News & Press Releases

London, November 14, 2018

A twin vacuum degassing plant (VD) and a continuous bloom caster supplied by Primetals Technologies have been brought into operation at the Chinese special steel producer, Changzhou Eastran Special Steel Co. Ltd. (Changzhou Eastran).

London, August 02, 2018

Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A., part of the Italian Feralpi Group, placed an order with Primetals Technologies to revamp the six-strand billet caster in its Lonato del Garda works in Italy.

London, July 31, 2018

Primetals Technologies is offering operators of continuous caster plants the new SRD (Single-Roll DynaGap) segments, a solution that further improves the interior quality of slabs for steel grades that place high demands on the casting process.

London, July 26, 2018

In December 2017, the stainless-steel continuous slab caster modernized by Primetals Technologies was started up at Outokumpu’s production site in Tornio, Finland. The aims of the project were to increase the annual production capacity of slabs and to enable thicker slabs of austenitic grades to be cast at high speed.

London, May 15, 2018

In April, Primetals Technologies received the Final Acceptance Certificates (FAC) for two two-strand continuous slab casters from Chinese steel producer, Shandong Iron & Steel Group Rizhao Co. Ltd. The casters were hot commissioned within two days in December 2017.