Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant
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Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant, also known as LSW, Bayerische Elektrostahlwerke GmbH (predecessor), is a steel plant in Meitingen, Bavaria, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Meitingen, Bavaria, Germany:
- 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]
In 2021, Lech Stahlwerke decided to clear a protected forest in an effort to expand the steelworks, resulting in several lawsuits.[2]
Also in 2021, two former managing directors of the Lech plant were sentenced to prison over a multi-million euro bribery scheme.[3]
In 2022, the plant temporarily suspended prodctuion for several days due to increased electricity and gas prices.[2]
Ownership Tree
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1970[4] | 800[4] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Aicher Stahl AG [92.6%]; unknown | 5086585636 [92.6%]; not applicable | E100001016216 [92.6%]; E100000132388 | Lech Stahlwerke GmbH [100%][4] | 4296657183 | E100000130786 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[4] | pipe, billet, bars, rebar[4] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[5][4][6] | 2024-10-15[7] | 2024-11-20[7] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1400[8] | 1400[8] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
| 2023 | unknown | – |
| 2024 | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[4] | 700[8] | 100.0[6] |
| unknown EAF (2) | operating[4] | 700[8] | 100.0[6] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) | % basic/merchant pig iron | % granulated pig iron | % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) | % other iron |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[6] | 100.00[6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| unknown EAF (2) | yes[6] | 100.00[6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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References
- ↑ "About Lech-Stahlwerke". Lech Stahlwerke. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lech-Stahlwerke". Wikipedia. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Manager von Lech-Stahlwerken müssen in Haft". Suddeutsche Zeitung. June 16, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125055930/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/company/lech-stahlwerke.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210803081740/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/products/high-quality-and-special-steel.html. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20210803080545/https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/produtcs/steel-production-process/melting.html. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.lech-stahlwerke.de/en/produtcs/quality/certificates.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20230109191038/https://eurometal.net/lech-stahlwerke-gets-permission-to-lift-production/. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09.
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