# Baosteel Zhanjiang orders automation for new hot strip mill from Primetals Technologies

Baosteel Zhanjiang contracted Primetals Technologies to supply digitalization packages, automation technology and electrical equipment for a new 1,780 mm hot strip mill in Zhanjiang, China. The project is expected to be finished by end of 2022.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-08-01
- Where: Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, China
- Status: announced
- Products: hot strip mill, automation systems
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Primetals Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/16384.md) (supplier)
- [Baosteel Zhanjiang](https://endata.com/companies/40997.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [webwire.com](https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=244611), 2019-08-01: "At the end of March 2019, Baosteel Zhanjiang, a subsidiary company of the Chinese corporation Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd. (Baosteel) contracted Primetals Technologies to supply digitalization packages, automation technology and electrical equipment for its new 1,780 mm hot strip mill to be constr"

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