Press Releases
- Current Press Releases
December 21, 2011
Ellwood National Steel orders VOD facility from SMS Siemag LLCDecember 21, 2011
At Severstal, SMS Siemag successfully commissions a second production line comprising an electric steel plant, a second CSP®-casting strand and a push-pull pickling lineDecember 14, 2011
First heat and first slab at Maghreb Steel (photos)December 6, 2011
Changes at the top of SMS Siemag AG and SMS Holding GmbHNovember 24, 2011
Heavy-plate mill for Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.November 24, 2011
Panzhihua orders two annealing lines for the production of high-quality strips for the automotive and electrical appliances industriesOctober 27, 2011
P. T. Gunung orders slab caster from SMS SiemagSeptember 13, 2011
Shougang Jingtang orders two electrolytic tinning linesAugust 23, 2011
Essar Steel: Production on the new CSP® plant sets new standardsAugust 16, 2011
China Steel orders new 270-t twin ladle furnaceAugust 12, 2011
ArcelorMittal orders converter tilting drive from SMS SiemagAugust 12, 2011
Gazi Metal orders a new cold rolling complex from SMS SiemagAugust 9, 2011
Ternium Siderar orders pallet transport system for hot coilsAugust 9, 2011
Shandong Weiqiao orders high-bay store and coil transport system from SMS Logistiksysteme GmbHAugust 9, 2011
SMS Logistiksystem GmbH starts up fully automated coil logistics system at Asia AlumAugust 5, 2011
Bhushan Steel puts a continuous slab caster from SMS Siemag into operation-
August 5, 2011
Expansion of Continuous Caster 3 at Salzgitter Flachstahl Photo July 26, 2011
SMS Siemag receives an order from JSW Steel Limited to construct a pickling line/tandem cold millJuly 26, 2011
SMS Siemag acquires know-how of GATV Gesellschaft für aero- und thermodynamische Verfahrenstechnik-
June 29, 2011
SMS takes over Metix (Pty)., South Africa Photo June 28, 2011
SMS Siemag expands the 5.0-m heavy-plate mill for Hyundai Steel-
June 28, 2011
Tokyo Steel grants acceptance for SMS Siemag-supplied slab caster Photo June 28, 2011
Hyundai Steel orders 4.3-m heavy-plate millJune 27, 2011
METEC: Preparing the ground for new business, attracting and securing new talentJune 7, 2011
Bahru Stainless requests SMS Siemag to supply a 20-roll cold mill for the production of stainless-steel stripMay 24, 2011
New primary gas cleaning system for converter steelworksMay 24, 2011
CSP plant with three strands at Essar SteelMay 12, 2011
Yichang Three Gorges places order with SMS Siemag for the supply of two annealing lines including the Chinese local portionApril 20, 2011
SMS Siemag commissions new meltshop in RussiaApril 13, 2011
Modernization of DanSteel heavy plate millApril 13, 2011
Shougang Jingtang orders a continuous annealing line for the production of tinplateFebrurary 25, 2011
PRO-TEC Coating Compound orders packaging line for 40-t steel coils from SMS LogistiksystemeFebrurary 25, 2011
Erdos Junzheng Energy & Chemical Industry awards contract for four submerged arc furnaces for the production of calcium carbide to SMS SiemagFebrurary 25, 2011
ASAS orders a color coating line for aluminum and steelJanuary 13, 2011
Official start of new works of ThyssenKrupp Steel in Alabama
- Archive 2010
December 15, 2010
Ma'aden-Alcoa to receive hot and cold rolling complex for aluminum flat products from SMS SiemagDecember 15, 2010
The first tandem mill of its type in South AmericaDecember 15, 2010
Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd. Orders new CVC® plus aluminum cold rolling mill in six-high design from SMS SiemagNovember 25, 2010
Henan Zhongfu orders a hot rolling mill for the production of aluminum can stripNovember 25, 2010
SMS Siemag performs successful modernization of Continuous Caster No. 5November 08, 2010
X-Cast® stainless-steel slab caster put successfully into operation at Salem Steel Plant by SMS SiemagSeptember 30, 2010
Fuxin Special Steel orders a stainless steel plant with energy recoveryAugust 25, 2010
Worldwide unique casting concept offers new steel grades and is resource-friendlyJuly 8, 2010
Kazachrome places an order for a new ferrochrome worksJuly 8, 2010
The fourth continuous slab caster supplied by SMS Siemag is successfully commissioned at Salzgitter FlachstahlJune 29, 2010
SMS Siemag inaugurates training workshopMay 27, 2010
