# SMS Group receives order to modernize Sidenor bar mill in Basauri

SMS Group received an order from Sidenor Aceros Especiales to modernize its bar mill in Basauri, Spain, aiming for a more effective rolling process and improved material properties. Commissioning is scheduled for September 2017.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-04-13
- Where: Basauri, Spain
- Status: announced
- Products: round bars in high-grade carbon steels, alloy steels, tool steels, stainless grades
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [Sidenor Aceros Especiales](https://endata.com/companies/23599.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [steelorbis.com](https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/sms-to-modernize-bar-mill-of-spanish-sidenor-aceros-especiales-981226.htm), 2017-04-13: "The goals of the modernization are to achieve a more effective rolling process and an improvement in material properties."

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