GMH & Volkswagen Osnabrück to Deepen Cooperation
Georgsmarienhütte & Volkswagen Osnabrück have announced an intensification of their partnership to achieve a circular economy by completely reusing raw materials. The two major industrial companies, both located in the Osnabrück region in the German state of Lower Saxony. , have found a way to recycle leftover metal produced at Volkswagen Osnabrück into new high tech steel at the steel mill of Georgsmarienhütte GmbH before flowing back into the value chain at Volkswagen. By doing so, both companies are making a significant contribution to reducing CO2 emissions and advancing climate protection.
Volkswagen has its pressing plant at the Osnabrück site where strip steel is processed into body components for on-site production and other Group locations. For some years, the unused metal from the manufacturing process has been delivered to the electric steel mill in Georgsmarienhütte, which is around ten kilometers away. The metal is then melted in an electric arc furnace and recycled into a new high-quality starting material for Volkswagen AG's transmission production in Baunatal, Hessen. Compared with the same tonnage of steel produced in a conventional blast furnace, the recycling of this type of metal already saves 8,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.
Georgsmarienhütte, based in Georgsmarienhütte in Lower Saxony, is one of Europe's leading suppliers of bar steel, and bright steel made from carbon and engineering steels. In addition, machined and partly ready-to-install components are produced by the company. Georgsmarienhütte is already one of the most climate-friendly steel companies in Germany. Its comparatively low CO2 value chain, in which leftover metal is melted down in the electric arc furnace and recycled into new steel, makes an essential contribution to the circular economy.
Volkswagen Osnabrück, founded in February 2010, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen and belongs to the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. The complete automotive process chain can be mapped at the site, from the initial vehicle concept to series production via the three business units Technical Development, Metal Group (Toolmaking, Plant Engineering, Press Shop), and Vehicle Manufacturing. The T-Roc Cabriolet and the Arteon Shooting Brake are currently being produced at the Osnabrück site. In addition, the ramp-up phase is underway for the Porsche Boxster and Cayman models, which will also be manufactured for the Porsche brand at Volkswagen Osnabrück from April this year.