Siemens to supply new casters to SAIL

Friday, 30 November 2007 14:05:05 (GMT+3)   |  
       

Siemens Group Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) has announced that it has received a major order from Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the supply of two new 6-strand billet casters and one new 4-strand bloom/beam-blank combi-caster, which are to be installed at the company's IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The contract in question includes the supply of basic and detail engineering, equipment, as well as advisory and training services. The value of the order exceeds €80 million. The project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2010.

Having an annual crude steel production output exceeding 13 million mt, SAIL is the largest steel producer in India. It has five integrated iron and steel plants at Bhilai, Durgapur, Rourkela, Bokaro and Burnpur, and four plants at Salem, Durgapur, Bhadravati and Chandrapur.


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