PSI Awarded Contract from NLMK Subsidiary in Russia
Berlin, 7 February 2012 – PSI has been contracted by KSIEMP, a subsidiary of the leading Russian steel company NLMK, with the supply of the PSImetals solution as manufacturing execution system (MES) for their newly erected long-product plant in Vorsino in the Kaluga region. The new plant for long products, with a capacity of 1.5 million tons annually, consists of an electric-steel plant with an eight-line casting machine and a rolling mill.
The PSImetals production management system will be delivered with varying components for the entire plant. Planning optimises the smelting in the steel mill and the sequences in the casting machine as well as the campaigns and rolling order in the rolling mill. The PSImetals components Production & Quality guarantee a high level of quality assurance and adherence to delivery deadlines for the steel mill and rolling mill. PSImetals Logistics supports the materials and transportation logistics from the delivery of the pre-products, the charging, storage of semi-finished and finished products to shipping.PSImetals Energy provides comprehensive, efficient energy management.
NLMK is one the world’s leading providers of ingot slabs and electrical steel and is one of the largest steel companies in Russia.NLMK produces flat and long-steel products that are shipped to more than 70 countries.With this important order, PSI is further expanding its market position in the Russian steel market. In 2011 Russia was the fifth-largest steel producer in the world.
PSI Metals is the leading supplier for production management solutions in the metals industry combining SCM, APS and MES to optimise production and logistics. The software solution PSImetals enables manufacturers of steel and non-ferrous metals to ensure their competitive edge by helping them reach the goal of full, on-time, quality certified delivery of their customer orders, while respectinginventory, productivity and cost performance targets.
