Translation of "train continu à bandes à chaud " (French → English) :

Increases in excess of ECU 100 million concerned Austria (cold-rolling mills), Germany (continuous casting, cold-rolling mills and coated products), Italy (coking plants and anti-pollution measures), the Netherlands (hot-rolled wide strip) and Sweden (blast furnaces).

Investment in flat-product mills showed a steep increase, particularly for hot-rolled wide strip (coils), which account for over 80% of output.

The consultant questioned by Eurofer recognises that surplus capacities in the Community amount to four and even five hot- rolled wide strip mills.

It must also agree not to build a second continuous casting facility for slabs for at least five years from the date of closure of the slab mill; (d) ProfilArbed SA agrees by the end of 1995 at the latest, pursuant to the abovementioned Decision, to replace its L-D steel melting shop at Esch-Belval with an electric melting shop with an MPP not exceeding 1 500 kt/year; (e) until output at rolling mill IX at Esch-Belvan begins, Klöckner Stahl agrees to limit production of hot-rolled coil at the Bremen hot strip mill to 2 640 kt/year and not to exceed 3 360 kt/year, including rolling to order; (f) Klöckner Stahl undertakes not to invest, ...[+++] save by prior agreement with the Commission, in maintenance or other plant, in order to maintain the bottleneck identified in the SNV expert report ("Einschleusungslogistik für die Warmbreitbankstrasse der Hütte Bremen, 8.3.1984, Studiengesellschaft Nahverkehr mbH) which limits the quantity of slabs coming from outside for processing to 1 020 kt/year; (g) Klöckner Stahl GmbH cuts its MPP of cold-rolled strip and sheet products by 500 kt/year by reducing MPP at its Bremen plant from 1500 to 1000 kt/year as follows: 300 kt/year before the end of June 1996 200 kt/year before the end of June 1998.