Special steel long products made from engineering steel, stainless steel and tool steel, produced via the electric steel process.
Swiss Steel Holding AG
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About Swiss Steel Group
Swiss Steel Group, headquartered in Lucerne, is one of the largest producers of electric steel in Europe and a provider of customized solutions in special steel long products. The portfolio comprises engineering steel, stainless steel and tool steel; the product range extends from drawn wire with a 0.013 mm diameter up to forged bars with a 1,100 mm diameter. Production takes place via the electric steel process in six electric arc furnaces at 17 production sites, supplemented by remelting facilities (ESR/vacuum), rolling mills, forges, heat treatment as well as machining, sawing and grinding through to the finished component. With its Green Steel program (approx. 92% recycled scrap, approx. 83% electricity from low-emission sources, approx. 85% lower CO2 footprint), the stock-listed group is committed to the circular economy. Via more than 60 sales and service locations in over 25 countries, the group serves more than 18,500 customers from industries such as automotive, aerospace, energy, medical technology and toolmaking with around 7,000 employees – from technical consulting and cutting to just-in-time delivery.
- Site
- Luzern
- Processes
- Electric steel process (electric arc furnace, electric steelmaking), Remelting facilities (remelting under slag / in vacuum), Forged bar production (forged bars up to 1,100 mm diameter), Rolling (bars, bar steel, wire), Wire drawing (down to 0.013 mm diameter), Cold saw cutting, Cold strip sawing / block cutting (Australia, India), Machining of tool steel blocks (2/4/6-sided)
- Materials
- Engineering steels, Stainless steels, Tool steels, Green Steel (electric steel process, ~92% recycled scrap), Powder Metallurgy Materials / Ferro-Titanit (titanium carbide powder metallurgy), Metal powders Printdur® (iron-, nickel-, cobalt-based), Cellulosic covered electrodes Phoenix CEL70 & CEL80, Tool steel 2083 (420)
- Certificates
- ISO 9001, IATF 16949, AS 9100, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 13485 (medical technology), ISO 17025 (testing laboratory), Nadcap accreditations (aerospace)
- Employees
- ~7000
- Industries
- Automotive, Aerospace, Energy, Medical technology, Toolmaking, Oil, Gas & Mining
- 01
Scrap and alloy selection
- 02
Melting via the electric steel process (electric arc furnace)
- 03
Secondary metallurgy, optional remelting (ESR/vacuum)
- 04
Continuous casting
- 05
Rolling and forging (bars up to Ø 1,100 mm)
- 06
Wire drawing down to 0.013 mm diameter
- 07
Heat treatment (annealing, hardening and tempering, vacuum annealing, tempering)
- 08
Cutting, machining and grinding to customer specification
- 09
Testing (chemical, mechanical, metallographic, non-destructive testing)
- 10
Just-in-time delivery and technical customer consulting
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric steel process (electric arc furnace, electric steelmaking)Casting | – | – | – | – | Engineering Steels, Stainless Steels, Tool Steels |
| Remelting facilities (remelting under slag / in vacuum)Casting | – | – | – | – | Stainless steels, special alloys |
| Forged bar production (forged bars up to 1,100 mm diameter)Forming | – | – | – | – | Engineering steels, Stainless steels, Tool steels |
| Rolling (bars, bar steel, wire)Forming | – | – | – | – | unalloyed, low-alloy to high-alloy special steels |
| Wire drawing (down to 0.013 mm diameter)Forming | – | 0.013 mm (diameter) | – | – | Engineering steels, Stainless steels |
| Cold saw cuttingMachining | – | 10 mm diameter up to block cutting 1700 × 1300 mm × 1700 mm | 30,000 kg | – | Tool steel, special steels |
| Cold strip sawing / block cutting (Australia, India)Machining | – | 25 mm to 2500 mm × 2000 mm | 25,000 kg | – | Tool steels, special steels |
