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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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