Dillinger Hütte

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.

AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
Company typeJoint-stock company
(Aktiengesellschaft)
IndustrySteel industry
Founded1809
Headquarters
Dillingen, Germany
Key people
Revenue2,161 Mrd. EUR (2009)
Total assets2,768 Mrd. EUR (2009) (balance sheet total)
Number of employees
5,296 (December 31, 2009)
Websitewww.dillinger.de
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