JSPL orders wide plate mill from Siemens VAI

JSPL orders wide plate mill from Siemens VAI

The Siemens Group Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) announced that it received an order from Indian steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) for the supply of a wide plate mill. The new plate mill, which will be designed to have an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons, is scheduled to be operational in September 2008. The cost of the deal is Euro 65 million. The project also includes equipments such as a 20 MW-plate mill finishing stand, an accelerated plate cooling section, hot leveler, cooling beds, double side trim shear, slitting shear, final cut to length dividing shear, Level 1 automation for the entire line, Level 2 automation and process set-up models in addition to the main drives and motors. I&S will provide the complete engineering of all of the equipment for the plate-mill line and will supply all major machines, equipment and systems. JSPL will supply the ancillary equipment.