Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann

Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann, abbreviated HKM, is a company of the Salzgitter Group and an innovative steel partner to industry with a firm place in Duisburg. Its integrated iron and steel works specializes in the production of steel and preliminary products. The company states that it optimizes its processes with experience and know-how and sets quality standards from production to environmental protection. HKM describes itself as continuing a long tradition in Duisburg: the Essener company Schulz-Knaudt built a steelworks at the site in 1909, and today HKM produces steel for its shareholders with two blast furnaces and a steelworks.

Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann has existed as a participation company only since 1990, but it continues a long tradition in Duisburg. In 1909 the Essener company Schulz-Knaudt built a steelworks at the site in Duisburg-Huckingen. Mannesmann took over the Huckingen works in 1914. In 1929 a sinter plant, blast furnaces 1 & 2, and a Thomas steelworks were commissioned. In 1952 the works were incorporated into Mannesmann AG. A coking plant was commissioned in 1958, and the LD steelworks S1 in 1966. In 1970 there was a division of labor between Thyssen & Mannesmann. Blast furnace A was commissioned in 1973, blast furnace B in 1981, Rund 1 in 1982, and Rund 2 in 1984. In 1987 Krupp and Mannesmann decided to merge their Duisburg steel sites. In 1990 Krupp and Mannesmann founded the company Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann. The Hüttenwerk Duisburg-Rheinhausen closed in 1993. Bramme 1 was commissioned in 2000. In 2006 HKM invested and replaced heavy oil injection in the blast furnace with coal injection. In 2010 HKM invested in expanding the coking plant. A new battery was commissioned in 2014, and a ladle heating station in 2020. In 2026 HKM will become a 100% company of the Salzgitter Group.

Innovative steel partner to industry; integrated steelworks specialized in steel and preliminary products, setting quality standards from production to environmental protection.

Product categories. Steel · Preliminary steel products

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