Ternium S.A. (Ternium) is a steel company in Latin America, manufacturing and processing a range of flat and long steel products for customers active in the construction, home appliances, capital goods, container, food, energy and automotive industries. Ternium has a production capacity of finished steel products of approximately 10.8 million tons per year as of December 31, 2011, and shipped approximately 8.8 million tons of steel products during the year ended December 31, 2011. Ternium produces and distributes a range of finished and semi-finished steel products, including value-added steel products, such as cold-rolled coils and sheets, galvanized and electro-galvanized sheets, pre-painted sheets, tin plate, welded pipes, hot-rolled pickled and annealed and tailor-made flat products. Ternium also produces long steel products, such as bars and wire rod. Ternium primarily sells its flat and long steel products in the regional markets of the Americas.