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The Korean joint venture between POSCO
and SeAH Special Steel, POS – SeAH
Steel Wire (Nantong) Co Ltd, located near
Shanghai, has placed an order with Ebner
for the second expansion phase of the
existing bell annealer facility.
This is to anneal hot rolled and cold
formed steel wire in straight hydrogen or
nitrogen atmosphere.
With this second expansion phase,
comprising two workbases and related
equipment, the HICON/H2
® bell
annealer facility now comprises five
workbases, three heating bells, two
cooling bells, electrical systems
including a visualisation system and
shared facilities such as hydraulic and
pressure control systems.
The facility can process charges of up to
50 tons of cold-heading grade or ball
bearing steel for annealing at up to
810°C.
The facility is scheduled to start
production in mid-2011.
EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH –
Austria
Fax: +43 732 6868
Email:
Website:
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Ebner’s major role in
second expansion
Second expansion order for Ebner m m
Royal DSM NV is to buy a 51 per
cent stake in AGI Corporation of
Taiwan for around €48 million. The
deal will be completed through a
subscription for newly to be issued
shares combined with a public
tender offer.
Royal DSM NV – Netherlands
Fax: +31 45 571 97 53
Email :
Website:
DSM’s €48 million
stake in Taiwan’s AGI
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