Gerdau completes caster at Mich. SBQ mill

Oct 24, 2012 | 05:29 PM | Michael Cowden

Tags  Gerdau, Gerdau North America, special steel division, SBQ, special bar quality, steel, mill upgrade, mill expansion continuous caster

CHICAGO — Gerdau’s North American special steel division has installed a new continuous caster at its Monroe, Mich., steel works, which makes engineered special bar quality (SBQ) products.

The caster—which was unveiled Wednesday—is part of a broader $155-million capital investment program to increase production capacity and quality at the mill by the end of next year.....





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