The Metals division of Andritz is working on a new furnace concept for manufacturing electrical steel, Kallanish hears from the Austria-based plantbuilder.
The focus is on a fully modular design that ensures quick installation, the company explains. The electrical steel produced in these furnaces offers improved efficiency and can be directly integrated into processing lines already supplied by Andritz, it notes.
Following the market introduction of the Sundwig MonoBlock, a 20-roll mill for the production of cold-rolled strip, Andritz now has the complete portfolio of multi-roll mills for production of electrical steel in foil thickness.
The company says it aims to establish itself as a complete solutions provider for the production of non-grain-oriented electrical steel.
To this purpose, in December, Andritz acquired a 51% stake in China-based Baoding Sanzheng Electrical Equipment, a supplier of solutions for the induction heating field located in Hebei Province, the country’s largest steel-producing province.
The integration of Sanzheng gives Andritz a complete portfolio of induction heating technologies, complementing the capability to deliver full-line solutions for electrical steel processing, galvanizing, annealing, and forging.
Another acquisition in the Metals division last year was Salico Group, headquartered in Italy and Spain, which specialises in advanced finishing equipment for metal flat strip processing.
In 2025, the Metals division of Andritz recorded order intake of €1.48 billion ($1.71 billion), down 13% versus 2024. Customer demand is increasingly shifted toward smaller-scale projects, modernisations and non-automotive applications, such as defence, it says.
The larger Andritz group, including Hydropower, Pulp & Paper, and Energy & Environment, achieved an order intake of €8.9 billion, marking an increase of 7.6% from the previous year.
