Fagersta
Fagersta Stainless Fagersta
The company has a very long and unique history! It started way back in the 16th century at the early Swedish iron ore mining and iron working industries. The region had excellent supplies of all what was needed for iron and steel production: iron ore, vast forests to supply the charcoal and fuel for the furnaces, rivers to produce mechanical and, later, electric energy.
November, 2019 - Outokumpu Fagersta Stainless inaugurates modernized rolling mill
Outokumpu has completed a major modernization investment in its Fagersta Stainless mill in Sweden. The investment of 8 million euros enables Fagersta to expand its product portfolio into new high value-added special products, it improves the working environment for the employees and helps to reduce carbon emissions of the mill.
*https://www.outokumpu.com/news/2019/outokumpu-fagersta-stainless-inaugurates-modernized-rolling-mill
Image photography
By Viktor Macha in 2005.
Plant facts and figures
The plant have an annual capacity of 50000 tons.
The following processes are conducted in the plant:
- Steel making
This plant produces the following type of products:
- Wires
Full description
Fagersta is associated with industrial activity since 17th century, oldest records of forges and hammer mills are dating back to 1611. Hight quality ore, rich forests and easy access towater power made Fagersta soon an important metallurgical center of the country. In 1873 company Fagersta Bruk was founded and achieved international fame soon. The main manufacturing segment consisted of cast tubes and drawn wire from stainless steel. By the 1927 a blast furnace, Bessemer steel making shop and several rolling mills were in use here. These were modernized in 1943. German made rolling stand SACK in blooming mill is still active today.
Donwturn of iron and steel production occurred in 1979, when the blast furnace was tapped for the last time. Steel mill followed in 1985 and the production was switched to Degefors plant mainly.
Fagersta Stainless AB was founded in 1984 and operates a rod mill is made of stainless steel currently.