Riva Hennigsdorfer Electric Steel Works

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Riva Hennigsdorfer Electric Steel Works (Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke), also known as HES, Stahl- und Walzwerk Hennigsdorf, is a steel plant in Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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Location: Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke GmbH, Wolfgang-Küntscher-Str. 18, 16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
Coordinates (WGS 84): 52.650903, 13.212683 (exact)

Background

As of April, 2025, the Henningdorf plant has been operating on a limit basis, and will continue to do so for an indefinite period of time. Steel production is suspended and about 680 employees are in short-term employment, which constitutes almost all of the workforce. Initially, the limited operation was scheduled for three months from January 1, 2025. This is due to difficult economic conditions, specifically high energy costs.^[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Start date	Workforce size
1917^[2]^[3]	670^[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
unknown [6.0%]; Riva Forni Elettrici SpA	not applicable [6.0%]; 5039934846	E100000132388 [6.0%]; E100000131000	HES Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke GmbH [100%]^[3]	4298495505	E100000130897 [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^[3]	billet, rounds, rebar^[3]	automotive^[3]	2025-05-16^[5]	2024-07-19^[5]	EAF

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

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status¹	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	1000^[6]^[7]	1000^[6]^[7]

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)
unknown EAF (1)	operating^[3]	500^[6]^[7]
unknown EAF (2)	operating^[3]	500^[6]^[7]

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^[8]	100.00^[8]	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
unknown EAF (2)	yes^[8]	100.00^[8]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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References

↑ Kolisnichenko, Vadim (April 8, 2025). "Riva Hennigsdorf extends downtime for an indefinite period". GMK Center. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220113152807/https://www.wer-zu-wem.de/firma/hes.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061025/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/standorte/hes/unternehmensprofil_und_geschichte. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125065126/https://www.rivagroup.com/en/production_sites/hes_hennigsdorf. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609090217/https://www.rivastahl.com/en/certifications/henningsdorf. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235351512_Innovation_and_Sustainability_in_Electric_Arc_Furnace_Steel_Production. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809182651/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/corporate_responsibility/recyclingweltmeister_stahl. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Resources

[1] Kolisnichenko, Vadim (April 8, 2025). "Riva Hennigsdorf extends downtime for an indefinite period". GMK Center. Retrieved November 4, 2025.

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[autoref_1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061025/https://www.rivastahl.com/de/standorte/hes/unternehmensprofil_und_geschichte. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_3-5] 5.0 ^5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230609090217/https://www.rivastahl.com/en/certifications/henningsdorf. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_5-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 "Map of EU steel production sites" (PDF). Eurofer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.

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