EuroWire January 2007

corporate news

Three new lines to increase capacity at WISCO

at a glance. . . Joining forces has been one big success story for Nashtec – the offshoot of an alliance between Germany’s Nabaltec AG and American Alumina producer Sherwin Alumina. In October last year they started production at their ultra-modern newly-built facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, of fine precipitated Aluminium hydroxide as halogen free, flame retardant filler (registered trademark Apyral®40CD). The plant, adjacent to the Sherwin Alumina site, includes a precipitator, a drying and filter system, and has an annual production capability of 25,000 tonnes. u u u Techint Goodfellow Technologies Inc (TGTI), Canada, has received an order from Ternium Hylsa, Mexico, to install a Goodfellow EFSOP™ process control system. Ternium Hylsa’s activities cover a wide range of areas, from the extraction of iron from its own mines and the manufacture of steel, to the production of finished products. The new Goodfellow EFSOP system is destined for Ternium Hylsa’s Monterrey plant, the company’s flat products division. The system will be installed in a scrap preheating finger shaft furnace which operates with scrap and continuous DRI pellet meltdown conditions. u u u DSM, Holland, shareholders have appointed Rolf-Dieter Schwalb as a member of the managing board of directors and chief financial officer. Born and raised in Germany, he is an all-round and experienced CFO at Board level with business experience, who masters all the functional areas of the finance function. u u u Nottingham, UK-based, end-of-line packaging solutions specialists MJ Maillis has introduced a large choice of edgeboard solutions, made of plastic and cardboard, for companies who want to minimise damage to goods in transit. Specially formulated to protect products during shipping and storage, the edgeboard has been designed to provide protection against impact, scuffing and scratching.

Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Company (WISCO), China, produced the first galvanised coil on the last of three new continuous hot-dip galvanising lines supplied by SMS Demag, Germany, on 1 st October – two months after the third and second had processed their first coils. The coating processes used by line one, involving GA (Galvannealed) and GI (Galvanised), and those used by line two with GI and GF (Galfan), and by line three with GI and AL/Zn enable WISCO to produce high-quality grades such as CQ, DQ, DDQ, EDDQ, SEDDQ, CQ-HSS, DQ-HSS, DDQ-HSS, BH-HSS, TRIP and DP. Strip width for the new line is 1,000 to 2,080mm and the strip gauge is 0.4 to 2.5mm with an annual capacity of around 475,000 tonnes. The maximum process speed amounts to 200m/minute for all three facilities. The grades produced on the lines find a wide variety of uses in the automotive industry and for the manufacture of household appliances. With the commissioning of the hot- dip galvanising lines, WISCO will be

increasing its annual production capacity by 1,240,000 tonnes. SMS Demag – Germany Fax : +49 211 881 4386 Email : thilo.sagermann@sms-group.com Website : www.sms-group.com Growing range A growing product range is just one outcome of the collaboration with Haver & Boecker, Germany, for Haver Standard India Pvt Ltd. One of the leading wire weaving companies in India, Haver Standard’s teams have been working closely with customers to expand their range. Currently they offer woven wire mesh, spinneret disc filters/candle filters, demister pad/misterscreen, knitmesh – column packing pads/random packings, and silver wirecloth/silver granules. Haver Standard India Pvt Ltd – India Fax : +91 22 2208 6915 Email : wiremesh@haverstandard.com Website : www.haverstandard.com

AIM’s European opening AIM Europe celebrated the grand opening of its new 3,000m 2 factory in Athens, Greece, last September. More than 150 guests joined President, Constantine Grapsas in opening the new premises which will serve the markets of Europe, Africa, Middle East and Russia. “AIM Europe SA will give the same level of quality and support in Europe that we have been giving to our clients for over 15 years in North America,” said Grapsas. AIM Inc – one of the leaders in the steel wire machine industry – manufactures CNC wire bending equipment. AIM Europe SA – Greece Fax : +30 22620 59231

Email : info@AIMEuropeSA.com Website : www.aim-inc-usa.com

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EuroWire – January 2007