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ANDRITZ to supply production lines to Nucor Steel Arkansas, USA

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Graz, March 28, 2017. International technology Group ANDRITZ has
received an order from steel producer Nucor to supply turn-key
production lines for its new specialty cold rolling mill complex at
the company's sheet steel mill in Hickman, Arkansas, USA. Start-up of
the plant is scheduled for the second half of 2018. The 650,000 short
ton p. a. expansion project will increase Nucor Steel Hickman's
production of specialty grades, including third-generation, advanced
high-strength steels, high-strength low-alloy steels, and
high-efficiency electrical steels.

The ANDRITZ METALS scope of supply includes a high-performance push
pickling line with line speeds of up to 200 m/min for pickling
hot-rolled carbon steel. Besides complete ANDRITZ in-house electrics
and automation, an advanced ANDRITZ multi-roll leveler for highly
effective shape correction and a powerful ANDRITZ 4-high skin pass
mill are included. Thanks to the multi-roll-leveler and the skin pass
mill, the push pickling line will achieve superior material flatness
in addition to the well-known, excellent ANDRITZ strip surface.

The order also comprises a reduction cold rolling mill equipped with
the ANDRITZ S6-high technology as well as a temper rolling mill in
4-high design, including reduction mode (prepared for future S6-high
mode as well). With rolling speeds of up to 800 m/min, the mills
process advanced high-strength steel of the third generation and even
beyond for material grades of up to 2,000 MPa. All rolling units
(skin pass, reduction, and temper mill), which are operated with
state-of-the-art ANDRITZ in-house electrics and automation, are
equipped with correspondingly fast and automated roll change
equipment, integrated bridle rolls, advanced strip drying, and gauge
controls to ensure tightest tolerances.

Nucor Corporation, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA,
is the largest steel producer in North America and the largest
"mini-mill" steelmaker (i.e. it uses electric arc furnaces to melt
scrap steel as opposed to blast furnaces to melt iron). The company
is also North America's largest recycler of any material.

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