The Italian Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) stainless steel factory of ThyssenKrupp material service unit plans to lift its stainless steel tube annual output from 65,000 tons to 90,000 tons by 2018.

Among them, there is about 70% of 400 series stainless steel tubes, the rest is 300 series stainless steel tubes. These pipes will be used only in the automotive industry.