# Nucor awards $176M galvanizing line contract to SMS group

Nucor Corp. has awarded the contract for its planned US$176 million Kentucky galvanizing line to SMS group. The line will be installed at Nucor's Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Kentucky, with a capacity of 500,000 tons annually. Start-up is scheduled for 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-07-20
- Where: Ghent, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $176.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000 tons annually
- Products: galvanized steel sheet, galvannealed strip
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Nucor](https://endata.com/companies/4347.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [aist.org](https://www.aist.org/nucor-awards-galvanizing-line-contract-to-sms-group), 2017-07-20: "Nucor Corp. has awarded the contract for its planned US$176 million Kentucky galvanizing line to SMS group, the equipment supplier said on Thursday."

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