TPi July 2019

Business & market news

Complete tube mills destined for steel producer in Europe

SSAB Europe, a steel producer of strip, plate and tube products, has entrusted Fives, a global engineering

group, with the design, production and supply of two complete OTO tube mill lines. Aiming to improve efficiency,

SSAB Europe has been investing to modernise the tube production lines at its Hämeenlinna facility in Finland, to widen its product range and increase premium tubular output. Fives will design, manufacture, supply and commission two complete OTO tube mill lines for welded tubes ranging from 16 to 130mm in diameter. The mill lines will be designed to process high- grade yield carbon steel to produce tubes with 8mm maximum thickness for automotive applications. The scope of supply includes fully automatic entry lines, forming and sizing section with quick change, tools and cut-off units. Fives’ proposal featured technical solutions and production flexibility to meet customised advanced technol- ogy equipment requirements, as well as tight scheduling. The OTO tube mill lines will be designed and preassem- bled at Fives’ plant in Boretto, Italy, and delivered to Hämeenlinna in 2019-2020. Fives is a long-term partner of SSAB, and was recently contracted to modernise the continuous annealing line in SSAB’s Borlänge plant in Sweden. Fives – France www.fivesgroup.com

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