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3 November 2016

Successful startup at Aceros Alfa

Aceros Alfa contracted Russula for a major upgrading of its Honduras plant. Located in San Pedro Sula Honduras, the rolling mill produces reinforcing bar, squares, angles and H beams, for local consumption and regional exportation. Russula provided all the electrical equipment, control software and process knowledge necessary to transform Aceros Alfa into one of the largest and most automated plants in Central America.
28 October 2016

Revamped water treatment plant at Gerdau Sayreville starts operations

Russula has supplied a water treatment plant to Gerdau in Sayreville, NJ. In the redesign, the plant reuses sections of the existing equipment configuration to treat process water coming from the contact cooling circuit of the 800,000 tpy mill.
26 October 2016

İÇDAŞ Steel chooses Russula shear control to improve operations for its bar and wire rod mills

Russula is proud to be chosen by İÇDAŞ Steel, the third largest long product producer in Turkey to upgrade the shear control system for its Bar mill #3 and its two strand wire rod mill #4. Each mill is fed by a 120 ton/hr reheat furnace and the two mills have a combined production capacity of 1.4 Mtpy. İÇDAŞ is located in Biga, in the Marmara region of Turkey.
1 October 2016

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31 August 2016

Steve Pegg receives award from AIST Globe-trotters

Steve Pegg, General Manager of Russula in North America, was awarded a plaque by Rick Wood of CMC Alabama during the last Globe-trotters meeting on August 30th in Myrtle Beach. The plaque was in recognition of his dedicated service over the past three years in the AIST Globetrotters Committee.
30 August 2016

London stock exchange group selects Russula as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies

London Stock Exchange Group has identified Russula as one of 1000 Companies to Inspire Europe, an annual report published in celebration of the fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK and Europe.
22 June 2016

Russula leads research project to create plug & produce system to streamline steel operations

Russula is leading a research project to develop new integrated technologies for hot rolling mills.
3 June 2016

Dojran Steel installs new bar and section mill

In January 2016, Dojran Steel signed a contract with Russula to do a major overhaul on its plant. Russula will supply a new 350,000 tpy bar and section mill that includes mechanical equipment, an automation system and all the technical support necessary for Dojran Steel to expand its current product range and improve its finished product quality.
2 June 2016

Improving mill productivity and quality through automation presented at SEAISI conference

Russula presented a technical paper in the SEAISI conference, organized by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute, on May 30 - June 2, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. During the presentation, Daniel Sanchez, the Russula Sales Director emphasized how a long product mill can improve productivity and product quality through automation.
27 May 2016

Nucor Steel Utah awards upgrade project to Russula

Nucor Corporation has awarded a contract to Russula to upgrade the drives and automation of the finishing end at their #2 bar mill in Plymouth, Utah.