Jürgen Hermann Fechter

AST Deutschland GmbH manufactures and markets specialty steel products. It also manufactures and markets flat-rolled stainless steel and nickel-base alloys for ThyssenKrupp. Its products include stainless steel flat products, nickel-base alloys and titanium. The firm has operations, production plants and subsidiaries in Asia, Europe and North America. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Part of Robor Pty Ltd., Barloworld Robor Pty Ltd. is a South African company that manufactures and distributes tubes & pipe products. The private company is based in Sandton, South Africa.

Part of Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl, Stahlinstitut VDEh Wirtschaftsverband operates as a forum dealing with technical-scientific and technical-economic aspects of the steel industry. The private company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG manufactures carbon steel, stainless steel, and special steel materials. Its products include hot and precision strips, heavy plates, sheet and coated products, organic coated strips and sheets, composite materials, electrical steel products, tinplates and black plates, and medium-wide strips. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Duisburg, Germany.

Shanghai Krupp Stainless Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets stainless steel flat products. It offers ferritic and martensitic, as well as austenitic steel products for household, food and medical, architecture, transportation, and energy and environment applications. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.