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Siemens VAI to Supply Reversing Intermediate Mill for Acciaierie Venete
Aug. 15, 2008 Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Italian long-product producer Acciaierie Venete SpA to supply the mechanical equipment for a new reversing intermediate mill at the company's factory in Mura. The project has a volume of several million euros.
Siemens VAI will engineer and supply the mechanical equipment for a new reversing intermediate mill on Acciaierie Venete’s long-product rolling line in Mura. This comprises two vertical and horizontal rolling stands based on Red Ring technology. The scope of supply also includes the fluid systems, a total of three spare stands and the engineering for adapting the existing equipment to the new intermediate mill.
Siemens VAI will also provide a consulting service for erection and commissioning of the modernized rolling line.
The new mill is due for completion in the second half of 2009.
Headquartered in Padua, Italy, Acciaierie Venete is an important producer of long products in Europe. The company produces a comprehensive range of round and section products made of carbon and quality steel for construction and other uses from its six production facilities in Italy, including the Mura factory in the province of Brescia. The group's annual steel production amounts to around two million tonnes.
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