New start of the Industry business unit at Willich

In mid-May the Industry business unit of thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe with its activities moved from Leverkusen to the modern Willich site. 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 0.4 to 7.0 mm and widths from 7.0 to 1,600 mm, with sheet lengths of up to 6,000 mm possible. Compared with the previous site in Leverkusen, customers now have 20 percent 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 kilometers can be met. A new feature is a welding unit for stainless steel that can be used to weld together narrow strip up to 2 millimeters 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.

About thyssenkrupp Materials Services:

With around 480 locations – 271 of them warehousing locations – in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor & service provider in the western world. The wide-ranging capabilities offered by the materials experts enable customers to concentrate more on their individual core business and span two strategic areas: global materials distribution as a one-stop-shop – from steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omni-channel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A high-performance logistics system ensures that all deliveries are integrated smoothly into customer production processes on a just-in-time or just-in-sequence basis.