News
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Brazil - Raw meal grinding performance tests in Barroso plant
After having started up the kiln No. 2 in Barroso plant and inaugurated the new line installed for Holcim Brasil SA, Fives has satisfactorily carried out performance tests on FCB Horomill® 4400 grinding plant, implemented to produce 420 tph of raw mix.
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Fives selected by SNCF, for the supply of two machines for milling rail tracks and switches
Through its Metal Cutting | Composites business line, Fives has been awarded this major contract for the supply of two milling machines for the French National Railway Company (SNCF), for Chamiers and Chambly facilities.
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Contracts for straighteners with Salzgitter Mannesmann
Steel: Fives repeated contracts for straighteners with a French tube producer.
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Fives launches Diagnostic Communication System (DCS)
Fives has introduced a new remote diagnostics capability that allows machine operators to connect with the Group’s technical experts via secure CNC screen sharing.
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First hot coil on the continuous annealing line built by Fives at Guangxi Steel
Fives and Guangxi Iron & Steel Group Co., part of WISCO group, successfully processed the first hot coil on a new continuous annealing line (CAL) on March 15, 2016, for the new 10 million ton plant located in Fangchenggang, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region of China.
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LafargeHolcim and Fives successfully commissioned the cement line N°2 in Barroso plant, in Brazil
In order to fit the current needs of the cement Brazilian market, LafargeHolcim and Fives started up on May 18, 2016 the kiln N°2 of the Barroso plant, Minas Gerais State.