1. 2018, an Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) line installed in a plant belonging to the Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co., Ltd (Rizhao) produced ultra-thin hot rolled strip with a thickness of just 0.6 millimeters for the very first time.
2. Hot rolled strip as thin as this had never before been achieved anywhere in the world.
3. This thin strip can cover more than 80 percent of regular commercial cold-rolled thicknesses.