Steel Fossil-Free Steel for Automotive Components

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SSAB and the EMW Steel Service Center have entered into a partnership for future deliveries of fossil-free steel. This partnership aims to help EMW further reduce the CO₂ footprint of its products.

Holger Latsch, Managing Director of EMW, and Tony Harris, Head of SSAB Europe, agree on the partnership for fossil-free steel.(Image: SSAB)
Holger Latsch, Managing Director of EMW, and Tony Harris, Head of SSAB Europe, agree on the partnership for fossil-free steel.
(Image: SSAB)

As an independent steel service center in Europe, EMW supplies coils, slit strips, cuttings, and blanks to the steel processing and automotive industries. The company's specialties include a wide range of high-quality automotive grades, high-strength steels, enameling grades, and a highly efficient transport logistics organization. EMW is part of the family-owned Schäfer Werke Group, headquartered in Neunkirchen in the Siegerland region of Germany.

"The collaboration with SSAB marks a milestone on our path to climate-friendly steel processing. Fossil-free steel is a material of the future—and together with SSAB, we are laying the foundation for innovative, sustainable solutions in the automotive industry. This partnership underscores our commitment to combining ecological responsibility with technological excellence," says Holger Latsch, Managing Director of EMW.

This agreement represents a new step in the long-standing partnership between EMW and SSAB, encompassing a variety of actions along the entire development chain—from sales to production, as well as testing and end-user experiences—and serves as an example of cross-company collaboration in the world of steel products.

SSAB and EMW   From left to right: Tony Harris, Head of SSAB Europe, Daniel Schäfer, Deputy Purchasing Director, EMW, Jan Meier, Sales Director, SSAB Europe, Holger Latsch, General Manager, EMW, Christian Vehma, Purchasing, EMW, Claus Doré, Area Sales Manager Automotive, SSAB Europe(Image: SSAB)
SSAB and EMW From left to right: Tony Harris, Head of SSAB Europe, Daniel Schäfer, Deputy Purchasing Director, EMW, Jan Meier, Sales Director, SSAB Europe, Holger Latsch, General Manager, EMW, Christian Vehma, Purchasing, EMW, Claus Doré, Area Sales Manager Automotive, SSAB Europe
(Image: SSAB)

Traditional steel production is a significant source of global CO₂ emissions. By changing the production method, SSAB aims to reduce emissions and create a fossil-free value chain together with customers and partners—regardless of whether the raw material is scrap or iron ore.

"We are pleased to support EMW's sustainability goals in the automotive industry and enable the massive CO₂ reductions that both producers and consumers demand for more sustainable vehicles. The decarbonized steel we produce, with virtually no fossil carbon emissions, retains its high quality but has a significantly lower climate impact compared to steel from traditional blast furnace technology. This helps our customers reduce their CO₂ footprint and gives them a competitive advantage in the market," says Claus Doré, Area Sales Manager Automotive, SSAB Europe.

In 2021, SSAB produced the world's first fossil-free steel using HYBRIT technology as proof of concept. This steel production technology uses hydrogen-reduced sponge iron, replacing the main source of CO₂ emissions with water as a byproduct. Since then, several pilot deliveries have been made to customers in various industries. Once fossil-free steel becomes available in commercial quantities, the fossil carbon emissions for producing SSAB Fossil-free Steel will amount to less than 0.11 pounds  CO₂e/pounds of steel—according to Scope 1, 2, and upstream Scope 3 for iron ore under the GHG Protocol.

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