On February 19, the German engineering company Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Siemens) announced that it has received an order from ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH, Germany-based flat steel producing subsidiary of the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, to supply the electrical and automation equipment for the new secondary dedusting system in its LD steelworks. The dedusting system is scheduled to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2011.
The construction of this dedusting system is part of a joint multi-location project involving not only ArcelorMittal Bremen but also the ArcelorMittal production facilities in Fos-sur-Mer and Florange, France.
The Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal Corporation holds the controlling interest in ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH. At its Bremen location, the corporation runs an integrated production plant consisting of a blast furnace and LD steelworks, hot and cold rolling mills, and two galvanizing lines. It produces hot and cold strip, as well as hot dip galvanized thin-metal sheeting for customers in the automotive, construction, mechanical engineering and domestic appliance industries.