December 04, 2008

Tenova starts up 2 Consteel® in German and Greece

Tenova announced that it has recently started up two new CONSTEEL® plants in Germany and in Greece.

The first to start up was the Trierer Stahlwerk GmbH plant at Trier in Germany. The Trier plant has a production capacity of more than 29 heats per day. Tenova supplied the German steelmaker with a melt shop including an EAF featuring the Consteel® system and a Ladle Furnace. The furnace has a capacity of 60 tonnes and a 40 MVA transformer. By the end of 2007, TSW will also start up a Tenova Vacuum Degassing Treatment to complete its quality steel production line.

The second Tenova melt shop was started up at the SOVEL steelmaking plant at Volos in Greece, where a Consteel® was installed on an existing furnace. The Consteel® applied to the existing 130 tonnes furnace will allow SOVEL to easily achieve the increase of steel production required. After only 2 days in operation the plant was already exceeding its previous levels of productivity and is now in full swing operation with maximum respect of the environmental aspects.