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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'US company Alton Steel Inc. has become the world\'s first steel producer to use Orbis+ to measure the profile of long products. The fully rotating, on-line gauge for wire rod and bar mills delivers improvements in both product quality and ...';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Yichang Three Gorges, China, ordered two continuous annealing lines. Both lines will process ultra-thin sheet, which will then be electroplated and used as packaging material.';
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