“In the next four to five years”, continues the group CEO, “we will empower our
Italian carbon and stainless steel production sites, investing half of the total
amount earmarked for these operations. On the other side,
we will strengthen our international activities investing on global markets such
as China, Brazil, Russia and Poland, that represent today our production hubs
outside Italy”, concludes Antonio Marcegaglia.
These factors confirm Marcegaglia role as the
steel partner worldwide.
The carbon steel sector
Steel coil processing is at the core of Marcegaglia
activities: the group's main production hub of
flat products in Ravenna has seen the recent
addition of new large processing lines, increasing
the overall capacity and doubling the production
of hot dip galvanized and pre-painted steel.
But also tube manufacturing plants in Italy
and abroad have been the focus of major upgrades.
Here, within its controlled value chain, Marcegaglia
develops the world's widest range of carbon steel
welded tubes, thanks to 150 processing lines
and a global manufacturing capacity in excess
of 3 million tons per year.
The production program of carbon steel tubes
from hot rolled, cold rolled and galvanized strip
covers a wide range of structural and precision
mechanical applications, guaranteeing specific
suitability for subsequent processing. Tubes
for pressure purposes include applications for
the heat exchanger industry, heating and ventilation,
gas and water line pipes, chemical industry among
others.
Moreover, the certified product range of Marcegaglia
cold-drawn welded tubes is manufactured within
Europe's largest specialized plant in Boltiere,
as well as in the new Chinese production complex
in Yangzhou.
With a dedicated production for the automotive
sector, Marcegaglia is the supplier of choice
for carmakers and OEM manufacturers of structural
parts, components and interior details, thanks
to its production plants located near to major
specialized districts.
The stainless steel sector
Focusing on the stainless steel sector, Marcegaglia
stands out today as the world's top producer
of welded stainless steel tubes. More than 70
state-of-the-art manufacturing lines employ high-frequency,
laser, TIG and plasma welding technologies.
“Our production starts with the processing of
HR black coils by annealing and pickling process
to reach then our cold reducing mills ready for
the final products: mainly tubes but also flat
bars, round bars and cold formed sections” explains
Antonio Marcegaglia.
Today Marcegaglia develops its stainless steel
product range (that includes a vast range of
both austenitic and ferritic grades as well as
duplex and special alloys) in Italy, with 3 plants,
in Brazil and in the US, but “we are producing
also in Russia, where we have opened a new plant
in Vladimir, and in China with large investments
in carbon precision tubing and stainless steel
pipes ” says Antonio Marcegaglia, the CEO group.
In particular in Italy, the plant in Forlì,
with more than 250.000 t/year of capacity is
the biggest stainless steel welded tube plant
in the world. Gazoldo degli Ippoliti is the group
headquarters hosting coil cold-rolling, annealing
and pickling lines and the Service Centre dedicated
to sheets, strips, flat bars and open profiles.
Last, but not least, we can count on Contino
plant with its production of stainless steel
drawn bright bars.
The manufacturing plant in China spreads over
a land of 714,000 square meters located in Guangling
Industrial Park, Yangzhou. The first phase of
plant development includes 153,000 square meters
of covered production area equipped with European
manufacturing systems, plus a 4,200 square meters
office building.
The amount of the investment
is estimated in 120 million euro and the production
will start in the second
half of 2010.
At steady state, the company will employ around
500 people while the output of the plant in the
first step
will reach 150,000 ton/yr of high
quality products such as stainless steel tubes
for automotive, decoration, chemical application,
but also: heavy wall high tolerance welded tubes
for precision mechanical applications, cold drawn
(DOM) tubes for applications in automobile, hydraulic
and mechanical sectors; refrigeration tubes and
components (condensers) for the refrigeration
industry.
Marcegaglia Ru (Russia) is also well underway
in the project of realising a plant for the manufacturing
of stainless steel products in the city of Vladimir,
some 180 km East of Moscow. The site is 70,000
square
meters wide of which 14,000 are covered.
Marcegaglia Ru aims to become the leader in Russia
within the stainless steel transformation segment,
focusing on the first step in welded tube production
and, in a second step, as a large service centre
for flats. The initial production will be organized
through six welding lines (T.I.G., laser and
high frequency) up to 6” outside diameter, one
slitting line, one polishing machine and cutting
facilities. Production is expected to start in
the second quarter of 2010 and the investment
to be completed by 2011. Sales of 35,000 tons
or 90 million euros are foreseen in 2012, employing
around
130-150 people.
“In this regards”, comments Antonio Marcegaglia,
“I have sustained our continuous growth in the
Italian plants, then also in our facilities abroad
because I firmly believe that a modern entrepreneur
should export experience, methodology and know-how
interacting productively with local competence”,
explains Antonio Marcegaglia.
Founded in 1959 and fully owned by the Marcegaglia
family, the group is headquartered in Gazoldo
degli Ippoliti, Mantova, and is organized into
7 business areas: steel, building, home products,
engineering, energy, tourism, services.
Today the group is a worldwide player with 6,500
employees, 51 sales offices, 210 representations
and 50 manufacturing plants covering 6 million
squared meters, where 5,500 kilometers of carbon
and stainless steel products are manufactured
every day, serving more than 15,000 customers.
Marcegaglia is an exhibitor at Tube Düsseldorf:
hall 3, stand D30.
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