TPT January 2008

rolling plants for sections, wire rod and bar steel.

1999 to form SMS Demag AG created a world leader in the construction of plants for the steel, aluminium and copper industries with a complete process chain extending from crude iron production right through steelmaking, continuous casting, rolling mill and tubemaking technologies, up to processing and finishing lines for hot and cold strip. Within the structure of SMS Demag AG, SMS Meer was established from the former ‘Tube and Copper Plants’ business unit of Mannesmann Demag Metallurgy. In 2001, the ‘Long Product Rolling Mills Division’ was integrated into SMS Meer. As part of a reorganisation in 2003, SMS Meer became part of the ‘Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology’ business area of the SMS Group. The product range of SMS Meer essentially consists of manufacturing plants and automated finishing systems for seamless and welded steel tubes (diameters from 4-1,800mm), hydraulic presses such as open-die forging presses and powder presses, and casting and

This is in addition to casting and rolling plants for extrusion billets, strips, wire rod, anodes and tubes made from non- ferrous and precious metals, plants for the production and further processing of aluminium billets and slabs, together with plants for recycling aluminium.

Parts can be produced within a length range of 10mm to 640mm, with tube diameters from 3mm to 120mm and bars from 3mm to 80mm. The standard stock length of loaded bars is from 3,000mm to 6,500mm, while a maximum of 12,000mm can be accommodated upon request. › Sinico’s Top 1000 CNC automatic cut-off and end-finishing machine œ

Website : www.sms-meer.com

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Website : www.sinico.com

Tube & Pipe Technology is the international trade magazine for the tube and pipe industries, published six times a year in the English language. Covering the production, processing and utilisation of tube and pipe, each issue provides coverage of essential industry news, personnel changes and technology and product updates.

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The merger between SMS Schloemann- Siemag AG and the metallurgical plant division of Mannesmann Demag AG in

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