In a method of producing a strip suitable for further processing to yield a
(110)[001] grain oriented electrical steel from a thin strip such as a
continuously cast thin strip the thin cast strip is processed to promote
recrystallization from the surface layer of the strip (S=0) into the
quarter thickness of the strip (S=0.2 to 0.3). The process parameters are
selected so that the strain/recrystallization parameter (K*).sup.-1,
.gtoreq.about 6500 and
wherein,
##EQU1##
T.sub.HBA is the annealing temperature of the strip (in .degree.Kelvin),
T.sub.HR is the hot rolling temperature of the strip (in .degree.Kelvin),
.epsilon. is the strain rate of hot rolling,
t.sub.i is the initial thickness of the strip before hot rolling, and
t.sub.f is the final thickness of the strip after hot rolling.
