Austria-based steel producer Wuppermann Metalltechnik GmbH (WMT), a subsidiary of Germany-based Wuppermann Group, has announced that it has officially opened its new tube plant at its Altmünster site in Austria.
The new facility will expand WMT’s production capacity and significantly broaden its product range. It will produce complex special profiles with wall thicknesses of up to 4 mm, as well as tubes and profiles in an extended range of dimensions and strengths. The plant will process steel grades such as DP800, DP980 and 22MnB5, with tensile strengths of up to 1,000 MPa.
According to the company, the new plant is equipped with fully automated raw material and finished goods warehouses, together with highly digitalized logistics and production processes, ensuring high efficiency. WMT stated that the facility also includes an inline rolling stand and a tube internal scraping unit, enabling the production of premium products with tight tolerances. The company’s existing tube welding line will remain in operation and will be relocated to the new hall complex to increase efficiency.
“This significant investment by Wuppermann Group has resulted in the creation of one of the most modern tube mills in the world. It enables us to remain the quality leader for our customers, manufacture with maximum efficiency, benefit from a very high level of digitalization and automation, and safeguard European production,” Oliver Rechtsprecher, spokesman for the executive board of Wuppermann AG, stated.
