[Primetals' Arvedi ESP Line in China Hits Four Productivity Milestones in Under Four Months]

Published: Oct 02, 2026 16:04 (GMT+8)

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Primetals Technologies announced that the endless casting and rolling Arvedi ESP line it commissioned for the Zhongshou plant in China has broken multiple productivity and production ramp-up records. Since first coil production on May 13, the plant has hit four milestones: producing 1-mm ultrathin hot-rolled coils just 16 days after the first coil, reaching world-record productivity of 7 metric tons per minute with a 1,250-mm-wide strip within 30 days, rolling its first 0.8-mm-thick coil 11 weeks after start-up, and its first 0.7-mm-thick coil after just 17 weeks. The plant's productivity is estimated to be 20% higher than any other thin-slab casting and rolling facility globally. The line features a 135-mm-thick caster, four roughing stands, and five finishing stands, with zero CO2 emissions when powered by renewable energy.

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