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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Two AI geniuses monitoring steel quality
Whether surface defects or metallurgical properties: The Salzgitter Group puts artificial intelligence (AI) to work in order to inspect steel even more accurately – resulting in less waste and even higher quality levels in steel production.
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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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Sourcing raw materials from rusty car bodies
A climate-friendly cycle: Engaging in the Car2Car funding project, industry and science worked together on new solutions geared to achieving a genuine circular economy in automotive engineering – under the auspices of the BMW Group. Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung was also involved and researched how to return steel to the cycle even more efficiently – thereby reducing CO₂ emissions in the process.
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Close-up: Traveling to work on a steel bike
Marc Orenz, Head of Measurement and Control Technology at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, commutes twice a week from Braunschweig to Salzgitter by bicycle. He deliberately chose a steel frame for his bike because he is familiar with the advantages of the material.
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CO₂ border adjustment – Driving green change in the steel industry
Since the beginning of 2026, CO₂ taxes have been levied on steel imports into the EU for the first time. Helge Langheim, Head of Foreign Trade Policy, Markets, and Statistics at Salzgitter AG, considers the CBAM to be necessary in creating climate protection incentives, not only for domestic producers but also for international competitors – despite criticism voiced concerning bureaucracy and potential loopholes.
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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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Complex steel for a stable crumple zone
Salzgitter AG has launched a new grade of complex phase steel, paving the way for safe and sustainable automotive design.
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CBAM: Green steel needs fair rules
Too bureaucratic, too expensive, too protectionist opine the opponents – not consistent enough counter the advocates: Criticism of the CO₂ compensation mechanism CBAM, which has been in place since the beginning of 2026, continues unabated. Find out here why the instrument nevertheless remains indispensable for preventing carbon leakage and driving the decarbonization of industry forward.
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High-tech research exploring steel’s innermost core
Uncovering the secrets of steel on a daily basis: in Salzgitter and Duisburg, the experts at Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH (SZMF) analyze the microstructure of the material.
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Steel at home in residential construction
Fast, sustainable, and cost-effective: from modular developments combatting the housing shortage to affordable single-family homes for every stage of life – groundbreaking projects showcase the future of building with steel.
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“Pragmatic regulation, not deliberate competitive disadvantages”
Lennart Schümann, an energy strategy and procurement expert at Salzgitter AG, explains what the Group needs on the road to green steelmaking – and how and what policymakers must deliver.
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