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Ternium, a manufacturer of flat and long steel products, has selected Fives to design and supply the company’s galvanizing line for its plant in Pesquería, Mexico.

This new line, with a production capacity of up to 600,000 metric tons, will be capable of galvanizing wide sheets up to 4.5-millimeter thick and 1,854-millimeter wide from cold- or hot-rolled base coils for construction and non-exposed automotive applications. The first coil is planned by the end of 2025.

Fives will provide propriety equipment with the most advanced technologies for the galvanizing line, including a fully automated entry and exit coil handling sections; pre-cleaning and cleaning systems; horizontal annealing furnace; hot-dipped galvanizing and cooling equipment; skin-pass mill and tension leveler and more.

“This highly advanced line is based on our metallurgical expertise and industrial experience acquired building and commissioning strip processing lines across the world and confirms our successful track record for the supply of galvanizing lines to the North American market in recent years, from heavy gauge construction grade to exposed and high strength steel grades for the automotive market,” said Guillaume Mehlman, president of steel and glass division at Fives.