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Installed as a finishing unit after a reversing mill and 12 H/V stands, the Kocks Block is at the heart of the new 500,000t/a combined mill. © Kocks

30.01.26 – RSB in regular production at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur

RSB in regular production at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur

Successful integration in India

Tata Steel, one of India's leading manufacturers of high-alloy, value-added steel, has successfully integrated Kocks' Reducing+Sizing Block “RSB 370++/4(5)” ... Von Jörg Dambock

New electrode arms from Primetals boost power output and reduce energy consumption at Tonghua Iron and Steel. © Primetals

21.01.26 – Downtime minimized compared to conventional electrode arm installation

Downtime minimized compared to conventional electrode arm installation

Tonggang optimizes ladle furnace performance

Primetals Technologies has recently completed a ladle furnace upgrade at Tonghua Iron and Steel (Tonggang) in Jilin Province, China. Von Jörg Dambock

Official signing ceremony between Cemtas and Kocks. © Kocks

05.01.26 – Order for “RSB 370++/4” to boost SBQ rolling at Cemtas

Order for “RSB 370++/4” to boost SBQ rolling at Cemtas

Turkish special steel producer invests in Kocks 3-roll technology

The Turkish special steel producer Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. has placed an order with Kocks for a Reducing+Sizing Block “RSB 370++/4” ... Von Jörg Dambock

Newly installed Morgan Vee No?Twist Mill at Celsa France’s Bayonne wire rod mill. © Primetals

30.12.25 – Wire production technology

Wire production technology

Celsa modernizes wire rod mill with Primetals

Celsa France has successfully upgraded the finishing end of its wire rod mill in Bayonne with technology from Primetals Technologies. The modernisation ... Von Jörg Dambock

First heat of the 350-ton RH plant, equipped with a Ladle Rocker and Fast Vessel Exchange, at JSW Vijayanagar Works Steel Plant 4 in Toranagallu, India. © SMS Group

16.12.25 – Efficiency, safety and flexibility

Efficiency, safety and flexibility

SMS delivers world first RH Ladle Rocker–FvE combination to JSW Steel

JSW Steel’s latest RH unit from SMS group introduces Ladle Rocker and Fast Vessel Exchange technologies in one system, setting a new benchmark in secondary ... Von Jörg Dambock

Concast (India), a Primetals Technologies group company, will implement a 3-strand billet caster at Indian customer Jeevaka. © Primetals

11.12.25 – Advanced equipment will enable Jeevaka’s expansion into new markets

Advanced equipment will enable Jeevaka’s expansion into new markets

Jeevaka orders new billet caster and high-speed rebar outlet

Indian steel producer Jeevaka Industries Private Limited has tasked Primetals Technologies with the implementation of a 3-strand billet caster and a high-speed ... Von Jörg Dambock

Manufacturing the gearbox in SMS group’s workshop. © SMS Group

02.12.25 – Modernization of the hot rolling mill

Modernization of the hot rolling mill

SMS expands aluminum processing at Garmco

For Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (Garmco), a aluminum producer based in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, SMS group has successfully upgraded the motors ... Von Jörg Dambock

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