PSI was commissioned by the Brazilian company Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda. to supply PSImetals as Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for the new steelworks in Jeceaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos will use the components PSImetals Production and PSImetals Quality for the steelworks, rolling mill and finishing process.
Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil is a joint venture between the French Group Vallourec and Japanese Sumitomo Metal Industries. The newly integrated plant has a total capacity of 600,000 tons of seamless tubes per year. Vallourec is Europe's and Sumitomo is Asia's leading manufacturer of steel tubes.
PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions, on the basis of its own software products, for the management of energy networks (electricity, gas, oil, heat, water), cross-company production management (metals, automotive, mechanical and plant engineering, mining, logistics) and infrastructure management for telecommunications, transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs 1,400 persons in the group.