Outokumpu inaugurates operations in Degerfors and Nyby

Monday, 05 Oct 2009

Outokumpu has inaugurated a dispatch hall in Degerfors and on October 5th 2009, a grinding machine and a new entry section to the annealing and pickling line is inaugurated in Nyby. The investments, totally EUR 65 million, are based on Outokumpu's strategy to increase sales of special grades and to increase sales to end users.

The dispatch hall at Outokumpu in Degerfors is a state of the art, fully atomized storage with integrated packaging and dispatch. The trains and trucks that shall ship the stainless steel forward are being loaded inside the hall. The surface of the hall is 7,500 square meters and it can store 4 500 tons. The new operation increases the possibilities to give good customer service and delivery performance.

The new grinding machine with an atomized intermediate storage and the entry section to the annealing and pickling line in Nyby, increases the production capacity for special grades from 34,000 tonnes to over 70,000 tonnes a year.

Mr Bo Annvik head of division Outokumpu Specialty Stainless said that "We have a long term belief in the market for stainless steel and the investments are a part of this. The dispatch hall in Degerfors will increase efficiency and product quality since the operations can now be held indoors. In Nyby, we are removing a bottle neck from the production and can now improve quality even further."

Outokumpu in Degerfors produces stainless thick plates, so called quarto plates that are used for bridges, tankers and desalination plants for example. Outokumpu in Nyby produces stainless thin strip for among others, heat exchangers and water heaters.