Sheet metal has been rolled at the Siegen-Geisweid site since 1846.
VDM-Metals GmbH’s current quarto plate rolling mill was commissioned in 1977 by Stahlwerke Südwestfalen.
For this purpose, a DEMAG cold rolling stand dating from 1954 was converted into a hot rolling mill.
After a fracture in the roll stand the SMS Group replaced it with a new 2.7 m four-high stand in 2013. The drives were taken over.
In Siegen, VDM-Metals rolls high-alloy speciality steels which are mainly produced in ingot casting in Unna and rolled into slabs in Duisburg.
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1899-2019
Another German steel foundry had to close it’s gates.
After producing iron and steel castings for 120 years, Schütte Meyer & Co. in Iserlohn-Letmathe made it’s last pour in early April. Images here.
Gienanth, Eisenberg
The Gienanth iron foundry in Eisenberg, Germany, founded in 1735, is one of the oldest working industrial enterprises in south-western Germany.
Today the foundry runs a 30t/h hot blast cupola furnace, installed in 1978, four induction furnaces and three 60 ton holding furnaces.
Major products are blocks for stationary and ship diesel engines.
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Buderus Spezialguss
Almost unnoticed another tradition-steeped company passed away last March.
The former Buderus Spezialguss in Wetzlar, Germany went bancrupt after casting iron for more than 100 years.
5 years ago
on December 6, 2013 the Nirosta melt shop in Krefeld, Germany was closed for good.
I visited them 2 weeks before.
Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Siegen, revisited
A few new images from Siegen:
here.
Largest German Steel Foundry
Way up north right beside the seashore lies Germany’s largest steel foundry.
Sande Stahlguss produces steel castings up to 45 tons a piece.
The foundry runs two electric arc furnaces and a 45 ton AOD-converter for highly alloyed steel grades.
Salzgitter Hot Strip Mill
In 1963 the wide hot strip rolling mill in Salzgitter was the third of it’s kind to be installed after the war in Germany.
Images here.
Germany’s Oldest Steel Foundry Closed
The C.Grossmann foundry in Solingen, founded in 1853, made it’s last casting on Friday.
Images here.
1956-2016
The former heavy blooming mill built by the Klöckner-Werke AG in 1956 was closed down for good in late March.
The Reiner Brach company that took over the rolling mill in 1985 will be liquidated.
Images here.