Mitsubishi Heavy’s Primetals wins Kardemir meltshop automation modernization contract
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that Primetals Technologies won a contract from Turkish steel producer Kardemir to modernize automation across its meltshop.
- The contract was awarded in January 2026.
- The scope covers rollout of a unified Level 2 process optimization system linking core steelmaking units into a single digital architecture.
- Kardemir targets fewer BOF reblows.
- Kardemir targets lower energy use in secondary metallurgy.
- Kardemir targets improved yield and higher productivity.
- The project includes upgrades across three 120-ton LD converters plus secondary metallurgy units.
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