Ostseestaal

Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG is a metalworking company headquartered in the German Hanseatic city of Stralsund. It belongs to the Dutch Central Industry Group, based in Groningen. The company produces kits made from cut and three-dimensionally formed sheet metal in steel, stainless steel, aluminium and special alloys for shipbuilding and the metalworking industry. It is counted among the large maritime suppliers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Production began on 4 March 2000 with two plasma cutting systems and seven large presses; the Dutch company Centralstaal had invested 25 million euros in building up Ostseestaal GmbH. In its founding year 2000, revenue was 3.1 million euros. In 2005 it bought a former production hall of the neighbouring Volkswerft Stralsund, and the Stralsund firm AIU built an industrial hall measuring 99 × 155 metres with 17 crane systems for different load classes. Having started as a supplier to the maritime industry, work for "classic shipbuilding" accounted for only around 25 percent by 2010; new business fields are architecture, alternative energies and megayachts. Together with Stralsund University of Applied Sciences and the University of Rostock, the company is developing a process for multi-dimensional forming of steel elements at higher temperatures in a project with a volume of 5.6 million euros. From 2013 this was intended to produce steel rotor blades for wind turbines in a globally novel forming process in the semi-warm to warm temperature range, which in the company's view could replace the plastic rotor blades used until then. To produce formed parts for the aircraft industry, the independent company Modul- und Formbau (MFB) Stralsund was founded. It uses a production hall of the former Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) Werft Stralsund. Further production of components lay with the subsidiary Formstaal GmbH & Co. KG until the end of 2017; since 2018 it has also operated under the name Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG. The newly structured operation now has around 150 employees. In 2019 the subsidiary Ostsee Tank Solutions GmbH was founded for the production of roofs for large tanks. Among other things, the company formed the steel sheets for the outer facade of the Ozeaneum Stralsund, for the research vessel Maria S. Merian and elements for the Sidra Tree of the Qatar National Convention Centre. In 2010, components were formed and supplied for 60 percent of megayachts. Steel was also supplied for the Porsche Pavilion in Wolfsburg. The firm also supplies the aviation industry, including parts for the Eurofighter and the Airbus A350. For the Infoversum in Groningen, the building segments made of Corten were delivered in 2013. An in-house development is a fully solar-powered water bus named Solaaris, which has been operating on the Aasee in Münster since 2012. For the Weiße Flotte shipping company, solar-powered ferry boats were built together with Formstaal, which the company uses on ferry lines of the Berlin public transport operator (see FährBär).

Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG began production on 4 March 2000 with two plasma cutting systems and seven large presses. The Dutch company Centralstaal invested 25 million euros in setting up Ostseestaal GmbH. In its founding year 2000, the company's revenue was 3.1 million euros. In 2005 it purchased a former production hall of the neighbouring Volkswerft Stralsund, and the Stralsund firm AIU built an industrial hall measuring 99 × 155 metres with 17 crane systems for different load classes. Originally a supplier to the maritime industry, by 2010 work for "classic shipbuilding" accounted for only around 25 percent of activity. New business fields became architecture, alternative energies and megayachts. In 2010, components were formed and supplied for 60 percent of megayachts. Together with Stralsund University of Applied Sciences and the University of Rostock, the company worked on a project with a volume of 5.6 million euros to develop a process for multi-dimensional forming of steel elements at higher temperatures. From 2013, this was intended to enable production of steel rotor blades for wind turbines in a globally novel semi-warm to warm forming process, potentially replacing plastic rotor blades. To produce formed parts for the aircraft industry, the independent company Modul- und Formbau (MFB) Stralsund was founded, using a production hall of the former Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) Werft Stralsund. Further production of components lay with the subsidiary Formstaal GmbH & Co. KG until the end of 2017; since 2018 it has also operated under the name Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG. The restructured operation has around 150 employees. In 2019, the subsidiary Ostsee Tank Solutions GmbH was founded for the production of roofs for large tanks. Notable projects include forming steel sheets for the outer facade of the Ozeaneum Stralsund, for the research vessel Maria S. Merian, and elements for the Sidra Tree of the Qatar National Convention Centre. Steel was supplied for the Porsche Pavilion in Wolfsburg. The firm also supplies the aviation industry, including parts for the Eurofighter and the Airbus A350. For the Infoversum in Groningen, building segments made of Corten were delivered in 2013. An in-house development is the fully solar-powered water bus Solaaris, operating on the Aasee in Münster since 2012. Together with Formstaal, solar-powered ferry boats were built for the Weiße Flotte shipping company, used on ferry lines of the Berlin public transport operator (see FährBär).

• 2019

  Subsidiary Ostsee Tank Solutions GmbH founded for production of roofs for large tanks.

• 2018

  Formstaal also operates under the name Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG; restructured operation has around 150 employees.

• 2017

  End of component production by subsidiary Formstaal GmbH & Co. KG.

• 2013

  Intended start of production of steel rotor blades for wind turbines using a novel semi-warm to warm forming process; Corten building segments delivered for the Infoversum in Groningen.

• 2012

  Solar-powered water bus Solaaris begins operating on the Aasee in Münster.

• 2010

  Classic shipbuilding accounts for only around 25 percent of work; components formed and supplied for 60 percent of megayachts.

• 2005

  Purchase of a former production hall of the neighbouring Volkswerft Stralsund; AIU builds an industrial hall measuring 99 × 155 metres with 17 crane systems.

• 2000

  Production begins on 4 March with two plasma cutting systems and seven large presses; Centralstaal invests 25 million euros; revenue in founding year is 3.1 million euros.

Large maritime supplier in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, diversified into architecture, alternative energies, megayachts and aerospace.

• Cut and three-dimensionally formed sheet-metal kits

  Kits made from steel, stainless steel, aluminium and special alloys for shipbuilding and the metalworking industry.

• Solaaris solar-powered water bus

  In-house development, fully powered by solar cells, operating on the Aasee in Münster since 2012.

• FährBär solar-powered ferries

  Solar-powered ferry boats built together with Formstaal for the Weiße Flotte shipping company, used on Berlin public transport ferry lines.

• Steel rotor blades for wind turbines

  Developed in a project with Stralsund University of Applied Sciences and the University of Rostock; intended for production from 2013 using a novel semi-warm to warm forming process.

• Roofs for large tanks

  Produced by subsidiary Ostsee Tank Solutions GmbH, founded in 2019.

1. 1Ostseestaal – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
2. 2Ostseestaal – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Ostseestaal GmbH & Co. KG – official websiteostseestaal.de