EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

Primetals and Tangshan have achieved a great performance in project execution to enable a fast development of Tangshan’s new #2 Cold Rolling Mill Complex dedicated to the most valuable products in cold rolled, annealed and coated coils. The project was not limited to equipment delivery and line start-up but included challenging steps in production while considering the three processes, cold rolling, annealing and coating requesting a great experience in all processes, reliable technology, to enable performance in production throughput and quality as per market expectation. The time-to-market key milestone was achieved successfully thanks to a fast project implementation which confirmed first coil within the targeted period of twenty one months after contract effectiveness, along with an efficient commercial production ramp-up in Pickling Line Coupled to a Tandem Cold Mill (PLTCM) and straight forward in Continuous Annealing Line (CAL) and Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL). The single project responsibility under the lead of Primetals Technologies was in favor of smooth and simplified communication route with Tangshan’s team, but also gives great benefit to the operator and maintenance crews due to many commonalities in equipment design and good practice in operation and maintenance. In addition to the process equipment delivered, a Know-How Package from up-stream to finishing production stage has been integrated in the contract to bring steel production and plant organization robustness, and covering the new steel grades and especially for AHSS. The combination of Primetals Technologies expertise in equipment, process and Know-how, associated to Tangshan experience in steel field brought a fast success already recognized on the Chinese market by Tangshan’s clients and the certification dedicated to the most valuable products.