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FACE TO FACE

This confidence was reinforced
during visits to SMS group’s quality-
“ control, factory-acceptance-testing
and employee-training facilities in
SMS group’s CMT® 365
mill provided the most Mönchengladbach and Tarcento in July.
Seeing those capabilities firsthand gave
advanced technology to me complete assurance in the training
make this opportunity into and commissioning schedules we are
a commercial reality developing together.

NM : Interviewer: Future Forgeworks’
— Rohan Richardson, CMT® mill will be one of the most
“
efficient rebar plants worldwide. What
CEO, Future Forgeworks
makes the mill unique, and how does the
CMT® technology contribute to Future
Forgeworks’ vision for sustainable rebar
steel production?
requires us to recruit and develop a new
industrial workforce. Our key operational BS : The CMT® 365 solution combines
hires, planned for early to mid-2027, will strong commercial performance with
gain practical steelmaking equipment significant environmental benefits
experience at SMS group’s international helping mill operators like Future
facilities before returning to Australia to Forgeworks simultaneously meet their
help train the wider team. commercial and sustainability

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