LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH

18 Newsletter 2/2010
Cost-efficient solution
for growth regions
Especially when a project needs to be completed
”on a greenfield site” the customers
often choose a cost-efficient minimill solution.
This type of plant pays off particularly
for steel producers in the growth regions
of Asia, the Middle East or South America,
but also in the established markets of Europe
and the USA the minimills are becoming
more and more important.
Next to the sector of tourism, the heavy industry
in Thailand has developed in recent
years to the most important source of income
for the Thai population. Economies
such as the USA, Australia and Japan use the
favorable conditions in the country of orchids
to invest in new production facilities.
Minimills
Advanced SMS technology ensures smooth production. Eric Hetzel (left), Site Manager,
assists in the control room.
Two steel plants
already realized
Such is the case also for the Japanese Siam Yamato Group, a joint
venture between the Thai family-owned Siam Group and the
Japanese Yamato Group. Two large steel plants have been built in
the Map Tha Put Industrial Zone, 100 km south of Bangkok. Plant
No. 2 has been planned and constructed together with SMS as
general contractor. 400,000 t per year of medium sections will be
produced. The minimill technology from SMS ensures favorable
production costs, high productivity and necessary flexibility for
the production of different sizes and products.
Most modern plant
of its kind in South East Asia
In close cooperation between Swiss and German experts from SMS
the most modern plant of its kind was built in South East Asia. SMS
Concast realized a steel plant with state-of-the-art technology. The
associated section mill from SMS Meer features different levels and
has a capacity of 400,000 t. Sections with edge lengths between
100 x 50 and 350 mm x 175 mm are predominantly produced.