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Saarland’s steel industry is realigning. “We are doing this in a completely integrated process at Dillinger and Saarstahl with the long-term goal of continuing the intergenerational contract,” said Tim Hartmann, Chairman of the Board of Management of Dillinger and Saarstahl.

Trainee Welcome Day 2019

The new training year is beginning: A total of 159 young people start their careers today at Saarstahl AG and AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke. At Saarstahl, 76 trainees are beginning a new phase of their lives: 68 in technical and industrial fields and 8 in business-related fields. Dillinger has recruited 83 trainees this year, with 78 of them in technical and industrial fields and 5 in business-related fields. The group includes 22 women and 12 participants in the intercultural BEST 2.0 career-entry program.⃰ Saarland’s steel industry now employs 563 trainees (Dillinger: 273; Saarstahl: 290) across all training years.

Material and process development

A pioneering construction site at the Saarstahl subsidiary in Homburg: work is now underway to expand the heat treatment capacity at Saar-Blankstahl. With the decision taken by the Supervisory Board at the end of 2018 to expand the annealing capacity of its subsidiary, Saarstahl AG is responding to an expected increase in worldwide demand for heat-treated bar material and to demand for higher-quality steels, which also play an important role in electric mobility. The company is investing 17 million euros in this project.

Saarstahl AG and Drahtwerk Köln GmbH will take part

Saarstahl AG, the world's leading manufacturer of wire and rod, will be exhibiting at the Wire Russia international trade fair in Moscow beginning on 18 June, where the company will present its latest product developments at its own stand (stand number FO D33).