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Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2009 9
In a move designed to benefit its Eastern European customers and prospects,
Atkin Automation has enhanced its website to offer Russian, Polish, German and
French language options.
Atkin Automation, an international
supplier of coil handling equipment
and systems, is also offering a
selection of pre-owned Atkin and
BHP coil handling equipment that
can be viewed and ordered through
the website. The company believes
that in the current world economic
climate some companies will need to
purchase pre-owned and refurbished
equipment, priced to meet their
reduced capital equipment budgets.
“Interest in Atkin Automation
products from Eastern Europe has
grown significantly over the last year
or so, meaning the development of a
multi-lingual website was very
important,” explained managing
director, Chris Ward.
He continued, “While many companies are finding it nearly impossible to obtain
budget for new capital equipment purchases, we felt it was appropriate to include
pre-owned and refurbished equipment on the website. These initiatives are
designed to encourage the growth of interest from Eastern Europe, whilst giving
companies...a greater number of capital equipment purchase options.”
Atkin Automation Ltd – UK Fax: +44 1842 763614
Email: Website:
Concast contract to supply
ArcelorMittal tyre cord facility
ArcelorMittal Brasil SA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has placed an order with Concast
AG of Switzerland, a company of the SMS group, for the supply of a secondary
metallurgy centre and of a continuous caster for the production of SBQ billets
(special bar quality) for the manufacture of wire for tyres (tyre cord).
Commissioning is scheduled for June 2010.
The facilities to be supplied – a ladle furnace and a continuous caster – will be
incorporated into the existing integrated iron and steel works at Monlevade,
Brazil. This will serve to increase the present capacity of 1.2 million tons to
2.4 million tons of liquid steel per annum.
A wire-rod rolling mill connected to the continuous caster has been ordered
from another SMS group company, SMS Meer.
The ladle furnace, with a capacity of 130 tons and a 24 MVA transformer,
allows a heating rate of around 4.5°C/min. With six strands and a casting
radius of 10.25m, the continuous caster produces square billets in the section
sizes 130 x 130mm and 155 x 155mm. The caster is equipped with mould
stirrers and a hydraulic compact oscillation system.
The continuous caster will represent the latest in state of the art facilities for
the group’s production of wire for tyre carcasses.
Concast AG – Switzerland Fax: +41 44 202 81 22
Email: Website:
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