NPO Laboratory of Special Steels and Alloys, a company of PJSC Kirovsky Zavod, based in St Petersburg, Russia, has placed an order for a one-strand Vertical Semi-Continuous Caster (VERSCON) with SMS Concast, a company of SMS group (www.sms-group.com). Instead of using the classical ingot casting solution for small niche production, NPO chose the innovative and yield-optimized VERSCON technology to produce…