The Salzgitter AG Magazine

Markets

The markets are on the move: Our world is changing – and with it the demands made on materials, products and partnerships. New markets are emerging, the boundaries between sectors are blurring and the expectations of customers and capital markets are becoming increasingly complex. We are keeping pace with these dynamics: by combining industrial strength with sustainability, while shaping and designing future-proof value chains. Find out how we are opening up markets, strengthening business areas and creating long-term, sustainable value.

Highlights from the Markets section

Between climate protection and competitive fears: EU emissions trading under the microscope

New timeline, laxer rules, dissatisfied pioneers: What companies need to know.

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Highlights from the Markets section

Employment, training, future – how Salzgitter AG is strengthening the region

Salzgitter AG is creating perspectives and opportunities – for a sustainable steel industry as well as for skilled and junior employees. How the Group attracts young people through targeted promotion, regional roots and transformation.

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04/10/2026 | Article

Employment, training, future – how Salzgitter AG is strengthening the region

Salzgitter AG is creating perspectives and opportunities – for a sustainable steel industry as well as for skilled and junior employees. How the Group attracts young people through targeted promotion, regional roots and transformation.

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03/23/2026 | Interview

Back to black: Salzgitter Group stabilizes earnings

A weak economy, high energy prices, and global overcapacity: In this interview, CFO Birgit Potrafki explains how Salzgitter AG overcame adverse conditions to deliver stable earnings in 2025, the role played by the P28 earnings improvement program and the exchangeable bond, and why she is cautiously optimistic about the new financial year.

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03/03/2026 | Article

The invisible grid of the energy transition

A significant share of Germany's ongoing industrial transformation is taking place underground: The conversion, expansion and new construction of the pipeline networks for thermal energy, water and hydrogen is the largest and probably most diffuse construction site in the entire country. A Herculean task in which steel pipes are putting down the technological foundation.

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03/03/2026 | Article

Built to last: Pioneering bridges made of steel

The oldest steel bridges in the world were built for horse-drawn carriages, yet they are so sturdy that they are still suitable for modern road and rail traffic.

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03/03/2026 | Article

Steel bridges: faster construction, longer service life

Germany's bridges are dilapidated and run down, while renovation is stalling. But solutions are at hand: Find out how steel is combining speed with cost efficiency and stability in bridge construction.

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03/03/2026 | Article

Major renovations: Steel countering Germany's standstill

A total of 500 billion euros for a stable future: How we are leveraging the government special fund to upgrade our infrastructure and operate in a more climate-friendly way. And what role steel is playing in all this.

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03/03/2026 | Article

Strengthening Germany's sovereignty

Our future as an industrial nation is on the line. A call to action from Gunnar Groebler, CEO of Salzgitter AG.

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03/03/2026 | Article

Modular principle

Cutting, rolling, welding: Salzgitter AG is expanding its defense business with a modular system and a new, group-wide sales organization.

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03/03/2026 | Interview

Setting the course to the future in Lower Saxony

Why Benedikt Hüppe, Managing Director of the Unternehmerverbände Niedersachsen (UVN) (Lower Saxony Business Associations), is strongly convinced of the adaptability, flexibility and sustainable future viability of Lower Saxony as a business location. And what he is demanding from policy makers.

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