PRO-TEC Coating Company orders large-coil packaging system

The Ohio, US-based PRO-TEC Coating Company, a 50-50 joint venture between US Steel Corporation and Japanese company Kobe Steel Limited, has placed an order with German-based SMS Logistiksysteme for the supply of a fully automated large-coil packaging system. The equipment is intended for a new continuous annealing line and a recoiling line.
 
Accordingly, in the system, which is designed for a packaging capacity of 10 coils per hour, coils of up to 40 mt in weight will be packed fully automatically. Delivery of the component assemblies is planned for March 2012.
 
PRO-TEC owns and operates two hot dip galvanizing lines in Leipsic, Ohio, that primarily serve the quality-critical automotive, appliance and construction industries. PRO-TEC's annual production capability is approximately 1.2 million mt. US Steel supplies PRO-TEC with all of its requirements of cold rolled sheets and markets all of its products.