Automotive industry supplier Wagon Automotive Nagold GmbH and Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). To put its own production on a more sustainable footing, the company based in Baden-Württemberg will in future use CO2-reduced steel produced by way of the SALCOS® route for the manufacture of complex body shell modules.
Guided by SALCOS®, the Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking transformation programme, the Salzgitter Group will be converting its steel production step by step to hydrogen-based processes. The Group’s goal is to achieve virtually CO2-free production starting in 2033. The traditional blast furnace route will be replaced by production processes based on direct reduction and electric arc furnaces. Salzgitter Flachstahl is already able to supply its customers with CO2-reduced steel made via what is known as the Peiner route. In this route, slabs are produced from scrap using an electric arc furnace.
Wagon Automotive is a long-standing partner of Salzgitter Flachstahl. Their cooperation will extend both to direct sales and to resale programmes. The bulk of supplies in Germany will go to the Wagon Automotive plant in Nagold and will comprise mainly surface-treated flat steel products.
Rolf Gaßner, Managing Director of Wagon Automotive, said:
“We aspire to make products that exceed our customers’ expectations. And by using “green” steel from Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, we will be able to provide our customers with precisely these products in future.”
Phillip Meiser, Sales Director of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, said:
“We are delighted that we were able to convince Wagon Automotive Nagold GmbH of the merits of our SALCOS® project. We believe that, by working together, we all can succeed in the “green” transformation.”
