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Simona acquires PE pipe system company PLASTIC pipes company SimonaAG has acquired 100 per cent of the share capital of Peak Pipe Systems Limited, based in Chesterfield, UK, from Bridgstock Limited, a family-run holding company, also headquartered in Chesterfield. applications while supporting the group in its efforts to achieve its growth targets in the infrastructure and aquaculture markets within the EMEA region. The group’s product portfolio in the UK will also be expanded significantly as a result of the acquisition. renewable energy markets, which we intend to cultivate in a targeted manner with the help of our EMEA business-line organisation launched in 2021,” said Matthias Schönberg, chairman of the board of Simona. Plant supplied by Primetals Technologies sets two steelmaking records in Turkey PRIMETALS Technologies has The acquisition will underpin Simona Group’s strategic realignment, where the aim is to achieve a strong focus on “PEAK opens up growth potential for us in the infrastructure, aquaculture and Simona AG www.simona.de

panel leakage, and furnace refractory problems were avoided because of this. Also, the VOD-system needs to be designed for a very large heat size – usually, these plants operate with heat sizes between 60 to 150 tons of stainless steel. The VOD-system is a tank degassing unit which, compared to a VD-plant, is additionally equipped with an oxygen blowing lance, vacuum pump regulation for oxygen blowing conditions, and other necessary components such as gas cooling, dust filtering and CO-burning systems. Furthermore, advanced process models are required to reach accurate end process parameters such as end chemical analysis and liquid steel temperature. The additional oxygen supply can be used for producing extra low carbon stainless steel grades (forced decarburisation) or for chemical heating of the melt in conjunction with aluminium/ silicon additions (the VD-OB process). Çolakoğlu operates an electric steel plant in Dilovası, located in the western part of Turkey. The main products at this plant are slabs, which are further processed in a hot-rolling mill and billets used for producing reinforcing steel bars and steel rock bolt. The Çolakoğlu electric steelmaking plant was supplied by Primetals Technologies and has been in operation for several years. In late 2020, the plant was modernised and upgraded to become a VOD plant.

this determination. While giving credit to my colleagues who have carried the flag and achieved extraordinary results, I send special thanks to Primetals Technologies for good collaboration and support. Together we create value by recycling stainless scrap, thus creating stainless steel for the Turkish industry – and we will contribute to reducing Turkey’s trade deficit by replacing imports,” said Uğur Dalbeler, CEO of Çolakoğlu. To reach the results like the ones at the VOD plant, the process parameters for the furnace had to be very accurate and well-thought-out to allow tapping at high temperatures. Any clogging issues during tapping, water-cooled

announced that one of its vacuum oxygen decarburisation (VOD) plants achieved a heat size of 298.2 tons marking a record for the steel-making company. In addition, the same plant reached a carbon content of five parts per million (ppm) after decarburisation, which marked another record for VOD plants. The plant, which is operated by Turkish steel producer Çolakoğlu operates the plant, is located in Dilovası about 60km to the southeast of Istanbul. “A pioneer in the Turkish steel industry, Çolakoğlu has the courage to try new things. Our achievement at the VOD plant is the latest proof of

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One of Primetals Technologies’ vacuum oxygen decarburisation (VOD) plants achieved a heat size of 298.2 tons

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