Specialist information platform for the steel industry: trade magazines, technical books, newsletters and a knowledge database covering steel, trading and plant engineering.
Maenken Kommunikation GmbH
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About StahlBase
StahlBase (stahlbase.com) is a brand of Maenken Kommunikation GmbH based in Cologne and acts as a central information and communication platform for the steel industry. The company brings together the long-established specialist brands stahl+eisen, stahlmarkt, Steel Market International and MPT International into a shared media and content ecosystem. Its offering includes trade magazines in digital and print form, technical books and standards via its own online shop, a weekly newsletter and a freely searchable knowledge database of specialist articles. The editorial team reports on market data, steel trading, plant engineering, rolling technology, direct reduction, green steel, decarbonisation and digitalisation, targeting decision-makers along the entire value chain. Companies covered in editorial content include, among others, Dillinger France, Feralpi Stahl, thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel, Voestalpine, ArcelorMittal, Benteler, Salzgitter, Primetals Technologies and SMS group. Publications are in German.
- Site
- Cologne
- Processes
- Heavy plate rolling (hot/cold rolling), Plate leveling (cold plate leveling machine), Spooler rolling (endless rolling via billet welding, hot-spuled coil), Pipe drawing (seamless and cold-drawn pipes), Heat treatment of pipes, Open die forging, Continuous casting followed by hot rolling (Nexcast), Slab continuous casting
- Materials
- Steel (high-strength grades), Structural steel, Aluminium, Iron ore (pellets, DR grade), Stainless steel, Deep-drawing steels, Structural steels, HSLA steels
- Industries
- Media / specialist publishing, Steel industry, Steel trading, Plant engineering & process technology
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Editorial research and market observation
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Production of specialist articles and magazines
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Sales of subscriptions (digital/print) via the online shop
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Newsletter and knowledge database
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Advertising and communication services for industry players
Topics and Media Formats
Trade magazines
Print and digital magazines stahl+eisen, stahlmarkt, Steel Market International and MPT International.
Technical books and standards
Practical specialist literature via the company's own shop.
Newsletter
Weekly market data, news and insights by e-mail.
Knowledge database
Specialist articles on technology, market, production, trading, personnel and sustainability.
Publishing Office
Cologne
DEPublishing office and editorial department
- Materials
- Trade magazines, technical books, newsletter
Publications
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy plate rolling (hot/cold rolling)Forming | – | – | – | – | high-strength steel grades, steel |
| Plate leveling (cold plate leveling machine)Forming | – | – | – | – | high-strength steel grades (HS), steel |
| Spooler rolling (endless rolling via billet welding, hot-spuled coil)Forming | – | – | 2.5 t (coil) – 8 t (coil) | – | steel (structural steel) |
| Pipe drawing (seamless and cold-drawn pipes)Forming | – | – | – | – | steel |
| Heat treatment of pipesHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | steel |
| Open die forgingForming | – | – | – | – | steel (stainless steel) |
| Continuous casting followed by hot rolling (Nexcast)Casting | – | – | – | – | aluminium |
| Slab continuous castingCasting | – | Slab width 900–1,650 mm × Slab thickness 220 or 260 mm | – | – | deep-drawing steels, structural steels, peritectic steels, HSLA steels, electrical strip steel with high silicon content, steels with ultra-low to high carbon content |
| LD converter steelmaking (oxygen steel)Casting | – | – | 350 t (per converter charge) | – | steel, steel scrap |
| Iron ore pelletizing (traveling grate/straight grate process)Engineering | – | Grate area up to 816 m² | – | – | iron ore |
| Wire rolling (wire rod, No-Twist mill)Forming | – | – | – | – | low-, medium- and high-carbon steel grades, steel scrap (recycled), bar steel, reinforcing steel, wire rod, section steel |
| Galvanizing (heat-to-coat process, hot-dip galvanized strip steel)Surface | – | – | – | – | strip steel (steel) |
| No-rinse adhesion promoter application (APNR 2.0, spray pretreatment)Surface | – | – | – | – | architectural aluminium, metals |
| Series production of alkaline water electrolyzers (stack and cell manufacturing,Assembly | – | – | – | – | materials for electrolysis cells |
16 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold plate leveling machine | SMS group X-Pact Plate Leveler Control (control system), 9/5-roll operation | – | – | 1999 (Orig | Dunkirk, France |
| Spooler rolling mill | Danieli | 1 | 300 m hot charging roller table; spooler coils 8–25 mm, ring inner diameter 900 mm | 2025 | Riesa, Germany |
| Electric arc furnace | – | – | – | – | Donawitz, Austria |
| Electric steel mill (electric arc furnace) | – | – | – | 1995 (Inbe | Unterwellenborn, Germany |
| Open die forging press | – | 1 | 80 MN press force | – | Wetzlar (Buderus Edelstahl), Germany |
| LD converter | Primetals Technologies | 2 | – | 2024/2025 | Toranagallu (JSW Vijayanagar), India |
| Ladle furnace | Primetals Technologies 350 t | 2 | – | – | Toranagallu, India |
| Slab continuous casting machine | Primetals Technologies two-strand | 2 | Slab width 900–1,650 mm; thickness 220/260 mm | – | Toranagallu, India |
| Pelletizing plant | Primetals Technologies firing furnace 816 m² | 2 | – | – | Paradeep, India |
| Drawing bench (pipe drawing line) | – | 1 | – | 2026 | Schloß Neuhaus (Benteler), Germany |
| Hot leveling machine | Buma Engineering & Plant Engineering | 1 | Plant 1,100 t total weight | 2026 | Mülheim an der Ruhr (Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech), Germany |
| Morgan Vee No-Twist mill | Primetals Technologies (Morgan) 10-stand, incl. 3-Hi reduction gearbox, 1,200 mm Reform Tub | 1 | Rolling speed up to 105 m/s | – | Bayonne (Celsa France), France |
| Laying head/ring distributor (laying station) | Primetals Technologies | 1 | – | – | Bayonne (Celsa France), France |
| Thermal heat storage unit | Kraftblock 2 storage units of 10 MWh each | 2 | – | – | Jamshedpur (Tata Steel), India |
| APNR adhesion promoter system (no-rinse pretreatment) | Henkel APNR 2.0 with EcoFlex control | – | – | Markteinfü | – |
| Electrolysis plant manufacturing (alkaline water electrolysis) | thyssenkrupp / De Nora 20 MW module (Single Element technology) | – | – | – | Essen, Germany |
Additional services
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