News & Press Releases

London, July 16, 2019

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Primetals Technologies will acquire ABP Induction Systems (ABP), a global manufacturer and servicer of induction furnaces and heating systems from CM Acquisitions, a Chicago based private equity firm.  ABP offers a variety of best-in-class products and comprehensive services to blue-chip customers, including leading automotive OEMs and suppliers, industrial manufacturers, independent foundries as well as steel plant manufacturers and steel producers. MHI and  Primetals Technologies will jointly take ABP’s shares.

London, July 01, 2019

One of China's largest steel producers recently awarded Primetals Technologies an order to optimize the processes of one of its continuous casters. This meant that the leading supplier of automation systems in the metallurgical industry celebrated its 150th order in the last ten years alone for process automation systems (Level 2) in continuous casting.

London, May 17, 2019

Primetals Technologies will supply an Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) line to United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) for its Edgar Thomson Plant at Braddock, Pennsylvania production location. This will be the first ESP line to be constructed in the US. The casting-rolling plant has a rated capacity of 2.5 million metric tons  (2.76 million short tons) of high-quality, ultra-thin strip. With a maximum strip width of 1,956 mm (77”), it will be the widest ESP line ever built.

London, May 16, 2019

Primetals Technologies has received an order from HBIS Group Serbia Iron & Steel LLC (HBIS Serbia) to replace BOF converter #2 at its production site in Smederovo, Serbia. The aim of the project is to improve the process and to raise production capacity. This will be achieved by increasing the converter vessel´s shell volume. At the same time, the critical outer dimensions will remain the same, so that adjacent interfaces may be kept.

London, April 09, 2019

In December 2018, a Meros off-gas cleaning plant supplied by Primetals Technologies was started up at sinter plant No. 3 of Turkish steel producer Karabük Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir), followed by the Meros plants supplied for Kardemir´s sinter plants No. 1 early February and No. 2 in in early March. Each Meros plant is able to treat 400,000 Nm³/h of sinter off-gas, reducing SOx by more than 90% as well as delivering extremely low dust emissions.