What does SSAB do?
SSAB is a leading producer in the global market of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS) and Quenched & Tempered Steels (Q), strip, plate and tube products, as well as construction solutions. SSAB’s steels and services help to make end products lighter and increase their strength and lifespan.
What does SSAB stand for steel?
Website. SSAB AB, earlier Svenskt Stål AB (English: Swedish Steel), (Nasdaq Stockholm: SSAB A) is a Swedish company, formed in 1978 and specialises in processing raw material to steel. The largest shareholders are Aktiebolag Industrivärden and the Government of Finland.
Where is SSAB?
SSAB is a global company with approximately 14,000 employees in over 50 countries. Our production facilities are located in Sweden, Finland and the US, each with interesting career possibilities.
How many employees does SSAB have?
SSAB has nearly 1,200 highly skilled employees in the US. Jobs at SSAB range from machine operators and sales people to advanced engineers and corporate professionals in HR, finance and more.
What is fossil free steel?
Fossil-free steel is made without creating CO2 emissions and by using fossil-free energy sources.
How is steel made?
At the most basic, steel is made by mixing carbon and iron at very high temperatures (above 2600°F). Primary steelmaking creates steel from a product called “pig iron.” Pig iron is smelted iron, from ore, which contains more carbon than is correct for steel. Oxidization removes excess carbon.
Where is Hardox steel made?
Mobile, Alabama
SSAB’s steel mill in Mobile, Alabama now produces a full spectrum of Hardox and Strenx grades meeting the same strict specifications required for SSAB’s Nordic mills.
Is there green steel?
Now there’s a “green” method for making the metal using a hybrid process powered by hydrogen, reports David Vetter for Forbes. A metal-making company in Sweden has produced the first fossil fuel-free steel in a trial process. SSAB made the metal for the Volvo Group to use for truck manufacturing.
Who invented steel?
Henry Bessemer, in full Sir Henry Bessemer, (born January 19, 1813, Charlton, Hertfordshire, England—died March 15, 1898, London), inventor and engineer who developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively (1856), leading to the development of the Bessemer converter. He was knighted in 1879.
What is Hardox made of?
Hardox Wear Plate is a very wear resistant steel plate, which is manufactured by SSAB and sold worldwide. As this steel wears very slowly even under heavy mechanical loads, it is used in many areas of industry.