Dragon Steel awards SMS Siemag an order to extend the X-Melt® converter shop in TaiwanMarch 24, 2010
X-Cast® combination continuous caster at Peiner TragerMarch 3, 2010
Submerged arc furnaces for the production of silicon metal successfully put on stream at China Blusestar International
- Archive 2009
September 25, 2009
SMS Siemag inaugurates new office complex and modernized piping shopAugust 31, 2009
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. orders X-Melt® electric steelmaking plant with hot DRI chargingAugust 31, 2009
LCR plus dynamic thickness reduction successfully commissioned at Maanshan Iron & Steel (Masteel)July 24, 2009
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK), Russia, commissions extensive equipment made by SMS. Order value EUR 400 million.July 21, 2009
Modernization of submerged arc furnace at RW silicium GmbH successfully completedJuly 1, 2009
X-Melt® electric arc furnace for the production of special steels put into operation at OMZ by SMS Siemag AGJuly 1, 2009
Modernization of Continuous Caster No. 5 at AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke (Dillinger Hütte)June 24, 2009
X-Cast® continuous slab caster successfully commissioned by SMS Siemag AGJune 24, 2009
LY Steel orders a heavy dividing shear lineJune 17, 2009
Order intake, sales and profit increase again in 2008 – long-term investments for stronger competitiveness despite drop in order intakeApril 15, 2009
Secondary gas-cleaning system at Tata Steel put successfully into operationApril 15, 2009
Cooperation agreement signed by Hebei Iron & Steel Group and SMS Siemag AGMarch 31, 2009
SMS Demag to become SMS SiemagJanuary 23, 2009
SMS Demag acquires the E & A division of BEA GroupJanuary 22, 2009
Norddeutsche Affinerie AG orders a rotary converter for copper
- Archive 2008
December 15, 2008
Founding of SURCON GmbHDecember 15, 2008
ThyssenKrupp Steel USA orders the world's largest hydrochloric acid regeneration plantDecember 15, 2008
Rourkela Steel Plant increases its production capacity X-Cast® slab caster from SMS DemagNovember 17, 2008
CVC® plus six-high cold rolling mill for Shanghai Datun AluminiumNovember 17, 2008
X-Melt® electric steel plant at OAO Severskij Tube taken successfully into operation by SMS Demag AGOctober 31, 2008
Essar Steel orders third casting strand for its CSP® plantOctober 23, 2008
X-Cast® continuous slab caster successfully commissioned at Amurmetal by SMS Demag AGOctober 6, 2008
A new company founded: SMS ELEX AG - Environmental engineering and filter systems for steelmakingSeptember 25, 2008
Wuppermann adopts a new galvanizing processSeptember 4, 2008
Continuous bloom caster taken successfully into operation at Ural SteelAugust 27, 2008
IISCO Steel Plant orders the building of a new X-Melt® converter shopAugust 4, 2008
Jindal South West implements the second expansion phaseAugust 4, 2008
Secondary dust collection system successfully commissioned in the steelworks of JSW SteelJuly 25, 2008
Extension of the X-Roll® heavy-plate mill at Qinhuangdao ShouqinJune 25, 2008
Chinalco Shanghai Copper places order for X-Roll® cold rolling millJune 12, 2008
Posco order for X-Roll® heavy-plate rolling millMay 30, 2008
Peiner Träger orders EAF meltshop X-Melt® and first combined continuous slab/beam blank continuous casterMay 30, 2008
Salzgitter orders fourth continuous casterMay 21, 2008
SMS group helps quake victims in ChinaMay 16, 2008
Benxi orders two X-Roll® 20-roll cold millsMay 15, 2008
PTKS (Krakatau Steel) modernizes its X-Roll® hot strip millApril 29, 2008
Machine and plant builder SMS group achieves record business year – significant increase in order intake, sales, and profitApril 21, 2008
ThyssenKrupp AST orders new 20-roll cold rolling mill X-Roll®April 21, 2008
Electric steel plant X-Melt® and continuous slab caster X-Cast® for Maghreb SteelMarch 25, 2008
NLMK modernizes its hot strip millFebruary 29, 2008
X-Cast® stainless-steel slab caster for Salem Steel Plant, IndiaFebruary 29, 2008
Ternium Siderar orders a coilerFebruary 27, 2008
ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA orders an annealing and pickling line for hot stripFebruary 27, 2008
X-Melt® ladle furnace successfully taken into operation at GeorgsmarienhütteFebruary 25, 2008
Tata Steel places order for steelworks and CSP® plantFebruary 25, 2008
