SSC Vogten Staal carries out major expansion
Dutch steel service centre Vogten Staal is ramping up processing lines at its new warehouse, with further investments planned.
For the expansion of its location in Maastricht, the company bought in 2021 a new lot spanning 57,000m2, on which it built a warehouse of 38,000m2. Some months ago, two new slitting lines were installed and are expected to reach full capability by the end of this year, managing director Jack Papen tells Kallanish. The lines were supplied by Italian company Novastilmec, which specialises in strip cutting equipment.
The new building will also receive a pickling line for strip up to 20mm. When all new lines are installed, the annual throughput capacity of both facilities will be well over 1 million tonnes/year. It will have three cut-to-length lines (1.85-26mm), two push-pull pickling lines (1.85-20mm), a slitting line (1.5-12mm) and four shears (up to 15mm).
The company previously lifted output at its original warehouse from 2018 to 2024 by 60%, as it expanded the operation time to three shifts for cutting and pickling lines, and an extended shift for the slitting line.
The firm process almost solely hot rolled coil, and specialises in higher thickness gauges up to 20mm.
