Innovative joint venture

The first of 10,000 trees have been planted in the Kirchheller Heide near Bottrop. This marks the start of an important nature conservation project led by thyssenkrupp Schulte in collaboration with the Ruhr Regional Association (RVR) and Planted. The young trees will help the forest in the local recreation area to regenerate naturally. The partners kicked off this special project with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on November 2, 2023. The first trees were planted personally by Detlef Schotten, Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Schulte GmbH, Dr. Adrian Seeger, Chief Sales Officer of thyssenkrupp Schulte GmbH, and Holger Böse, Head of the RVR's own company Ruhr Grün. With the project „Our Forest for Generations.“ (German: “Unser Wald für Generationen.”) thyssenkrupp Schulte is setting an example and preserving a valuable forest for present and future generations.

This year, thyssenkrupp Materials Services will once again be a guest at Blechexpo, the international trade fair for sheet metal working. The largest materials distribution and service provider in the western world will be represented by its units thyssenkrupp Schulte, thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe and other European business units. The focus of the trade fair presentation will be on innovative solutions that provide customers with comprehensive support in intelligent networking with their partners and in decarbonizing their supply chain.

thyssenkrupp Materials Trading, a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, offsets the CO₂ footprint of fiscal year 2021/22 with emission reduction certificates. After carrying out own reduction efforts, the remaining 310 tons of CO₂ emissions will be offset with exclusively high-quality carbon removal credits. Each credit corresponds to one ton of permanently removed atmospheric CO₂. By investing in carbon credit projects, thyssenkrupp Materials Trading is making an active and voluntary contribution to the climate goals of the United Nations. This was preceded by the introduction of the Voluntary Carbon Credits Desk (VCC Desk for short) in spring 2023. With this milestone, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the first company in its industry to offer carbon credits.

thyssenkrupp Aerospace and The Boeing Company have signed a contract extension, continuing their partnership that has stood since 1998. Based on the agreement, thyssenkrupp Aerospace, part of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the largest materials distributor and service provider in the western world, will continue to provide dedicated supply chain management services, supply raw materials, and offer value-added services to Boeing and its worldwide network of subcontractors.

thyssenkrupp Aerospace works to ensure a secure supply to Boeing by leveraging its worldwide network. This includes operating multiple facilities across North America encompassing 167,200 m² (1.8 million sq ft) that are entirely dedicated to providing raw material and value-added services to Boeing and its subcontractors in North America, Europe, and Asia. From these sites, thyssenkrupp Aerospace oversees the material management for Boeing for the supply of aluminum flat & extrusion products and titanium.

• New joint venture "Pelagus 3D" launched on 29 September 2023

• Pelagus 3D to become largest one-stop partner for digital manufacturing in the maritime and offshore industry

• Global network ensures time- and cost-efficient delivery

The two industrial companies thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen have founded a joint venture, "Pelagus 3D", which will in future offer spare parts for the maritime industry worldwide via a digital platform. The new company will use modern additive manufacturing technology and a global partner network to produce and deliver spare parts more efficiently in terms of time and cost. Customers will therefore be able to ensure the seaworthiness of their ships and maintain their operations as planned. Pelagus 3D thus addresses the challenge of high transport and storage costs as well as the longer duration of conventional manufacturing processes in the maritime sector.

For the joint venture, thyssenkrupp contributes, on the one hand, its technological expertise in additive manufacturing as well as capabilities from its own Tech Centers in Singapore and Germany to supply 3D metal products for application in shipping and other industries. thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the company’s materials distribution and service provider, further adds deep knowledge in the development of digital supply chain solutions and platforms. The experts, for example, built the platform that is used for Pelagus 3D. The global shipping group Wilhelmsen, in turn, brings in its in-depth maritime expertise and direct ongoing experience in understanding the needs of vessel fleet managers, supporting the delivery of a wide portfolio of maritime products and services for an array of vessels.