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.
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Germany’s Oldest Steel Foundry Closed
The C.Grossmann foundry in Solingen, founded in 1853, made it’s last casting on Friday.
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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.
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Mannstaedt Werke
The former Klöckner works in Troisdorf, Germany (founded in 1825) carried a lot of different names over the years. Today they produce a large variety of speciality sections in two rolling mills.
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Georgsmarienhütte, Revisited
The steel mill in Georgsmarienhütte, Germany was founded on local iron ore deposits in 1856.
The first blast furnace was installed in 1858.
In 1885 the plant merged with the nearby steel mill in Osnabrück.
An open hearth shop was built in 1904.
In 1923 the site became part of the Klöckner-Werke AG.
A third blast furnace and a second open hearth shop went into production in 1952.
The bar rolling mill number 6 was comissioned in 1965.
In 1982 a coal based (KS-) converter replaced the last open hearth furnaces.
The Osnabrück site was closed in 1987.
In 1994 the last blast furnace (no. 3) was clsed down and a new 130 ton DC-electric arc furnace replaced the KS-converter.
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Wheels Of Steel
The rolling mill in Königswinter, Germany was built in 1957 by the Lemmerz Werke GmbH
producing wide flats for car wheels.
In 1997 Lemmerz merged with the U.S. based Hayes Wheels International company to form Hayes Lemmerz.
In 2010 the rolling mill was outsourced and proceeded under the new name “Warmwalzwerk Königswinter”.
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Steel Foundry
The steel foundry in Wetterzeube, Germany was founded in 1909 named „Stahlwerk Staeglich und Haberkorn Wetterzeube“. The foundry operated a cupola furnace and two crucible furnaces. These were replaced by an open hearth melt shop in 1921.
After the war the Wetterzeube works were nationalized and became part of the “VEB Stahlgiesserei Elstertal Silbitz” foundry combine in 1955.
In 1985 a 5 ton electric arc furnace, built in the 1950ies and relocated from Bösdorf near Leipzig, was installed.
After the privatization the Wetterzeube foundry became part of the GEW Gestaguss group from Velbert, Germany.
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Buderus Edelstahl Revisited
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The Wetzlar works were founded by “Röchlingsche Eisen und Stahlwerke” and Buderus in 1920.
A new melt shop was erected in 1939.
In 1965 Buderus took over and in 2005 the Austrian steel company Böhler Uddeholm acquired the mill.
Nowadays Buderus Edelstahl produces about 300000 tons of crude steel in an electric arc furnace. All steel is casted into ingots.
The further production line includes a blooming mill, a hot strip rolling mill, three open die forging presses and a closed die forge.
Steam Hammers
The Wilhelm Sönnecken forge in Wuppertal, Germany was founded in 1891. Nowadays 5 steam hammers are in use producing mainly round forgings often used for gearwheels.
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