Austria-based plantmaker Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has announced the receipt of an order from Chinese steelmaker Shagang Wide Plate Mills Co. Ltd. (Shagang) to provide scheduled service support for its five-meter plate mill No. 1 at its Zhangjiagang Works, in order to increase its reliability and availability up to a high level.
The plate mill in Zhangjiagang is fitted with Siemens mechanical and electrical equipment, and has been in operation since January 2007. The plant can produce some 1.8 million mt of heavy plate per annum, mainly for shipbuilding, tube manufacture and the construction industry in China.
Shagang is part of the Jiangsu Shagang Group which, with an annual production of some 23 million mt, is one of China's leading steelmakers.