Focus on coil processing
Hot on coil
What does it take to be a “We source our material from other suppliers/
successful steel service centre
sources (such as Corus, Arcelor Mittal etc.),
as well as the Salzgitter mill, so that gives us
in today’s competitive global
more independence to follow the market.
marketplace? ISMR visits
“Hövelmann & Lueg is unusual in that it
can also offer a comprehensive range of serv-
Hövelmann & Lueg GmbH, part of
ices i.e. slitting, decoiling, multi-blanking,
special blanks and different types of materials
Salzgitter’s Trading division since
(aluminium or steel with different coatings,
1997 but also an independent
hot rolled, organic-coated, special finishings),
so we have the maximum spectrum of pos-
operating company and steel sibilities and materials.”
service centre, to find out . . .
Above
try to find a niche in other areas for special
(clockwise
materials i.e. our multi blanking lines allow
from top
left): Bas
us to process a range of metals. We do a lot of
Brouwer
business in aluminium for the French/German
(Lankhorst
automotive OEMs. We can also cut special
Mouldings),
shapes on request. We made a number of
Ulrich
Becker,
machinery investments a few years ago which
Katrin Bauer
offer us a more interesting future…”
and Wolf On a tour around the site, ISMR saw its
Rudiger Otte
multi-blanking line in operation (installed
(H&L)
two years ago by Andritz Sundwig), along
Click on window above to see footage of
with a number of press brakes, shears and
H&L’s decoiling line coil processing equipment. The acquisition of
Flachform last year enabled the company to
Operating from a 150,000 sq. metre facil-
ity in Schwerte (50,000 of which is under
cover), with 270 employees, the company
has worked hard to differentiate itself and
offer a range of specialities to customers.
“We work with hot rolled, Cr and organic-
coated materials as well as more traditional
grades,” explained Becker. “Some service
centres are specialized in certain things i.e.
material of up to 3mm thickness and ignor-
ing hot rolled. We do everything, not only
in sheets and blanks but also in slit coil. This
enables us to offer almost a one-stop solution
in processed materials for customers. We also
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