The ANDRITZ METALS business area is one of the very few single-source suppliers worldwide capable of providing all technologies and processes involved in the manufacturing of steel strip on a comprehensive basis (mechanical, process, electrical equipment and automation as well as services).
The ANDRITZ METALS business area designs and builds complete lines for the production and further processing of cold-rolled carbon steel, stainless steel and non-ferrous metal strips. These lines consist of equipment for cold rolling, surface treatment, strip coating and finishing, stamping and deep drawing, and acid regeneration. The ANDRITZ METALS business area supplies process-turn-key industrial furnace systems for thermal processes as metals melting and refining furnaces to the copper industry.
ANDRITZ receives major orders from Usiminas in Brazil International technology Group ANDRITZ received orders from the Brazilian steel group Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA (Usiminas), one of the largest steel producers in South America based in Belo Horizonte, for the supply of a continuous pickling line with acid regeneration for hot rolled carbon steel for its plant in Cubatão as well as for a recoiling and inspection line for hot-dip galvanized steel strip for Unigal, a joint venture company between Usiminas (70%) and Nippon Steel (30%). The total order value is nearly 60 MEUR.
