vertically integrated steel and steel related
mining companies, announced that its
steel production unit, the Cherepovets
Steel Mill, has commissioned its second
color-coating line (CCL-2).
The total investment in the second line
is more than 2.5 billion roubles (US$78.1
million). The new line will double the
plant’s output of coated hot dip rolled
products, in line with Severstal’s stated
strategic focus on increasing output of
high value-added products.
CCL-2 is designed to produce up to
200,000 tons per annum of coated hot dip
rolled products measuring from 0.3mm to
2.0 mm in thickness and up to [1,650 mm
/ 165 cm] in width.
“With the new line coming on-stream,
our annual production of pre-painted galvanized iron will double to reach 400,000
tons per year, and [we anticipate] the company’s share in the Russian polymer-coated
galvanized steel market will increase above
20 percent,” said Alexander Grubman,
CEO of Severstal Russian Steel.
The new line is ecologically friendly,
and includes an air reburning plant to re-burn furnace off-gases (polymer coating
solvent vapor mixture) at 900° C, improving its energy efficiency. The project
has created 50 new jobs in Cherepovets,
Vologda region.
The new line will use semi-finished
rolled stock from the Cherepovets Steel
Mill’s new continuous hot dip galvanizing
unit (commissioned in December 2010) and
the hot dip rolled products line at Severgal.
The properties of the rolled products and
the leading edge equipment capable of applying any polymer coating to metal will
mean that Severstal will be able to fulfill
more orders for pre-painted galvanized iron.
Specifically, Severstal will be able to supply
a wider range of products to sheeting manufacturers and manufacturers of white
goods and other household appliances.
Tikkurila Polska awarded
Consumer Laurel 2011
Tikkurila’s Polish subsidiary, Tikkurila
Polska S.A., has been granted the
golden Consumer Laurel 2011
award for the Be Special Decor
product range. The award was
given in the category of “Paints and Dec-
orative Plasters,” in which Tikkurila’s Be
Special Decor product range received 58
percent of the votes given by consumers.
PPG opens color design center
in London
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business opened its third European color design center, located in the Silvertown area
of London. At the new center, PPG will
work with designers and manufacturers to
accelerate color design and prototype de-
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