Tenova Goodfellow is pleased to announce the sale of Goodfellow EFSOP® system to Tenaris Dalmine, Bergamo, Italy. Project work will include development and implementation of closed-loop control in response to off-gas chemistry with the ultimate goal of achieving a reduction in conversion costs and the optimization of productivity.

Tenova Goodfellow has received an Award of Excellence from the Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) for the process control work performed at Toyohashi Factory, Topy Industries Ltd. in Japan.

After the successful completion of commissioning and testing period, the Final Acceptance Certificate for the slab reheating Furnace no. 5 at the Ternium steel plant in San Nicolás was obtained by Tenova LOI Italimpianti.

Tenova SEMF, the Australian Bulk Material Handling Company of Tenova, has recently awarded the Certificate of Practical Completion for the Radial Coal Stacker designed and supplied for the Wilpinjong mine located near Mudgee in the mid-western regional area of New South Wales.

The new Shiploader of 10,000 tph design capacity, substantially identical to the two shiploaders already operating with full satisfaction of the customer on the CVRD (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce) Pier III of Sao Luis (Brazil), has successfully begun the loading operations before starting the performances tests.

Tenova HYL has received a contract from Ternium Sidor in Venezuela to install a new 800,000 tpy HYL Process plant at the company’s facilities in Puerto Ordaz. The new plant will replace the old HYL fixed-bed process plant originally commissioned in 1981.

Less than 2 months after the fire that partially destroyed pickling line N°1 at MMK in Russia, the plant has been put again into operation in record time. In fact, on January 24th morning, the first coil has been processed through the renewed line.

In November 2006 TKS Thyssenkrupp Steel AG has awarded Tenova LOI ITALIMPIANTI the contract for engineering, fabrication, erection and commissioning of one bilateral heated walking beam furnace for the hot strip mill in Bochum.

Techint Technologies is a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies, products and services for the metal and mining industries. Following a period of fast growth pulled by the excellent market momentum and the successful completion of several M&A activities, Techint Technologies has taken the strategic decision to change name into Tenova to have an independent strong identity on the market.

Vikram Ispat a unit of Grasim Industries Ltd., of the Indian Aditya Birla Group, has successfully commissioned a new Energiron direct reduction module at their plant site at Salav, Maharashtra, India.