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VDEh this year's organizer of the“Conference Materials Testing"

On 5/6 December 2024, the VDEh Steel Institute held its annual “Materials Testing Conference” in Krefeld. A good 120 heads from universities and industry took part in this industry get-together for materials testers. The more than 50 presentations were rounded off by the Galileo Award ceremony for Dr. Christoph Schweizer from the Fraunhofer Institute IWM, a science slam and a discussion forum. This program was accompanied by a sponsors' and trade exhibition.

11th ECCC of the VDEh in mark of 50 years Continuous Casting

At the invitation of the VDEh, the international continuous casting community met in Essen from October 7 - 11, 2024 for the 11th European Continuous Casting Conference. More than 350 participants came to the Philharmonie Essen for presentations and to discuss the latest developments in continuous casting, which began its journey to becoming the dominant casting process in the steel industry a good 50 years ago. Following the successful European Electric Steel-making Conference in June 2024, the VDEh is thus continuing the success story of its metallurgy conferences.

National steel summit in Duisburg

On September 16, 2024, the National Steel Summit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia together with the German Steel Federation, IG-Metall IG-Metall and the other states of the Steel Alliance. The VDEh was also there to exchange ideas with its members and other industry and other industry representatives during this challenging time.

From NA Iron and Steel (FES)

DIN EN 10248-2:2024-09, Hot rolled steel sheet piles - Part 2: Tolerances on dimensions and shape DIN EN 10249-2:2024-09, Cold-formed steel sheet piles - Part 2: Tolerances on dimensions and shape

Obituary Professor Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schwerdtfeger

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schwerdtfeger, who passed away on July 14, 2024 at the age of 89. Prof. Schwerdtfeger significantly shaped and enriched metallurgy at Clausthal University of Technology and far beyond for over two decades.

Summary 13th European Electric Steelmaking Conference

The Steel Institute VDEh is very happy and proud to have organised a successful and inspiring 13th European Electric Steelmaking Conference EEC

Steel Institute VDEh strengthens its team

The VDEh has hired two new employees to strengthen the joint technical work for its member plants and to support their transformation on the path to climate neutrality.

204th General Meeting of the Steel Institute VDEh on September 13, 2023

The minutes of the 204th General Meeting of the VDEh Steel Institute on September 13, 2023 in Hattingen are available for viewing or downloading in the internal member area under the menu item "Member information".

Presentations from the 2023 General Assembly are now available for download in the internal member area

The presentations by the winner of the Carl-Lueg-Denkmünze 2023, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck, and Dr. Olaf Schmidt-Rutsch on the history of Henrichshütte are available for download in the internal member area under the menu item "Fachbeiträge".

Come to the 11th European Continuous Casting Conference from 7 – 11 October 2024

If you are active in the field of continuous casting as plant operator, plant supplier, researcher, consumption materials or services provider we offer you to take the chance to present your latest technological developments, ideas and research results at this event by submitting your abstract for a technical paper

15 entries available

Stahlinstitut VDEh https://vdeh.de/en/information/news/ – 20.05.2025