Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, formerly Morgan Construction of Worcester, has received an order to supply a copper rod rolling mill for one of the largest metal producers in China.
The mill was ordered by longtime Morgan customer Southwire Co. of Carrollton, Ga. Southwire will send the mill to Chinalco Kunming Copper Co. Ltd. The mill will be erected in southwest China by the end of 2011.
Siemens will engineer, manufacture and commission all of the equipment for the mill, which will roll tin and silver alloys, as well as copper. The mill can run 35 tons of material per hour and produce rods from 8 millimeters to 25 millimeters.
Morgan has built more than 80 non-ferrous mills for Southwire customers.
