Mill Stand Drives optimization in Ontario, Canada
GERDAU Whitby, in Ontario (Canada), has contracted AIC North America Corp. for the revamping of the structural mill roughing stand drives in order to reduce downtime and boost readiness.
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Upgrading automation and control system for Acindar’s Fenicsa site in Argentina
AIC has been selected by Acindar, Arcelor Mittal Group, for an improvement on the evacuation and cold shears area of its rolling mill Fenicsa in Argentina.
The modernization project will lead to a rethinking of the whole layout.
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AIC has passed the Final Acceptance Certificate for robotic tagging application at Alfa Acciai, Italy
On September 27th 2021, Alfa Acciai technical manager has granted the
Final Acceptance Certificate (
FAC) to AIC Group, after the results of the successful test, as the accomplishment of the initial requirements.
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New drives for bar mill in Iowa
AIC North America Corp. is just awarded for bar mill improvements at a Rolling mill site in Iowa, USA.
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AIC Group acquires the majority of Kern Industrie Automation GmbH & Co KG
Automazioni Industriali Capitanio and KIA – Kern Industrie Automation – will reinforce their previous agreements and will join forces more intensively to quicken market presence and improve service level for customers worldwide.
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Progetto: “Un vaccino per Tutti”
Dal 1° Settembre ha preso avvio il progetto “Un Vaccino per Tutti”, iniziativa promossa da Confindustria Brescia in accordo con CGIL, CISL e UIL provinciali.
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Revamping of the head and crop intermediate shear at the CMC Steel rolling mill in New Jersey
The Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) team has been contracted by CMC Steel located in New Jersey, USA, for boosting the performance of its rolling mill.
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BAQ and BITS Certifications confirms AICs commitment
Confindustria has certified and acknowledged Automazioni Industriali Capitanio Srl even for 2021.
Due to the operating and profitable path aimed at the new generations, AIC has renewed firstly the BAQ certification, for Quality Alternation, and suddenly the BITS, the Company Stamp in ITS.
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AIC North America Corp. celebrates 10 years
Ten years of acquiring new customers, consolidating partnerships, developing new technologies and ensuring the implementation of our activities in new conditions.
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Automazioni Industriali Capitanio will join the 9th Made in Steel, 5/6/7 October 2021
AIC Group will be present at Made in Steel Conference & Exhibition 2021, southern Europe’s premier tradeshow dedicated to all companies in the steel industry.
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AIC receives Final Acceptance Certificate from Chicago Heights Steel after peel bar system upgrade
On August 25th, 2021, CHS has issued the
Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) to AIC for this revamping as ensuring full compliance with final product requirements.
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New robotic tagging application order at Alfa Acciai, Italy
Alfa Acciai in Brescia has renewed AICs trust for rolling mill train #TB1 modernization.
The installation of a new advanced solution, a robotic island for tagging bundles in the unloading area, designed by Automazioni Industriali Capitanio, will replace the existing manual tagging system.
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AIC supports the “2nd Steel Cup”
AIC enters the field for supporting sport in an event that adds meaningful value even for steel industry.
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New AIC reheating furnace in operation at Gerdau Divinópolis
Automazioni Industriali Capitanio Srl (AIC) will complete a modernization in the reheating furnace of Gerdau’s Divinópolis site in Brazil with a two new PLC ABB AC800M panel solution at the medium bar rolling mill.
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GERDAU selects AIC for motors & drives for Finishing block 2 – Mill 2 revamping in Brazil
Drives & motors on wire rod blocks of Gerdau Cosigua steel plant in Brazil will benefit from a modernization by AIC’s innovative expertise.
With this new order the entire system will increase quality and reliability.
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Celebrating a noteworthy result of Feralpi Siderurgica featuring AIC expertise
At the end of May, all the previously worldwide speed records on wire rod production were exceeded at Lonato plant (BS, Italy) reaching the worldwide top speed of 127 m/s on 6.0 mm dia. smooth wire rod.
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Rolling Mill modernization at Gerdau’s Laisa site in Uruguay
The upgrade at Gerdau’s Laisa site in Uruguay will be completed by AIC team in order to guarantee the highest production requirements set by the customer.
The automation and DC Drives revamping will focus on improving obsolete reliance drives for the rolling mill to ABB DCS880.
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Acciaierie Venete awards AIC with order for its rolling mill in Italy
Acciaierie Venete awarded AIC Automazioni Industriali Capitanio with the order for the rolling mill upgrade in Mura (Italy). The yearly production capacity of the rolling mill is 180,000 tons. As part of the complete modernization of the finishing rolling mill in Mura, AIC Automazioni Industriali Capitanio will design, develop and supply new equipment and software. The project will be implemented in two stages.
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FAM Ferriera Alto Milanese contracted AIC to supply new control panels
FAM Ferriera Alto Milanese contracted AIC Automazioni Industriali Capitanio to supply new control panels for the bar-in-coil rolling mill in Caronno Pertusella (VA), Italy. The new project will reduce future maintenance costs, improve troubleshooting and increase system flexibility.
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AIC to supply new electrical cabinets for the EAF area to SISE (Spain)
As an urgent request, Siderúrgica Sevillana, S.A. (SISE) awarded Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) the order to design and supply electrical cabinets and auxiliary equipment of the electric arc furnace (EAF) area for the plant, located in Spain.
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Peel bar system upgrade at CHS Chicago Heights Steel
CHS Chicago Heights Steel contracted Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) for the supply of new automation and drives cabinets with pulpits to be installed at the rolling mill in Chicago Heights (IL, USA) in order to control the peel bar system at the Reheating furnace.
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Rolling mill kickoff line replacement in the United States
W. Silver, Inc. contracted Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) to replace their rolling mill kickoff line in Vinton (TX, USA). The main purpose of this project is to upgrade the automation system and equipment of the kickoff area and cooling bed entry line.
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Finishing area upgrade at Cogne Acciai Speciali in Italy.
Thanks to the joint efforts of the teams, AIC successfully and safely completed the scheduled start-up phase of the rolling mill at Cogne Acciai Speciali (Aosta, Italy) in January 2021.
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