Duferco will start production at a new beam mill in Italy in mid-June

Italy’s Duferco Travi e Profilati, a subsidiary of Luxembourg’s Duferco, will start production on a new beam mill at its plant in San Zeno Naviglio (Italy) in mid-June this year. SteelOrbis informs about it.

At the end of May 2023, a reheating furnace was put into operation in the rolling shop of the enterprise.

With the launch of new capacities, the company will be able to reach an annual production volume of 1.5 million tons of rolled products.

Duferco Travi e Profilati is part of the Duferco Group and owns four plants in Italy. The company is one of the main producers of steel beams and rolled products in Italy, Europe and North Africa. The steel plant in San Zeno Naviglio is the main plant of the group, its production capacity is 950 thousand tons of steel per year.

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