Press Release
18.09.2007
SESCA MODERNIZES THE LINE DRIVES OF ZINC COATING LINE No 2 IN RAUTARUUKKI WORKS IN HÄMEENLINNA.
Sesca Solutions has been chosen to modernize the drives of the zinc coating line No 2 in Rautaruukki’s production unit in Hämeenlinna. The delivery will take place in May-June 2008 and the line will be commissioned after the modernization in July 2008.
The modernization includes the line and single drives as well as their control systems. The delivery consists of altogether 35 drives for the line drive system and 10 single drives. The existing line drives from the 1980’s will be replaced. The modernization will take place in May-June and commissioned in July 2008.
"During 2006 and 2007 the uptime of the drives and their control systems have been decreased considerably. The line’s uptime can now be raised to a desired level and we can improve the customer delivery reliability. The solution and professional resources by Sesca met best the presented challenges for maintenance", states Heikki Nisula, maintenance manager of Ruukki works in Hämeenlinna.
"As a brand-independent contractor completed with our personnel’s expertise we are able to provide the modernization reliably and cost-efficiently", says Risto Tavia, business manager of the line drives business at Sesca.
Further information: Risto Tavia, Business Manager, Sesca Drives, phone +358 40 560 2616 risto.tavia(at)sesca.com
Sesca Solutions Division (previously Avecon Oy Ab) is a part of Sesca Group. The operations serve process industry and power and heat production. Their special tasks are industrial electrification and automation, project management, project cost planning, industrial electrification consulting and management.
SescaGroup offers products and services within the business sectors of telecommunication technology and industrial software services as well as automation solutions and services for energy production and the process industry. Sesca Group improves competitiveness for its clients by developing and delivering know-how and systems that combine information communications technology and automation.
The Group employs about 450 professionals in the fields of ICT and automation. It operates at 13 locations in Finland and also in Estonia, Sweden, Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic, Romania and China. The Group was founded in spring 2005. Some of the group companies have been active since 1989.