# SMS group commissions automation system for Shagang's heavy-plate mill shearing line in China

SMS group successfully commissioned the No. 2 shearing line of Jiangsu Shagang Group's 3.5-meter plate rolling mill in Zhangjiagang, China, with an X-Pact automation system. The shearing line has a designed annual capacity of 800,000 tons, but the overall mill achieved record production of 2.8 million tons.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-28
- Where: Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China
- Starts operating: 28 Aug 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 800,000 tons per year (shearing line)
- Products: steel plates
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)
- [Jiangsu Shagang Group](https://endata.com/companies/49572.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [steel-grips.com](https://steel-grips.com/371-completion-of-overall-automation-project-of-heavy-plate-mill-jiangsu-shagang-group), 2020-08-28: "SMS group has successfully – and ahead of schedule – commissioned the No. 2 shearing line of Jiangsu Shagang Group in Zhangjiagang, China, after the installation of an X-Pact® automation system."

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