GMH Group transforms metal scraps accumulated at Volkswagen's Osnabrück plant into new high-tech electrical steel (silicon steel). The two companies, which want to strengthen their cooperation, contribute to the automotive industry to a great extent in recycling with this method.
At its Osnabrück plant, Volkswagen uses the strip steel to manufacture body components for local production and other group locations. In the last few years, Volkswagen has been delivering leftover metal residues from the production process to the electrical steel (silicon steel) plant in Georgsmarienhütte, about ten kilometers away, for recycling. Here, metal residues are melted in an electric arc furnace and converted into a completely new, high-quality primary material for Volkswagen AG's transmission production. Compared to the same amount of steel produced in a conventional blast furnace, recycling metal scrap has already saved 8,000 tons of CO2 per year.
As a result of this ongoing partnership between Volkswagen and the GMH Group, deliveries of metal scraps will remain high in the future, thereby reducing the CO2 footprint of both companies. “In the process of decarbonising the steel industry, scrap is becoming more and more important as a resource of value. As the most climate-friendly steel company in Germany, this agreement takes us one step further on the path to climate neutrality in 2039. closer,” he said.
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