MORGAN RECEIVES CONTRACT TO BUILD ROD MILL IN CHINA

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MORGAN RECEIVES CONTRACT TO BUILD ROD MILL IN CHINA
14 April 2003 - Morgan Construction Company

Morgan Construction Company has received a contract from Shandon Shiheng Special Steel Co., Ltd. in Tai'an, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China, to provide the rod outlet to the company's single-strand rod mill. The contract calls for both design and manufacturer of the mill.

According to Mark Shore, Director of Rolling Mill Sales'The contract includes the supply of an 8-stand Morgan No-Twist® mill, a four-stand Reducing/Sizing Mill (RSM), pinch roll and laying head, guides and engineering for the complete rod outlet. The basic and detailed engineering will be done at the company's Worcester headquarters with manufacturing done at Morgan's Shanghai, China, and Worcester plants.

When completed, the mill will produce a variety of carbon and low alloy steels with a product size range of 5.0mm to 22.0mm with a guaranteed finishing speed of 112 meters per second. The mill will produce 500,000 metric tonnes per year at a rolling rate of 120 metric tonnes per hour.

Shore added that delivery is scheduled for January 2004.

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Morgan Construction Company specialises in rolling mill technology. Founded in 1888, by Charles Hill Morgan in Worcester, Massachusetts, Morgan continues to grow and expand with new steel technologies. Morgan has designed and installed more than 450 rod, bar, and billet mills in more than 40 countries around the world.

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