The idea
The project for major technological innovation in the steelmaking sector, based on Giovanni Arvedi’s innovative ideas together with the experience of casting and rolling plant manufacturers then developed by Arvedi technical staff as a new plant concept, came to maturation at the end of the 1980s.
This new technology, called ISP (In-line Strip Production), patented in the major industrialised countries, came into being with the aim of building a casting and rolling plant that was technically and economically efficient and of limited size aimed at the manufacture of thin gauge quality hot rolled coils; it is the fruit of experience and takes into account the operational requirements of the Group’s leading companies in the distribution sector and in the production of welded tubes aimed at the quality product market and for the production of steel slabs. This technology makes it possible to create a new type of flat-product production plant with a more compact layout, characterized by efficiency, flexibility, product quality, and ergonomics.
In 2009 production started on the new plant based on Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) technology, a direct evolution of the earlier ISP technology, which carries out the continuous casting and rolling process.