News & Press Releases

London, September 10, 2024

In a world where the demands for modern manufacture are ever-changing, rolling mills require the best technology to produce "flat" strip with minimal defects. The all-new Integral Solenoid Valve (ISV) Electric Compact from Primetals Technologies offers the highest definition control without the need for compressed air supply, reducing both the capital and operating expenditure costs.

London, August 14, 2024

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Yantai Walsin Stainless Steel for a new stainless steel combination mill, enabling Yantai Walsin to produce 420,000 tons per year of stainless steel and nickel alloy products. This new mill meets the increase in market demand for high-quality stainless steel products in China.

London, June 18, 2024

Primetals Technologies has recently received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for a plate finishing mill at Kobe Steel’s plant in Kakogawa, Japan. The mill enables Kobe Steel to improve product quality and further enhance its already short and stable delivery times. 

London, June 05, 2024

Primetals Technologies has developed a highly innovative operational system, the Central Operation Cockpit (COC), that allows for controlling a whole plant from one single point. thyssenkrupp Steel has recently taken an important step toward an autonomous plant, by tasking Primetals Technologies with the implementation of a COC at its hot-strip mill No. 1 in Duisburg.

London, May 29, 2024

Chinese steel producer Baosteel Zhanjiang has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract for the engineering, supply, and startup of a bow-type 2-strand continuous caster for the production of extraordinarily thick slabs. It will produce slabs of record-breaking sections, measuring up to 2,700 millimeters in width at 450 millimeters in thickness.