The Polish division of the largest steel company in the world has completed an investment program worth PLN 8 million for the modernization of a pickling line at a cold rolling mill in Krakow.
“Sheet up to 2 km long, produced in a hot rolling mill in Krakow, one of the most modern rolling mills of this type in Europe, is coiled and then delivered to the customer or for further processing,” reads
“We are consistently investing in the development of the recycling part of our branch in Krakow. We have a range of products produced in the local cold and hot rolling mill, with a really high quality, which is appreciated not only in the local but also in the external market, ”emphasizes Sanjay Samaddar, Chairman of the Board of ArcelorMittal Poland.
ArcelorMittal Poland is the largest steel producer in Poland. The company owns about 70 percent. the production potential of the Polish steel industry; it includes five steel plants - in Krakow, D Домbrowa Gurnice, Sosnowiec, Swietochlowice and Chorzów. The concern also includes Zakłady Kokseniowa Zdzieszowice, the largest coke producer in Europe. AMP employs over 10,000 people. people, and together with subsidiaries - more than 14 thousand. It belongs to the global concern ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer.
In October last year, ArcelorMittal Poland decided to permanently close the raw materials part of the Krakow Metallurgical Plant, that is, the blast furnace and the steel plant. There are other divisions at the plant, such as a coke plant and a processing workshop - two rolling mills, a galvanizing and sheet metal painting line, in which the company has invested PLN 500 million over the past five years. Steel for his needs is supplied from the steel plant in Dбbrowa-Gornicha, where the raw materials are concentrated on the basis of two blast furnaces operating there.