Baoshan Iron & Steel orders a 20-roll mill, a continuous annealing line and a continuous pickling lineFebruary 25, 2008
Bhushan extends its CSP® facilityJanuary 21, 2008
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant contract for X-Melt® BOF meltshop
- Archive 2007
December 21, 2007
First coil at Shougang CorporationDecember 21, 2007
A twin-stand Steckel mill for Maghreb SteelDecember 19, 2007
Cooperation with Linde AG in the field of REBOX®-DFIDecember 19, 2007
Revamping of the hot strip mill at Salzgitter FlachstahlDecember 19, 2007
Vyksa Steel orders a heavy-plate mill for tube steelsDecember 14, 2007
Hyundai Steel orders heavy-plate rolling millDecember 14, 2007
Modernization of the G Steel casting-rolling plantDecember 14, 2007
Baosteel orders a roughing stand for heavy-plate millNovember 22, 2007
Handan Iron and Steel orders a shearing lineNovember 7, 2007
Corus Staal orders an X-Melt 330-t twin ladle furnaceOctober 18, 2007
OMZ orders an ARCCESS® electric arc furnace with dust collecting facilityOctober 16, 2007
SMS Demag attracts major order from ThyssenKrupp SteelOctober 4, 2007
Jindal Steel & Power produces India's thickest and widest slabsSeptember 13, 2007
Major orders from MMK totaling approx. EUR 1 billionAugust 30, 2007
Colakoglu Metalurji orders a compact hot strip millAugust 22, 2007
Two CVC® 6-HS cold strip mills for Qinghai Ping An AluminiumAugust 22, 2007
ArcelorMittal Gent is changing over to converter gas recoveryAugust 22, 2007
Arcelor Bremen GmbH awards modernization orderAugust 14, 2007
Chinalco Ruimin orders a CVC® six-high cold rolling millAugust 14, 2007
Baoshan Iron & Steel orders Steckel millJuly 25, 2007
Tata Steel to boost production of its hot strip millJuly 13, 2007
SMS Demag and Midrex sign alliance agreementJuly 13, 2007
Two continuous casters taken into operation at MasteelJuly 13, 2007
Heidtman Steel Products, Inc. to install a new multi-blanking lineJune 29, 2007
POSCO places order for world's first continuous tandem mill with 18-high stand technologyJune 29, 2007
AG der Dillinger Hütte places order for dividing shear and modernization of its crop shearJune 12, 2007
Tokyo Steel orders a two-strand slab caster from SMS Demag AGJune 6, 2007
TPCO orders 20-roll cold mills Nos. 3 and 4June 4, 2007
SMS Demag AG takes over HellingrathMay 24, 2007
Bhushan Steel Ltd. orders slab casterMay 14, 2007
Dongkuk modernizes heavy plate millMay 14, 2007
Tokyo Steel orders a continuous pickling line, a laser welding machine and an acid regeneration plantApril 25, 2007
JYXC casts the first heat on the jumbo bloom casterApril 25, 2007
Icdas Celik A.S. orders minimillApril 25, 2007
Two minimills for Tianjin Iron & Steel Co Ltd.April 19, 2007
Machine and plant builder SMS group boosts order intake, sales and profitApril 11, 2007
Yingkou places order for two-stand heavy-plate millMarch 15, 2007
Wuhan Iron & Steel commences production with the continuous annealing lineMarch 8, 2007
Turnkey steelworks at CelsaMarch 2, 2007
Continuous slab caster for Mittal SteelMarch 2, 2007
UGINE & ALZ modernizes four-high cold rolling millMarch 2, 2007
Integrated electric steelworks and continuous casting facilities for long productsFebruary 16, 2007
China Steel orders fifth continuous casterFebruary 16, 2007
ThyssenKrupp Steel modernizes the Bochum hot strip millFebruary 12, 2007
Tata Steel commissions SMS Demag to build the largest oxygen steelworks and the most powerful continuous slab caster in IndiaFebruary 12, 2007
Essar Steel orders steelworks and CSP® plantFebruary 12, 2007
The first of three BOF converters is modernized at Tata SteelFebruary 9, 2007
Shougang Jingtang Iron & Steel places order for hot strip millFebruary 9, 2007
Wisco places order for CSP® plantFebruary 9, 2007
Baoshan puts into operation a 300-t ladle furnaceFebruary 1, 2007
MMK places an order for a continuous caster and a 5-m heavy plate millJanuary 29, 2007
Jindal South West orders a continuous casterJanuary 29, 2007
Outokumpu Stainless AB to modernize its Avesta stainless steel annealing and pickling lineJanuary 29, 2007
Electric arc furnace successfully commissioned at Feng HsinJanuary 19, 2007
Electric arc furnace meltshop for OAO Severskij TubeJanuary 19, 2007
Secondary metallurgy upgrade project at GeorgsmarienhütteJanuary 19, 2007
