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On April 16, 2024 thyssenkrupp Materials Services and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of climate-friendly steel. As part of the agreement, the subsidiary of the materials distribution and service provider, thyssenkrupp Schulte, commits to purchasing fixed quantities of C0₂-reduced bluemint® steel with immediate effect. In the following years, the quantities are to increase gradually and the purchase agreement is to run up to and including 2030. thyssenkrupp Schulte will not only supply its own customers in the German domestic market with the CO₂-reduced steel, but will also make it available to other stockholding units in Western and Eastern Europe. The signing underlines the consistent expansion of the sustainable product portfolio. 

Detlef Schotten, CEO of thyssenkrupp Schulte, says: "With the increasing requirements for sustainable business processes, we are seeing growing demand from our customers for CO₂-reduced alternatives. This trend will continue to grow in the coming years. As a materials distributor, we are not just a supplier, but a partner for our customers and support them in their endeavors to become more sustainable. This includes a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions that create ecological added value. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with thyssenkrupp Steel is an important step that underpins our commitment to sustainable material solutions."

Jörg Paffrath, Head of Sales Industry at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, adds: "In the age of sustainability, partnerships like this are crucial. By signing this Memorandum of Understanding, we are sending a strong signal in favor of a forward-looking industry. Our commitment to CO₂-reduced steel also emphasizes our role as a responsible partner for our customers. We are determined to meet the growing demand for sustainable material solutions and, together with our partners, to make a positive contribution to tackling the global challenges of climate change."

thyssenkrupp Aerospace and the Mecachrome Group, one of the five largest manufacturers of aerospace parts in Europe, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a five-year extension of their existing long-term partnership. thyssenkrupp Aerospace, part of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, one of the world’s leading mill-independent materials distribution and service providers, will deliver material management solutions to the Mecachrome Group, including the supply of cut-to-size aluminum plates to France and North Africa.

The contract covers a range of services, including optimizing the use of raw materials, logistics planning to anticipate distribution and delivery challenges. It also incorporates purchasing management, specifically managing Conbid, the consolidated material supply process used for Airbus. New additions to the partnership agreement take advantage of the “Materials as a Service” offering from thyssenkrupp Aerospace, especially the use of a digital control tower for highly effective performance and forecast management

The energy transition confronts companies with major challenges. Renewable energies and energy-efficient operations have become a key economic factor. The new energy monitoring tool toii®.Energy from thyssenkrupp Materials IoT, a spin-off from thyssenkrupp Materials Services, supports manufacturing companies in optimizing their energy efficiency and achieving their sustainability goals.

Transparency through energy measurement

With the new energy monitoring tool toii®.Energy, software developer and digitalization service provider thyssenkrupp Materials IoT is expanding the range of services offered by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform toii®. The integrated tool forms the basis for successful energy management and creates transparency in manufacturing companies with regard to the power consumption of machines and plants. Previously, it was unclear how much power the machines were consuming and when peak loads were reached, but now this data is visible and can even be associated with individual orders and products. In this way, toii®.Energy supports companies in achieving their own sustainability goals and significantly reducing operational energy costs. "Thanks to our digitalization expertise, we create transparency on the shop floor, make energy consumption visible across all locations and identify potential savings – a crucial basis for effective energy management," says Sebastian Lang, CEO of thyssenkrupp Materials IoT.

• The facility will specialize in addressing key elements of the future of the automotive industry (sustainability and electromobility) and offer exclusive services to satisfy the production of light vehicles.

• The investment for the creation of this new service center, which will incorporate around 65 new jobs, is 37 million USD.

• With this, thyssenkrupp Materials Services, a global provider of materials and related services, has so far deployed a total investment of more than 100 million USD in North America in the last 15 months.

• The new site in San Luis Potosí joins the other three centers in Mexico.

thyssenkrupp Materials de México, the leading company in the commercial area of the same name, inaugurated its new service center in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on January 25, 2024. In total, the holding company thyssenkrupp Materials Services, one of the world’s leading mill-independent materials distribution and service providers, invested 37 million USD that will lead to the creation of around 65 new jobs. One of the main objectives of this site is to have a decisive impact on the future viability of the automobile supply industry, which has grown significantly in the region in recent years.

In January 2024, thyssenkrupp Materials Services started using the first hydrogen-powered trucks for deliveries to its customers. Since the beginning of the year, two new vehicles with the environmentally friendly drive system from the logistics partner ep-Group have been in use for the subsidiary thyssenkrupp Plastics.

"With the first hydrogen-powered trucks, we are using the latest mobility options for our transport routes together with the ep-Group – climate-friendly and modern. This not only reduces our own carbon footprint but also the one of our customers. We take sustainability into account along the entire supply chain, and transportation plays a key role in this," says Martin Stillger, CEO of thyssenkrupp Materials Services.