• Solar plants with CO₂-reduced steel for sustainable power generation

• Steel services from thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe save over 60% CO₂ for the assembly systems of the solar parks

• Energy amortization time of the photovoltaic systems is shortened

Sustainable electricity generation from solar energy makes an important contribution to the success of the energy transition. Required photovoltaic systems do not emit any harmful exhaust gases or greenhouse gases during operation, but their production already causes CO₂ emissions. In order to keep these emissions as low as possible for the production of solar mounting systems for a photovoltaic plant, thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe will supply the PV mounting system supplier König from Moringen with CO₂-reduced steel from May 2023.

For an efficient solar energy expansion, a fast amortization time of the energy used for the production is important. To achieve this, the company from Lower Saxony relies on the expertise of thyssenkrupp: thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe supplies customized, CO₂-reduced slit strip and also offers precise documentation of the CO₂ footprint from production to delivery. The steel is the bluemint® recycled grade from thyssenkrupp Steel Europe. By using this steel, which is produced at the Duisburg location, around 64% CO₂ intensity can already be saved for the solar profile. König will also use the CO₂-reduced steel to offer solutions for sustainable planning and construction in drywall construction.

• thyssenkrupp Aerospace handles material supply from sourcing to processing to warehousing and logistics

• Control tower will manage Bombardier’s supply chain ecosystem and enhance transparency and resilience

• Investment in new technologies and tools

 thyssenkrupp Aerospace has signed a new seven-year agreement to provide raw material management services to Bombardier, a global leader in aviation, focused on designing, manufacturing, and servicing the world’s most exceptional jets for business and defense customers. The agreement is an extension of a 15-year-long partnership between the two companies. thyssenkrupp Aerospace manages raw material deliveries to Bombardier’s supply chain by handling material flows from demand forecasting, sourcing, and processing to warehousing and logistics through a dedicated and customized control tower.

Whether it's fragile supply chains, cost pressures, or increasing sustainability requirements, the logistics industry is facing increasingly complex challenges. To meet them, companies need to make their supply chains more flexible and resilient. To mark "Supply Chain Day" on April 20, Ilse Henne, Chief Transformation Officer at thyssenkrupp Materials Services, looks at current developments and trends in the industry: 

"Global supply chains are increasingly developing into complex supply networks. Their resilience is essential in the current global market environment – but this requires more transparency and collaboration between all players. The digitalization of industry offers enormous potential: for example, end-to-end data collaboration can break down existing silos in supply chain management and increase the resilience, supply security and profitability of companies. For customers in particular, this creates real added value. 

Digitalization also helps companies avoid supply bottlenecks and optimize (intra-)logistics and utilization of existing machinery. In addition, comprehensive real-time data exchange with the other participants in a supply chain can reduce dynamic processes such as the bullwhip effect and thus secure competitive advantages. 

Companies should therefore focus on their supply chains and invest, for example, in software solutions that create transparency in their supply chain. The partnership-based (data) exchange of all parties involved is also becoming increasingly important in order to be sufficiently informed and to pull together. This is the only way companies can meet the challenges facing logistics and the global economy today." 

As the largest mill-independent materials distribution and service provider in the Western world, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is already working on solutions for end-to-end data collaboration across the entire supply chain as part of its strategic development "Materials as a Service". The aim: to make supply chains more digital and resilient, improve forecasts, avoid supply bottlenecks and ultimately strengthen global supply security.