In its core business, SKW Metallurgie develops, manufactures and sells products used in the desulphurization and refining of raw iron and steel. A company of long-standing tradition, the SKW Metallurgie Group has established itself as a competent partner in the global steel industry. The brands SKW Metallurgie, ESM, Tecnosulfur, Quab, and Affival represent quality, delivery reliability and innovation.
The SKW Metallurgie Group is seen as a global market leader in developing and manufacturing industrial cored wire with special chemicals for the production of high-grade steel. An additional business area is production of and trade in special chemicals.
The SKW Metallurgie Group consists of the three segments:
- “Cored Wire” – main brand Affival
- “Powder and Granules” – brands SKW Metallurgie and ESM Group and Tecnosulfur
- “Other” (operative part: “Quab”) – brand Quab.
The registered headquarters of SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG are located in Unterneukirchen (Germany).
Powder and Granules
The European units using the “SKW Metallurgie” brand, Tecnosulfur, and the ESM Group primarily provide solutions for the desulphurization and refinement of hot metal that is turned into high-grade-steel. The segment also entails a share in the Indian Joint Venture Jamipol, offering hot metal desulphurization solutions for the Indian market.
Cored Wire
The Affival Group produces and sells wires filled with specialty chemicals to provide specific metallurgical properties to the steel.
Other: Quab
In more than 40 countries, SKW QUAB Inc. sells specific cationizing chemical reagents.
