# HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana Steel orders rolling mills from SMS group for new steel plant

HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana Steel LLC (HPLS) commissioned SMS group to supply all rolling mills for a new greenfield steel plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The order covers a hot strip mill and a pickling line tandem cold mill, designed for capacities of 2.8 million tons of hot-rolled steel and 2 million tons of cold-rolled steel annually.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2026-05-11
- Where: Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.8 million tons of hot-rolled steel and 2 million tons of cold-rolled steel annually
- Products: hot-rolled steel coils, cold-rolled steel coils
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel](https://endata.com/companies/91204.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [sms-group.com](https://www.sms-group.com/press-and-media/press-releases/press-release-detail/hyundai-posco-louisiana-steel-chooses-sms-groups-rolling-mill-technology-for-its-new-steel-mill-in-the-us), 2026-05-11: "HPLS’s new steel plant is scheduled to go live in 2029 and will boast a total capacity of 2.8 million tons of steel products."

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