STEELASIA’s CALACA STEEL PLANT FIRST TO USE AI:

SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp., the Philippines’ top steel producer, is equipping its sprawling green steel mill in Calaca, Batangas with Germandeveloped artificial intelligence that will provide a more efficient way to boost output without increasing its carbon footprint. SteelAsia signed an agreement – the EAF Performance Improvement Partnership for Calaca – with Germany’s SMS Group to equip its Calaca steel plant with the latest artificial intelligence system for process automation and digitalization. The latest combustion technology will be employed in the electric arc furnace or EAF as part of Project EPICA and the pollution control system will also be upgraded to support this project. In photo (from left) are Sean Andre Sy, COO of SteelAsia, Benjamin Yao, chairman and CEO of SteelAsia, Pino Tese, chief sales officer India and Asia-Pacific Region of SMS Group and, Manish Bhatt, general manager, Technical Services SMS India Private Limited).