Morgan Adds Rod TEKISUN™ to Rod Mill at China Steel Corporation, Taiwan
WORCESTER, Mass., January 24, 1996

Morgan Construction Company, worldwide supplier of shape rolling technology, announced it will upgrade the existing China Steel two strand rod mill in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and install Rod TEKISUN Reducing/Sizing Mills to both strands of the mill.

China Steel is the largest steel producer in Taiwan of high-carbon rod for use in such products as wire and tire cord.

The four-stand Rod TEKISUN mills, which will be installed after the No-Twist™ mills, will help improve the quality and shape of the rod produced, while boosting the mill's utilization, resulting in an increase in production. After this upgrade, the mill will have the ability to produce 15 percent more 5.5 mm rod, its primary product. The Rod TEKISUN mills will produce rod with a tolerance of +/- 0.1 mm throughout the full range of sizes.

The project also includes water boxes, pinch rolls and laying head modifications. After the current project is completed, the mill will have the ability to produce 15 percent more 5.5 mm rod, its primary product. Electrical partner for the project is General Electric of Salem, Virginia. Equipment is scheduled to be delivered January 1997, with installation and startup planned for the last two weeks of March, 1997.

Morgan Construction Company, is a designer and producer of high-quality rolling mill products and services for the metal industry worldwide.

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