Charlotte, North Carolina, USA and Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, September 10, 2020 –
Midrex Technologies, Inc. and AMI Automation have entered into a strategic agreement to provide
steelmakers worldwide with a new approach to process optimization for DRI-based integrated EAF steel mills.
The alliance offers steelmakers a comprehensive way to use Midrex’s and AMI’s latest digital tools
and extensive process know-how together to optimize the complete DRI/EAF process. Combining each
companies’ respective strengths will streamline the entire process remotely – from reduction of
iron ore through production of liquid steel in the EAF to achieve the optimum performance for
combined DRI/steelmaking plants.
Midrex continues to bring innovation to the direct reduction industry with the introduction of
Remote Professional Services (RPS) as part of MidrexConnect®. RPS digitally transforms data into
actions. Midrex engineers in Charlotte can evaluate all areas of a MIDREX® Plant anywhere in the
world in real-time to optimize product quality and process performance, enhance equipment protection,
and increase plant availability.
AMI will provide its comprehensive suite of SmartFurnace™ products and services to optimize the
EAF’s. The new approach provides the equipment, the technical know-how, the continuous remote
monitoring and support, OPTaaS™ (Optimization-as-a-Service), to ensure the highest efficiency EAF
performance using an INDUSTRY 4.0 digital business approach. The AMITech Center (ATC Remote Monitoring
Center) is a critical cornerstone of this initiative and provides the latest technologies available
to allow AMI´s specialists to continuously monitor and optimize the EAF operation using Analytics,
Machine Learning and AI tools. This new approach ensures that customers will be using the best and
most modern technology and optimization practices to melt DRI in their EAF’s.
Fernando Martinez, Vice President and co-founder of AMI Automation commented,
“We are thrilled to have this strategic relationship with Midrex. AMI has a long history of helping
our customers use our technology to operate the most efficient EAF’s in the world. Working with
Midrex will allow, for the first time, the entire steelmaking process to be coordinated. It also
reinforces AMI’s commitment to innovation and finding ways to help our customers achieve and
maintain new performance levels using digital tools and new digital business models combining the
best process know-how in the industry.”
“The power of digitalization is allowing us to better focus our process expertise on optimizing the
performance of MIDREX Plants,” KC Woody, COO of Midrex Technologies, said. “By teaming up with AMI,
we can offer our customers practical and sustainable solutions from the DRI plant through the
EAF melt shop.”
Midrex Technologies, Inc. is the world leader for direct reduction ironmaking
technology and aftermarket solutions for the steel industry. As the technology provider of the
MIDREX® Process for 50-plus years, Midrex designs, builds and services Direct Reduced Iron (DRI)
plants. The MIDREX Process fits the need of steelmakers seeking a dependable and clean source of iron.
Each year, MIDREX Plants produce more than 60% of the world’s DRI in its three forms: CDRI, HDRI, HBI.
For more information, visit: www.midrex.com.
AMI Automation is a premier international automation and control solutions company.
Its Meltshop Solutions division is a recognized innovator and world leader with over 30 years dedicated
to EAF Optimization using the latest automation and control technologies to make EAF’s run better and
more efficiently. For more information, visit:
www.amiautomation.com