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thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel GmbH
Subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG. One of Europe's only two remaining grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) producers. Primary facility in Gelsenkirchen, Germany (GOES) and Isbergues, France (GOES + NOES). Brand: powercore® electrical steel. Facing severe import pressure: Chinese GOES imports to Europe tripled 2022–2025, now >50% of EU market. Implemented production cuts at Gelsenkirchen and Isbergues in 2026, with Isbergues fully closed June–September 2026.
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Incident2026
Chinese GOES imports into Europe tripled between 2022 and 2025, then rose a further 50% in 2025, capturing more than 50% of the European market by volume. In response, thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel — one of only two remaining European GOES producers — implemented temporary production shutdowns at its Gelsenkirchen (Germany) and Isbergues (France) sites at the turn of 2025/2026. The Isbergues site was completely closed from June to September 2026. This leaves the EU increasingly dependent on Chinese GOES at precisely the moment demand for GOES is surging due to offshore wind and grid modernization.
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe ↗Origin2023
ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel is one of only two remaining grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) producers in Western Europe -- the other being Voestalpine in Austria. GOES is the silicon steel used in power transformers; it requires processing steps (cold rolling, decarburization annealing, high-temperature annealing with magnesium oxide coating) that are technically demanding and capital-intensive. European power utilities depend on Western-sourced GOES for transformer refurbishment and new infrastructure, yet the production base has consolidated to two European facilities plus Japanese and Korean producers (JFE, Nippon Steel, POSCO). China makes GOES but quality for critical transformer applications is often below Western/Japanese specification. ThyssenKrupp's Gelsenkirchen, Germany facility is operating as part of a restructuring that has raised concerns about long-term capacity commitment -- making the future of European GOES supply uncertain in the context of massive grid investment needed for the energy transition.
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