Borçelik to install combi-line furnace for automotive steels

The Turkish steel manufacturer Borçelik has selected international technology group Andritz to supply a combi-line furnace for a new continuous galvanizing and annealing line to produce automotive material.

The line will be part of a new cold strip mill complex to be built in Bursa, Gemlik region. It will supply hot-dip galvanized strip for automotive exposed panels as well as uncoated strip. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2026. The value of the order will not be disclosed.
The Andritz scope of supply includes a radiant-tube furnace with annealing and soaking sections and a mixed soaking/slow cooling section followed by Andritz Differential Rapid Jet Cooling.
The furnace’s exit configuration is designed such that it can run either in continuous galvanizing line (CGL) mode, with the strip passing through the zinc pot and after-pot cooling, or in continuous annealing line (CAL) mode, with the strip continuing through the overaging section downstream of after-pot cooling. A complete zinc pot bypass section is provided for the CAL mode. The furnace includes space reserves for future expansion, which will allow Borçelik to increase capacity or add other steel grades.
Borçelik is a joint venture between Borusan Holding and ArcelorMittal. It is Turkey’s first private and second largest flat steel manufacturer as well as biggest galvanized flat steel producer offering highest quality.
Source: Andritz