| Machining of tool steel blocks (2/4/6-sided)Machining | – | 1000 mm (India) | 10,000 kg (China) / 25,000 kg (India) | – | Tool steel |
| Grinding (Lumsden Wash Grinder, top/bottom surface grinding)Machining | – | 2100 mm × 1100 mm × 600 mm | – | – | Tool steel plates and blocks |
| Heat treatment (vacuum annealing / tempering)Heat treatment | – | 1200 mm (vacuum) / 2000 mm (tempering) × 900 mm (vacuum) / 1000 mm (tempering) × 900 mm (vacuum) / 1000 mm (tempering) | – | – | steel plates and blocks |
| Metal 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing (UGIWAM®, Printdur® Metal Powders)Additive | – | – | – | – | Iron, Nickel and Cobalt based powders, steel |
| Rough machining / milling all faces / chrome plating / bar cut to lengthMachining | – | – | – | – | Stainless steel, Tool steel, special steels |
| Repackaging of welding wire (coiling and reeling systems)Assembly | – | – | 15 kg – 250 kg | – | Stainless steel welding wire |
| H2-HotRoll – conversion of natural gas reheating furnaces to green hydrogenHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | steel |
| Testing technology (chemical analysis, mechanical testing, metallography, non-destructive testing)Testing | – | – | – | – | steel |
13 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electric arc furnace | – | 6 | – | – | Group (melt shops) |
| Continuous casting plant | – | – | – | – | Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Witten |
| Remelting facility (ESR / vacuum / slag remelting) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rolling mill | – | – | – | – | among others Siegen |
| Reheat furnace (target conversion to green hydrogen) | H2-HotRoll | – | – | – | – |
| Cold saw / band saw cutting systems | – | – | 10 mm Ø up to 1700 x 1300 x 4000 mm blocks | – | China (Taicang/Dongguan/Ninghai) |
| Machining department (block machining) | – | – | max. piece weight 10,000 kg | – | China; India: max. 25,000 kg, height 1000 mm |
| Lumsden Wash Grinder (surface grinding machine) | Lumsden Wash Grinder | – | approx. 2100 x 1100 x 600 mm | – | Melbourne, Australia |
| Vacuum annealing furnace | – | – | max. 900 x 900 x 1200 mm | – | China |
| Tempering furnace | – | – | max. 1000 x 1000 x 2000 mm | – | China |
| Coiling and reeling systems (for welding wire) | – | – | – | – | China |
| Metal 3D printing / WAAM (UGIWAM®) | Swiss Steel Group UGIWAM® | – | – | – | – |
| Forging press / forge shop | – | – | forged bars up to 1100 mm Ø | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality & Certifications
Quality assurance extends from scrap and alloy selection through melting and casting processes to internal, surface, dimensional and identity inspections in rolling mills, forge and drawing lines as well as mechanical-technological testing. Accredited testing laboratories (ISO 17025) perform chemical analysis, mechanical testing, metallography and non-destructive testing (eddy current, ultrasonic) and are also available to external customers; special processes for aerospace are accredited under Nadcap.
| Evidence | Steeltec | DEW Witten/Krefeld | DEW Siegen/Hagen | Ugitech |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001 | ||||
| ISO 14001 | ||||
| ISO 50001 |
History
- 1956
Foundation of Swiss Steel Mexico
- 1978
Foundation of Swiss Steel Canada
- 1993
Foundation of Swiss Steel China
- 2000
Foundation of Swiss Steel France
- 2009
Foundation of Swiss Steel India and Swiss Steel Italy
- 2015
Foundation of Swiss Steel UK and Swiss Steel Japan
- 2021
Base year for SBTi-validated emission targets; flood disaster at the Hagen site
- 2022
Revenue of over EUR 4 billion with around 10,000 employees
- 2024
Technical innovation with 100% integrated value chain for spring steel wire
- 2025
Introduction of the UGIWAM® process for Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing
- 2026
Delivery of 2,500 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the western breakwater of Helgoland; DEW 2030 restructuring program with Witten as the central site and planned sale of Hagen and Krefeld