Dillinger Hütte
| Company type | Joint-stock company (Aktiengesellschaft) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Steel industry |
| Founded | 1809 |
| Headquarters | Dillingen, Germany |
Key people | Stefan Rauber (chairman of the board) |
| Revenue | 2,161 Mrd. EUR (2009) |
| Total assets | 2,768 Mrd. EUR (2009) (balance sheet total) |
Number of employees | 5,296 (December 31, 2009) |
| Website | [www |
Dillinger Hütte is a steel producer in Dillingen, in the German Federal State of Saarland, and has a history stretching back more than three hundred years. The plant was founded in 1685, and was Germany's first Aktiengesellschaft, or joint stock company (1809).
The first continuous-caster for slabs in the world was commissioned in Dillingen in 1962. A further machine, permitting casting of slabs of up to 400 mm in thickness – the thickest produced anywhere in the world at that time – was added, along with other new facilities, in 1998. In 2010, Dillinger Hütte successfully produced the first 450 mm thick slab – another world record. The principal equipment in the rolling mill now takes the form of two four-high stands, of which one is currently the largest in the world, with an effective rolling width of 5.5 m and a rolling pressure of 110 MN.