# SMS group to supply reheating furnace and finishing equipment for Steel Dynamics expansion

SMS group was awarded a contract for an expansion of the merchant bar mill at Steel Dynamics Inc.'s Roanoke Bar Division in Virginia, including a new reheating furnace and finishing area, to increase rolled capacity from 500,000 to over 600,000 tons per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-09
- Where: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 600,000 tons per year
- Products: light sections, reinforcing bars, round bars
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md)
- [Steel Dynamics](https://endata.com/companies/895.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/tubepipejournal/news/tubepipeproduction/sms-group-to-supply-reheating-furnace-finishing-equipment-to-steel-dynamics), 2017-03-09: "SMS group, Düsseldorf, Germany, has announced it has been awarded a contract for an expansion of the merchant bar mill at Steel Dynamics Inc.'s Roanoke Bar Division, Virginia operation."

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