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Company Expertise in cold rolled steel

Every year we produce 780,000 metric tons of high-quality steel materials at nine locations worldwide and employ a team of  2,300 employees. As a technology leader, we win over new customers from a variety of industries daily with our comprehensive Services and Engineering portfolio.

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Education and careers Discover new future prospects

As an internationally leading technology company, we offer attractive prospects in terms of vocaltional training and university studies as well as interesting job offers.

Electrical steel strip Minimal core losses

Electrical steel strip is essential for efficient power generation and consumption in many applications. The Waelzholz product portfolio provides you with customized magnetic properties. / more 

High-strength materials Formability and wear resistance combined

Automobile manufacturing requires materials which offer great wear-resistance and superior formability. Micro-alloyed fine-grain steels by Waelzholz combine both of these properties. / more 

Hardened and tempered steel strip The all-in-one solution for high-stress applications

Hardened and tempered steel strip by Waelzholz provides you with a myriad of options – ranging from hardness and homogeneity to elasticity or spring tension. / more 

Materials technology Customized cold rolled steel strip

Our materials experts accompany you every step of the way during product development. This collaboration often results in entirely new degrees of freedom and flexibility for our customers. / more 

Technologies With utmost precision

We produce materials with individually fine-tuned features. Our cutting-edge, precision roll stands offer optimum forming capabilities to achieve these tailor-made solutions. / more 

| Careers When passion meets opportunity: a mechanical engineer’s path to success at Waelzholz

By systematically fostering junior staff, Waelzholz is creating outstanding career opportunities – mechanical engineer… / more

Stainless precision steel strip for fiber-optic submarine cables (teaser image)

| Steel materials Stainless precision steel strip for optical fibers in submarine cables

In order to manufacture robust shielding tubes for optical fibers used in submarine cables, precise welding processes… / more

Electrical steel strip for large magnets used in radiation equipment (teaser image)

| Steel materials High-performance electrical steel strip with outstanding magnetizability for large magnets used in medical radiation equipment

Waelzholz offers electrical steel strip with the perfect properties for large magnets used in medical radiation… / more

Medical cannulas made of stainless precision steel strip (teaser image)

| Steel materials Stainless precision steel strip with outstanding welding and forming properties for the manufacture of medical cannulas

Waelzholz’s stainless precision steel strip is ideally suited for manufacturing high-quality medical cannulas. This is… / more

| Corporate & markets New rolling mill brought into service at Taicang location in innovative remote process

After successfully completing construction of the new production hall and equipment at Waelzholz New Material, bringing… / more

Fast bonding backlack for rapid curing of electrical steel strip lamellae teaser graphic

| Steel materials Fast-bonding varnish: accelerating the electrical steel strip plate stamping and bonding process

The new fast-bonding varnish accelerates the process of bonding electrical steel strip plates into lamination stacks… / more

High speed tempering of flat wires and profiles produces homogeneous microstructures and residue-free surfaces teaser graphic

| Engineering High-speed hardening and tempering: flat wire and profiles with homogeneous microstructures and residue-free surfaces

Waelzholz produces extremely homogeneous flat wire products and profiles made of wire with excellent bending uniformity… / more

Henrik Caspar Junius Managing Director of the Waelzholz Group Portrait photo

| Corporate & markets Transition to the next generation taking place on the Waelzholz Executive Board

On July 1, 2021, Henrik Caspar Junius joined the Waelzholz Group’s Executive Board, heralding an upcoming transition… / more

Low Co2 hot strip coil delivery from Salzgitter AG to Waelzholz Header photo

| Corporate & markets First CO2-reduced coils delivered

The first CO2-reduced hot rolled steel strip coils manufactured by Salzgitter AG were delivered to the Waelzholz Group. / more

Robot application coil handling at Waelzholz in the Hagen plant Teaser graphic

| Engineering Robotics in the cold rolling industry

Waelzholz is investing in robotic systems at its worldwide locations to maximize flexibility and precision in the… / more