Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant

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Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant, also known as LSW, Bayerische Elektrostahlwerke GmbH (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Meitingen, Bavaria, Germany.

Location

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  • Location: Industriestrasse 1, D-86405 Herbertshofen, Meitingen, Germany
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.512051, 10.855292 (exact)

Background

Production at the Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant is 100% scrap-based.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1970[2] 800[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Max Aicher GmbH & Co KG [100.0%] 4296647109 [100%] E100000130784 [100%] Lech Stahlwerke GmbH[2] 4296657183 E100000130786

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[2] pipes; tubes; billets[2] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[2][3][4] 2022[5] 2021[5] EAF[2][6] 2 EAF (100-tonne each)[3]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1400 TTPA[7][7] 1400 TTPA[7][7]

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References

  1. "About Lech-Stahlwerke". Lech Stahlwerke. Retrieved 2022-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055930/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/company/lech-stahlwerke.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210803080545/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/produtcs/steel-production-process/melting.html. Archived from the original on 03 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803081740/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/products/high-quality-and-special-steel.html. Archived from the original on 03 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320122549/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/media/downloads/download-catalog.html. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115528/https://www.eurofer.eu/assets/Uploads/Map-20191113_Eurofer_SteelIndustry_Rev3-has-stainless.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20230109191038/https://eurometal.net/lech-stahlwerke-gets-permission-to-lift-production/. Archived from the original on 09 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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