Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant

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Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant, also known as LSW, Bayerische Elektrostahlwerke GmbH (predecessor), is a steel plant in Meitingen, Bavaria, Germany that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Meitingen, Bavaria, Germany:

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• Location: Industriestrasse 1, D-86405 Herbertshofen, Meitingen, Germany
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 48.512051, 10.855292 (exact)

Background

Production at the Lech Stahlwerke Meitingen steel plant is 100% scrap-based.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1970	800

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Max Aicher Stahl AG; unknown	5086585636; not applicable	E100001016216; E100000132388	Lech Stahlwerke GmbH	4296657183	E100000130786

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	pipe, billet	automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport	2022	2024	EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status1	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	1400	1400

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	unknown	–

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	700	100.0
unknown EAF (2)	operating	700	100.0

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI	% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)	% basic/merchant pig iron	% granulated pig iron	% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	yes	100.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
unknown EAF (2)	yes	100.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Additional data

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Resources

• Company website