Abstract:A new generation of 100500 mm Thin/Mediun Slab Caster combined with a 3 300 mm Steckel Plate Mill has come into operation between the end of year 2000 and the beginning of year 2005.Danieli Wean United applies its reliable flexible Thin Slab Casting (fTSC)technology and its hot rolling and plate finshing technology to satisfy the final product and grade requirements of two of the most important steel producers in USA and China.The facilities are designed to produce both coiled and discrete plates having high mechanical characteristics and tight geometrical tolerances at a very competitive production cost on the new millennium plate market.