# voestalpine awards SMS group contract for melting units at Kapfenberg special steel plant

voestalpine has commissioned SMS group to supply the electric arc furnace, converter, and secondary metallurgical systems for its new special steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria. The contract represents about one third of the total EUR 350 million investment.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-07-27
- Where: Kapfenberg, Austria, Austria
- Value: $410.0M (350.0M EUR)
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 205,000 tons of high-performance steels annually
- Products: special steel, high-performance steels
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [voestalpine](https://endata.com/companies/19723.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [voestalpine.com](https://www.voestalpine.com/group/en/media/press-releases/voestalpine-commissions-sms-group-to-supply-the-main-melting-units-for-the-new-special-steel-plant-in-kapfenberg/), 2018-07-27: "Awarding the contract for the supply of the main melting units, which represent around one third of the total investment volume, lays the technological basis for the new special steel plant."

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