News Archiv 2010

The hot-dip galvanized dual-phase steels feature among the highlights of our product portfolio. The dimensional range of Salzgitter Flachstahl products now includes thicknesses of up to 2.5 mm with widths over 1610 mm, and is available to customers with immediate effect.

Salzgitter Flachstahl’s energy efficiency program has already achieved its first successes. The program is responsible for identifying potential savings, reducing energy consumption and thereby saving resources.

The heat treatment of steel looks back on a long tradition. In many cases, the component properties can only be achieved as required outside of the steel mill and hot strip plant by further heat treatment in the actual component manufacturing process.

The term hotmelt denotes dry lubricants on mineral oil base that have a higher melting temperature, i.e. they exhibit a wax-like consistency at room temperature. These products have significant advantages compared to products for standard oiling.

Whether the tongue for a car seat belt, the blade on a lawn mower or the drawer slide for a desk – they all have one thing in common: they could very well be parts made from cold-rolled strip by Risse + Wilke Kaltband - and have originated in one of the blast furnaces in Salzgitter, Germany.