Saint-Saulve
SaarStahl Ascoval
The modern steel mill near the city of Valenciennes was built in 1975 to expand the production capacities of Vallourec company.
Image photography
By Viktor Macha in 2021.
Plant facts and figures
The plant have an annual capacity of 250000 tons.
The following processes are conducted in the plant:
- Steel making
This plant produces the following type of products:
- Bars
- Forgings
Full description
The modern steel mill near the city of Valenciennes was built in 1975 to expand the production capacities of Vallourec company.
The production of steel for seamless pipes was handled by a 90 t electric arc furnace with subsequent secondary metallurgy and continuous casting machine.
In addition to the pipe mill nextdoors, the steel alloys are also processed by the radial forging machine.
In 2016 Vallourec sells part of the operations and Asco Industries became the majority owner, the Ascoval was born.
In 2021 Ascoval became part of the german Saarstahl group.