| COMPANY: | Hyundai Steel Corp. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Dangjin, South Korea |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | More than $1B (525.7 billion KRW); 1,105 employees |
| INDUSTRY: | Steel fabrication |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | A wide variety of products ranging from high-quality H-beams to reinforcing bars |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | Automation system for new integrated mill |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To standardize and simplify development of 20 subsystems used for process control in a new, integrated steel mill that takes a unique, green approach to material processing |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | ILS integration middleware, Oracle ERP, Cisco industrial networking |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | System standardization and simplification reduced program, integration, and system test errors and enabled continuous operation. The mill includes a closed-roof raw material processing system that allows Hyundai to reduce dust and other types of pollution while minimizing material losses. The $321 million closed-roof raw material handling facility can store 3 million tons of iron ore, coal, and other raw material. It will feed two blast furnaces that together will produce 8 million metric tons of steel annually. |