Important steps in the start-up of „Edelweiss“, the new rolling mill of IBERFOIL

IBERFOIL continues to advance with its significant investment in new machinery to increase its production and product range of its plant located in Sabiñánigo.

Specifically, in view of the completion of the assembly and start-up of the new „Edelweiss“ rolling mill of IBERFOIL, last Thursday April 6th, the top executives and managers of the 14 supplier companies who participated in the project from the design, construction, assembly and start-up of the new rolling mill. A team formed in total by 28 people who agreed to the planning of start-up dates and loading tests, which include mechanical, electrical and control equipment, among others.

The exceptional coordination between the different companies has been essential to be able to carry out the first tests at the end of next June of 2017 with the aim that the new rolling mill „Edelweiss“ starts producing during next summer.

„Edelweiss“ is the largest rolling mill in Spain for its maximum width of 1750 mm and will allow rolls from 6 mm thick to 0.2 mm, with a high level of flatness and thickness control. This investment will increase IBERFOIL’s production capacity by an additional 40,000 tonnes / year.