OREANDA-NEWS. December 17, 2007. Novosibirsk Metallurgical Plant named after Kuzmin (ESTAR Group) intends to upgrade sheet production. A modern broadsheet Steckel rolling mill will replace the old equipment.

With the brand new technology of metal rolling, typical for the Steckel mill, the NMP named after Kuzmin will manage to clear 2/3 of useful area in the shop. Besides, the plant will manufacture new 1.5 m-broad sheet. The approximate cost of the mill is 80 mln euro.

According to ESTAR press service, the enterprise reconstruction will not require to stop the current production.