On July 15, 2011, the second strand of the CSP® plant (Compact Strip Production) supplied by SMS Siemag, Germany, to the Indian steel producer Essar Steel Ltd. at Hazira in Gujarat, India, was successfully put into operation. The CSP® plant with the first strand was started up on March 31, 2011; the third strand will be installed in 2012. Essar Steel will thus have the first three-strand CSP® plant…