# SMS group awarded contract for thin-slab caster at North Star BlueScope Steel expansion

SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply a thin-slab caster to North Star BlueScope Steel as part of a $700 million expansion of its Delta, Ohio, sheet mill. The caster will add 850,000 metric tons of annual capacity.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-10-15
- Where: Delta, Ohio, United States
- Value: $700.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 850,000 metric tons per year
- Products: thin-slab caster, cast floor equipment, hydraulic oscillator, pendulum shear, X-Pact Width Control, X-Pact Solid Control, Level 2 X-Pact Cast Optimizer, HD mold-TC mold monitoring system
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [BlueScope Steel](https://endata.com/companies/3771.md) (partner)
- [North Star BlueScope Steel](https://endata.com/companies/42705.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [aist.org](https://www.aist.org/sms-group-lands-order-for-ohio-caster), 2019-10-15: "SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply a thin-slab caster to North Star BlueScope Steel as part of the Delta, Ohio, sheet mill’s planned US$700 million expansion."

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