will be constructed at the works of ArcelorMittal Bremen to replace the two conditioning stands currently used for treating liquid steel. This will substantially reduce steel treatment costs. The project has a value of several million euro. The new ladle furnace is scheduled to come into operation in February 2012.
ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH is an integrated flat steel producer, with an annual crude steel output capacity of over four million metric tons. It employs an integrated blast furnace/converter system to produce high-quality steel grades, primarily for the automotive and construction industries. It also intends to increase its production of tube steel grades in future.