Posted on 25 Jul 2016
Primetals Technologies, an engineering, plant-building and lifecycle services partner for the metals industry with a facility in Worcester, recently helped upgrade a Thai steel plant.
Primetals, a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens, helped Kobelco Millcon Steel Co. Ltd. modernize its wire rod mill in Rayong, Thailand, with upgrades to expand local supply of special steel products; speed increases with new mill stand gear drives, water box, pinch roll/laying head upgrades; and will install a Morgan Reducing Sizing Mill supplied with quick change feature to produce thermomechanically rolled products and improve tolerances, mechanical properties and coil packages, according to a news release.
When completed in May 2017, the mill will supply steel rods for automotive parts.
The mill was originally supplied in 1998 by the former Morgan Construction Company, now owned by Primetals Technologies, which recommissioned it in 2015.
