German plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it will upgrade rolling equipment at the heavy section mill of Nucor-Yamato Steel Company (NYS), located in Blytheville, Arkansas, US.
NYS is comprised of two rolling facilities commonly referred to as Mill 1 and Mill 2, capable of producing an annual capacity of 2.4 million tons of finished products. According to SMS, the upgrade will be carried out at NYS’s Mill 2, which produces large wide flange and H-pile sections.
The start up of the mill is scheduled for the second half of 2020.