Special structural steels
Heavy plate made from special structural steel makes steel structures not only lighter and longer-lasting but also more cost-efficient.
The Heavy Plate Unit of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe offers its customers worldwide four-high mill and cut-to-length plate for a variety of applications, produced on modern production facilities at the Duisburg-Süd Heavy Plate Center.
We are geared toward fulfilling the special requirements of our customers and supplying tailored steels. In addition to normal structural grades, steels for pressure vessels, shipbuilding and large pipes, we also excel in special grades:
- N-A-XTRA® und XABO®
- High-strength quenched and tempered special structural steels for the construction of mobile cranes and constructions subjected to heavy loads
- XAR®
- Special wear-resistant structural steels for plant and mining
- PAS
- High-strength thermo-mechanically rolled steels for the commercial vehicle industry
- SECURE
- Armor steel for the ballistic protection of vehicles and buildings
- TBL
- Hardenable boron steels for agricultural machinery and cement mixers
- COR-TEN®
- Weather resistant steels for buildings with reduced atmospheric corrosion
- Ni-Steel
- Cryogenic nickel steel for liquid gas vessels and pressure vessels
- X components®
- Innovations in wear-resistant, high-strength special structural steels, suitable for individual structural and wear elements as well as for finished components in machines






