Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that Jiangsu ChangBao Precision Steel Tube Co., Ltd, based in Changzhou in China’s Jiangsu Province, has ordered a new seamless tube plant from the company.
According to SMS’ statement, with the new seamless tube plant ChangBao will produce tubes within a diameter range of up to 6.5-8.0 inches and wall thicknesses of between 4 mm and 20 millimeters. The new mill have a production capacity of 300,000 mt per year.
The new seamless tube plant is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2020.