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EuroWire – January 2009 17
english corporate news
ArcelorMittal Brasil SA, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, has placed an order with Concast
AG, Switzerland, a company of the SMS
group, for the supply of a secondary-
metallurgy centre and 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 also been ordered,
from SMS Meer.
The ladle furnace, with a capacity of
130t 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 scope of the order comprises the
supply of the complete mechanical
and electrical equipment and auto-
mation for Levels 1 and 2, as well as
training, supervision of erection and
commissioning.
With this order, ArcelorMittal Brasil SA
has already ordered the fourth succes-
sive ladle furnace from Concast. The
continuous caster will represent the latest
state of the art in the group’s facilities for
the production of wire for tyre carcasses.
Concast AG – Switzerland
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Contract for Brazil tyre cord facility
Alcatel – Lucent selected for
eircom’s all-IP network
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by
eircom, Ireland’s largest fixed-line
service provider, to supply a seamless
next generation network as part of its
transformation to all-IP.
Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end solution will
enable eircom to offer innovative triple
play services such as IPTV and converged
communications services to both its
residential and enterprise customers.
eircom is expecting to improve its time
to market while reducing its operational
expenses through the simplification
and optimisation of the new converged
infrastructure.
Phase One of the project, covering the
major nodes in Dublin, is scheduled to be
operational by the end of 2008.
Demand for new services from
eircom is being driven by innovative
content offerings such as international
sports broadcasts available from
satellite operators. By transforming
its network, eircom will have access
to programming choices that
are not available through traditional
terrestrial broadcasting stations in
Ireland.
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its Triple Play
Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA),
enabling eircom to accelerate its IP
transformation and to deliver a range
of advanced, personalised multimedia
services combining voice, data and
video.
Alcatel-Lucent is also responsible
for the overall project management,
maintenance and network integration,
including OSS consulting and software
integration services for eircom’s network.
As part of its TPSDA, Alcatel-Lucent will
provide eircom with an IP/MPLS core
and edge multiservice network solution
based on its 7750 Service Router, 7450
Ethernet Service Switch and 5750
Subscriber Service Controller. eircom has
also selected Alcatel-Lucent’s broadband
access solutions based on its 7302 ISAM
and its 8950 Service Fulfilment (SF) for
the end-to-end provisioning of triple
play services.
Alcatel-Lucent currently deploys its
TPSDA with more than 50 operators.
Alcatel-Lucent – France
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