Acciaieria Arvedi

Aerial view of the steelworks and the new finishing plants technological steel It is a very modern industrial works, which, thanks to its technological, environmental and ergonomic conception: since 2010, when production on the new ESP line started, it can be defined as a new system for steel manufacturing. The steel works has been in operation since 1992 and is Europe’s first and the world’s second mini-mill for the manufacture of flat rolled steel. The compactness and speed of the production cycle allow extraordinary flexibility and a high level of service. The manufacturing process, based on the innovative Arvedi ISP and ESP Technologies, allows liquid steel from the melt shop to be transformed into ultrathin gauge hot rolled coils of the best quality and at competitive costs in a single, extremely compact cycle. Acciaieria Arvedi in Cremona produces over 3 million tonnes per year of coils and has 1420 employees. The production mix is directed towards both thin and ultrathin gauges (down to 0.8 mm) and quality steels. Arvedi ultrathin steel has precision and surface characteristics enabling it to compete with and replace cold rolled material. Its quality steels range from steels for cold forming and constructions, re-rolling, high strength micro-alloyed and boron steels, heat treatment (case-hardening and tempering) steels and the new generation of multi-phase steels, a key product for cars. Tests have also been conducted with positive results on the 300 and 400 stainless steel series and on magnetic steels, production of which is expected soon. The coil is further finished on pickling, hot-dip galvanising and pre-painting plants which together process a considerable share of production in order to serve end customers directly. Production range: Gauges from 0.8 to 12 mm Widths 1000 to 1570 mm