This will increase the number of employees in Willich by around 70 to 120. In addition to a larger production team, the administrative department is now also located in Willich. The focus of the location is on specializing in segments such as manufacturers of profiles, furniture or even equipment and apparatus engineering. Here the steel service center can now offer its customers an expanded product and service portfolio in addition to higher capacities in order to meet the continuing high demand in the industrial customer sector.

The state-of-the-art facility in Willich has five slitting lines and one cut-to-length line. Slit strip is now available in thicknesses from 0.4mm to 7.0mm and widths from 7.0mm to 1,600mm, with sheet lengths of up to 6,000mm possible. Compared with the previous site in Leverkusen, customers now have 20% more production capacity at their disposal. Thanks to the additional narrow strip center including jumbo coiling, which is also available on site, customer requests for strips in special lengths of up to 25 km can be met. A new feature is a welding unit for stainless steel that can be used to weld together narrow strip up to 2mm thick. In addition, customers benefit from an expanded portfolio for their applications with the newly added Color product area.

As a leading steel and aluminum service center, Thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe serves processors from the automotive, electrical, construction and furniture industries at thirteen locations in six countries. With its many years of expertise in procurement, consulting and prefabrication, the processing specialist supplies tailored services and digital solutions for flat steel and nonferrous metals to a diverse customer base throughout Europe.

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