Jindal South West to order dedusting plantJanuary 19, 2007
Salzgitter Flachstahl orders converterJanuary 11, 2007
Strong growth at SMS group
- Archive 2006
December 14, 2006
ThyssenKrupp Steel modernizes the Beeckerwerth hot strip millDecember 12, 2006
Liuzhou Iron & Steel takes a continuous caster into operationDecember 12, 2006
The first of two continuous casters goes into operation at the TMK GroupDecember 12, 2006
First two-stand aluminum cold rolling mill for ChinaDecember 5, 2006
Dragon Steel orders a converter steelworksNovember 28, 2006
Essar Steel puts India's most modern continuous caster into operationNovember 21, 2006
SMS Mevac GmbH - Duplex RH plant for Qinhuangdao Shouqin MetalNovember 8, 2006
SMS Demag AG, Germany, has made two new appointments at its American subsidiary, SMS Demag Inc., located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.October 31, 2006
Eighth RH-TOP plant for Anshan Iron & SteelOctober 24, 2006
Shagang Group orders minimill and continuous casterOctober 24, 2006
Growing demand for vacuum-treated steelOctober 24, 2006
Concast supplies a continuous caster to Mechel TargovisteOctober 24, 2006
POSCO orders continuous caster for bloomsOctober 24, 2006
Shagang Rongsheng orders five-strand billet casterOctober 23, 2006
WISCO coats three "first coils"October 23, 2006
Bilstein modernizes four-stand tandem millOctober 18, 2006
SMS Demag modernizes hot strip mill for NLMKOctober 18, 2006
Second order within a year for the modernization of coiler units at ThyssenKrupp SteelOctober 9, 2006
CVRD places order for world's largest ferro-nickelSeptember 19, 2006
Revamp order from NovelisSeptember 19, 2006
Aluminum-plate hot rolling mill for Northeast Light Alloy Co.September 19, 2006
First coil at Hydro Aluminium Slim after only 16 monthsSeptember 14, 2006
SSAB orders a coiler system from SMS Demag AGSeptember 7, 2006
Chain-type magnetic separator successfully commissioned at Columbus StainlessSeptember 7, 2006
Tata Steel orders a ladle furnaceSeptember 7, 2006
Isdemir revamp to gas recoverySeptember 7, 2006
Kardemir orders gas recovery plantAugust 16, 2006
Integrated anode casting plant for MopaniAugust 11, 2006
RIVA group orders two hot-dip galvanizing linesAugust 3, 2006
Baosteel orders four silicon strip processing linesJuly 25, 2006
Arcelor orders world's largest hot strip coilerJuly 21, 2006
Tiantie orders coupled pickling line/tandem cold millJuly 21, 2006
SMS Demag AG builds an iron and steel plant on the Persian GulfJuly 21, 2006
First coil produced on continuous annealing line at Angang New Steel Co.July 20, 2006
Handan Iron & Steel orders Duplex RH-TOP degassing plantJuly 20, 2006
SMS Mevac GmbH successfully completes modernization at OEMKJune 7, 2006
CSP® facility at Jisco produces its first coilJune 7, 2006
Ural Steel and SMS Demag AG consolidateJune 7, 2006
SMS Demag AG expands plate mill at XiangtanApril 27, 2006
Modernization order from Ruukki: Equipment for direct quenching of high-strength platesApril 19, 2006
Benxi Iron & Steel orders two cold rolling millsApril 19, 2006
SMS Demag Inc.: Beta Steel caster conversionApril 14, 2006
Techint and SMS Demag acquire LOI ThermprocessApril 6, 2006
Machine and plant constructor SMS group increases order intake, sales and profitApril 4, 2006
Baotou orders a heavy-plate millMarch 31, 2006
A new SMS Demag AG workshop in ChinaMarch 17, 2006
EKO Stahl orders new control systems for two convertersMarch 17, 2006
ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni orders an annealing and pickling line for specialty steel stripMarch 9, 2006
Modernization of continuous annealing line at ThyssenKrupp SteelMarch 3, 2006
SMS Demag acquires majority interest in DependeqFebruary 23, 2006
Riva orders billet casterFebruary 22, 2006
China Steel Corporation contract for continuous annealing lineFebruary 14, 2006
SMS GmbH takes over Siemens shares in SMS Demag AGFebruary 1, 2006
World's widest continuous caster successfully commissioned at Anyang Iron & SteelJanuary 27, 2006
Duplex-RH-Unit for Benxi successfully commissionedJanuary 27, 2006
RH unit at CSC successfully modernizedJanuary 25, 2006
Four-strand continuous bloom caster modernized at VolzhskyJanuary 25, 2006
ThyssenKrupp Steel orders three coiler systemsJanuary 11, 2006
Successful commissioning of dedusting plant at Wuhan Iron & Steel