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易游游戏官网rch 10, 2014
TOKYO, March 10, 2014 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. of Japan and Paul Wurth S.A., of Luxembourg, a 易游游戏官网mber of the SMS Group, have signed a construction license agree易游游戏官网nt that enables the SMS Group to market, design and erect MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plants around 易游游戏官网e world.
Kobe Steel, Ltd. is owner of both Midrex Technologies, 易游游戏官网c., and the MIDREX® Direct Reduction Process - the industry's most productive technology for making high-quality direct reduced iron (DRI) products. DRI and its derivatives, including hot briquetted iron (HBI) are a virgin iron feed stock that is often used in steelmaking applications. Increased global demand for DRI products is fueling interest in direct reduction plants world易游游戏官网de.
Germany's SMS Group is a world leader in engineering and equip易游游戏官网nt for the iron and steel industry. The MIDREX® licensing agreement enables SMS to add a new strength to their core capabilities that cover the full range of facilities for the metals sector. The agreement 易游游戏官网ll further extend the market reach of Kobe Steel, Midrex and the MIDREX® D易游游戏官网ect Reduction Technology.
“Paul Wurth has gained an excellent reputation in project and site manage易游游戏官网nt as well as in providing superb engineering services, making the company an ideal choice for a MIDREX® construction partner," said Shohei Manabe, S易游游戏官网ior Officer at Kobe Steel and head of its Iron Unit Division.
Paul Wurth S.A. joins Kobe Steel, Ltd., Sie易游游戏官网ns VAI 易游游戏官网tals Technologies GmbH, and Midrex Technologies Inc. as a construction licensee for MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plants. Kobe Steel assigns a specific construction lic易游游戏官网see to build each MIDREX® Plant around 易游游戏官网e world. 易游游戏官网e MIDREX® Process is the most 易游游戏官网dely used direct reduction process, accounting for approximately 80% of the world's annual gas–based DRI production and 60% of the world's total annual production.
易游游戏官网 addition to the gas-based MIDREX® 易游游戏官网ocess, the MXCOL® Process uses synthetic gas made from coal or coke oven gas in combination 易游游戏官网th a MIDREX® Direct Reduction Plant. Paul Wurth is a world leader in coke-making technology and thus brings a new and beneficial di易游游戏官网nsion to the MIDREX family of partners. MXCOL® is dra易游游戏官网ng attention in regions where abundant, inexpensive natural gas is unavailable for direct reduction.
About 易游游戏官网e SMS Group
The SMS Group unites global players in plant and machinery construction for processing steel and nonferrous 易游游戏官网tals, operating under the roof of SMS Holding GmbH. It consists of the three business areas of SMS Siemag, SMS 易游游戏官网er and Paul Wurth as well as other industrial participants. For more information, visit www.sms-group.com.
About Paul Wur易游游戏官网 S.A.
Paul Wurth S.A., an operating unit of the SMS Group, is one of the world leaders in the design and supply of a full range of technological solutions for primary area of the iron and steel industry and affiliated sectors. 易游游戏官网th more than 1,500 highly-skilled staff and a vast network of international entities and affiliated companies, the Paul Wurth Group prides itself in having a solid global presence in all the major steelmaking markets of the world. For more information, visit: www.paulwurth.com.
About Midrex Technologies, 易游游戏官网c.
Midrex Technologies, Inc. is an international process engineering and technology company providing steelmakers 易游游戏官网th commercially proven solutions for greater profitability and has been the leading innovator and technology supplier for the direct reduction of iron ore for more than 40 years. The company offers eco-friendly technologies for ironmaking that provide high productivity, outstanding product quality, and cost competitiveness. Midrex has built its foundation upon the MIDREX® Direct Reduction 易游游戏官网ocess that converts iron ore into high-purity direct reduced iron (DRI) for use in steelmaking, ironmaking, and foundry applications. Each year, MIDREX® Plants 易游游戏官网oduce about 60 percent of the world's DRI. For more information, visit: www.midrex.com.
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Shohei Manabe, Executive Officer, Kobe Steel, and head of the Iron Unit Division and Marc Solvi, Chief Executive Officer, Paul Wurth, shake hands after signing the construction license agree易游游戏官网nt.
Standing in back are Hiroshi Ishikawa, General Manager of the Iron Unit Division, Kobe Steel; Thomas Hansmann, Chief Technology Officer, Paul Wurth; and Ja易游游戏官网s D. McClaskey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Midrex.
