SMS group in China

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SMS group fully acquired Paul Wurth in 2021. Paul Wurth Group is a leading market player for the design and construction of complete blast furnaces and coke oven plants. Since the establishment of Paul Wurth China in Beijing in 1999, we have been providing technology and equipment of BLT, INBA Slag granulation and dewatering system, GCP, PCI, HBS with external combustion chamber, TMT hydraulic clay gun and tap hole drill machine. Starting 2016, Paul Wurth China began to provide key technology and equipment of SOPRECO valve, stamping machine, coke expert level 2 automation system for coke making plants. Aiming at faster and more efficient services, Paul Wurth Shanghai factory has realized local manufacturing of key equipment of BLT and SOPRECO as well as providing equipment recondition and technical services. Paul Wurth Group is focusing on low-carbon ironmaking technology (blue blast furnace) to lead the transformation of the steel industry towards green steel.

SMS group’s metallurgical technologies serve the Chinese market with a portfolio ranging from conventional BOFs and EAFs to unique Conarc, from the greenest SHARC to start of the art slab casters. It also offers an outstanding portfolio of plants for carbon and stainless steel slabs.

SMS Concast Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the only wholly-owned subsidiary in China of Switzerland-based SMS Concast AG. It has a strong R&D, engineering and technical background in the field of long product continuous casting. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has been committed to the business activities related to long product continuous casting in the Chinese market with exquisite business knowledge and flexible service.

Our Flat Products range from hot & cold mills to processing lines including heat-treatment furnaces for different applications, covering ferrous (carbon steel, stainless steel, silicon steel) and non-ferrous (aluminum, copper and lead) sectors. We have been actively contributing to China’s steel industry by participating in many significant national projects during the second half of the 20^th century.

CoE Flat Products China, headquartered in Beijing, has offices in Shanghai, Wuhan and Tianjin regarding sales, engineering and execution. Our professional and experienced local team focus on meeting customer satisfaction, driving market development and developing systematic solutions. We pursue constantly innovation and improvement, aiming at win-win cooperation with customers and partners.

Our target is to provide systemized solutions of mills and processing lines with outstanding performance and advanced technology, while integrating expertise and resources within SMS group worldwide, thus contributing to the high-quality, green and intelligent steel manufacturing in China.

The rolling equipment for long products supplied to Hanyang Iron and Steel in 1904 marked the initial business operation of SMS group in China. Into the 21st century, SMS technology and core equipment has escorted the substantial development of China’s high-speed rails.

SMS group is well-known for delivering innovative rolling processes and tailor-made solutions, posing numerous successful applications globally for renowned customers. Thanks to robust mechanical design and sophisticated technological & electrical control system, SMS group’s equipment in this field features high rigidity, long lifetime and low OPEX, which, together with its rolling process, brings economical and ecological production for our customers.

The portfolio of CoE Long Products China covers rolling facilities for wire rod, bar, section, tube & pipe, tube finishing and processing center of bright steel. Benefiting from the well-proven references of our latest super heavy section mill, PQF^®-BCO, Precision Sizing Mill (PSM^®, 3-roll block for bar and big size wire rod sizing), MEERDrive plus (SMS group innovative independent drive concept high-speed wire rod reducing and sizing mill) and laying head, SMS group consolidates its position as the leading partner for our customers in the sector of long products.

Open die press, closed die press, ring rolling machine, extrusion press…The name list goes on. SMS keeps a huge variety of forging presses in our sleeves. Numerous and bountiful though, we can make each and every of it a perfection. In CoE Forging Plants, forging technologies and knowhow go through not a simple addition process but a multiplication, in which it grows and evolves into a much higher level by taking full advantage of each other while avoiding each other’s shortcomings.

With the vigorous development of aerospace, automobile and other industrial fields, more and more forging plant owners hope to use high-end equipment to create more added value, especially in forging. But at the same time, investment cost is a very important factor for customers to consider. CoE Forging Plants China is committed to ensuring German quality design and localizing by the Chinese team, not only keeping the excellent performance and process parameters of the equipment, but also reducing prices which will enable more users to use high-end equipment to enter high value-added product market.

Whether you want spare parts, modernizations, tailor-made maintenance procedures, or customized training programs: the Technical Service of SMS group is ready at more than 50 locations around the world to offer you service packages geared to your requirements along the entire metallurgical process chain. It's due to the know-how of the entire SMS group that our employees provide the services you need and want - on schedule, within budget, and in the right quality. That means you can rely on the quality of our services as well as our global presence to reduce downtimes, boost productivity, and ensure the lasting value of your machinery and plants.