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Aceromex installs new Andritz CTL line in Mexico
Written by Laura Miller
August 27, 2024
Mexican service center Aceromex has installed a new cut-to-length line in its facility in Cienega de Flores, just north of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The line is scheduled to start up in Q4.
Austria-based plant, equipment, and technology supplier Andritz supplied the new line. With precision leveling and trimming capabilities, the line can process steel sheet and coils up to 2,440 millimeters (mm) in width, with strip thicknesses from 2 mm to 25.4 mm. The company told SMU it will process around 300,000 metric tons (mt) of steel annually.
A 100% Mexican company, Aceromex operates its service center in Cienega de Flores and has 19 distribution centers throughout Mexico. It stocks steel plate; hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated sheet; and various long, pipe and tube, and wire drawing products,.
The company sources its products mainly from Mexico, but also from other countries around the world. It handles over 500,000 mt of steel each year.

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