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SALZGITTER
STEEL ROLLS
50 At the wheel plant: a visit to Maxion Wheels
54 Steel unrolled: the coiler at the hot rolling plant
SALZGITTER
EXTRA
4 Somewhere in Iceland
20 Salzgitter AG in figures
21 The Salzgitter Wind Hydrogen project
30 SALCOS and GrInHy – a better way
32 Steel as the driving force behind modernization 56 2018 pictures of the year
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In Königswinter, Salzgitter customer Maxion Wheels produces wheels for cars and trucks made of Salzgitter steel. The two partners are collaborating on key future projects. For details, see from page 50
A warm
welcome!
What was on our minds in 2018, what challenges and highlights did we come across? A retrospec- tive takes us back to 1998, a year that saw key changes, as the company moved to independent management and went public as a separate corporation. An (interim) assessment at the 20th anniversary shows that Salzgitter AG has “estab- lished itself well economically and has developed into a prospering group,” as Salzgitter AG CEO Prof. Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann says in an interview in this issue.
And we continue to keep on the move, with future-oriented projects such as SALCOS – our concept for low-CO2 steel production based on hydrogen.
Our customer Maxion Wheels is very much on the move, too: the company didn’t invent the wheel, but it is the global leader in the manu- facture of steel wheels. We took a look at how a round wheel can be efficiently produced from flat-rolled steel – read our report for details.
“Be part of something BIG” – this is the slogan of the Salzgitter campaign aimed at school and university students. The goal is to spark enthu- siasm among young people and encourage them to start a career in our multifaceted group.
In this magazine we are pleased to offer you not just a review of a successful year but also a trip through the world of Salzgitter!
I hope you enjoy reading our latest issue. Bernhard Kleinermann
Head of Group Communication
Published by: Salzgitter AG,
Eisenhüttenstr. 99, 38239 Salzgitter,
telephon: +49 (0)5341 / 21- 01, www.salzgitter-ag.com
Overall responsibility: Bernhard Kleinermann
(Corporate Communications).
Coordination: Olaf Reinecke.
Magazine orders: Michaela Kruffke, kruffke.m@salzgitter-ag.de. Realization: Schau Verlag GmbH, Hochallee 77, 20149 Hamburg, telephone: +49 (0)40 / 32 87 27 - 0, info.stil@schauverlag.de. Editor-in-chief: Hartmut Krafczyk. Layout: Odysseas Titokis. Printed by: NEEF + STUMME premium printing GmbH & Co. KG Schillerstraße 2, 29378 Wittingen
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18Geschäftsbericht 2018
Annual Report 2018
Salzgitter AG in figures: The current annual report contains all the key figures relating to the company as well as the group management report and consolidated financial statement. It is available for download here: www.salzgitter-ag.com/ar2018
Geschäftsbericht 2018