Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung

Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH is the central research company of the Salzgitter Group. Employing about 280 members of staff active at 7 main departments at the Salzgitter and Duisburg locations, SZMF conducts extensive, in-depth research and development work revolving around the material steel.

R&D activities concentrate mainly on the following key areas

• The development of new materials and application areas Processes for the manufacture,
• processing and application of metallic materials
• Material and component characterization including testing techniques
• Application technology from component design through to metal forming and on to joining technology
• Surface technology with refining systems and their characteristics from visual aspects through to corrosion resistance
• Automation and testing techniques, as well as the construction of non-destructive testing facilities