Overview: Interviews
“We are revolutionizing the coating of ultra-high-strength steels with vacuum technology”
27/10/2025
With a new groundbreaking vacuum coating process, the SMS group presents itself as a technology leader in vacuum coating of steel strips for the most demanding applications.
"Europe Must Wake Up from Its Slumber"
29/09/2025
How does a heat treatment equipment manufacturer with an automotive focus assert itself in disruptive times?
“If we have an international standard, then we also have an international language for Green Steel.”
22/04/2025
Annie Heaton is CEO of ResponsibleSteel, a global organisation offering a sustainability system of standards and certification for the steel industry. In September 2024, Big River Steel of the United States Steel Corporation became the first site to be awarded the ResponsibleSteel Certified Steel certificate.
“The steel industry is facing the biggest upheaval in its history”
24/03/2025
All major steel companies want to decarbonize their production on the basis of green hydrogen, but few are taking such an ambitious and structured approach as Salzgitter AG with its SALCOS program (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steel Making). Dr. Alexander Redenius has been significantly involved in the conception and implementation since 2015.
Sustainable cement production: Turkey as a pioneer for innovations of the future
24/02/2025
Turkey is Europe's largest cement producer - and also wants to lead the way in the transformation of the industry. Turkey's second-largest cement manufacturer Limak Cement is focussing on hydrogen. In a pilot project, the company has already been able to completely replace fossil fuels with a combination of hydrogen and alternative fuels.
“There is a growing crescendo calling for one way to measure emissions”
27/01/2025
In an interview with think.steel, Annie Heaton, CEO of ResponsibleSteel, talks about the global sustainability standard developed by ResponsibleSteel, which will help to create fair framework conditions for the production of green steel worldwide.
Hydrogen mobility is on the right track
25/11/2024
Hydrogen mobility primarily needs one thing: hydrogen refueling stations. The Maximator Hydrogen GmbH, based in Nordhausen, Thuringia, focuses on their development and equipment. Since its founding about five years ago, the company has grown rapidly and is now also active in France, the Benelux region, and the USA.
Sustainability – Opportunity and Challenge for Businesses
30/09/2024
Sustainability has arrived in pipeline construction. Producers, construction companies, and clients are engaging with it. How significant is the effort to comply with the regulations? In focus: the new European Sustainability Reporting (CSRD). The 3R editorial team spoke with Michael Clostermann.
“None of us can go it alone”
10/07/2024
Marcel van Schaik’s business card reads Transition Manager EV. His job at Europe’s largest Tata Steel steelworks in Ijmuiden, to envision the next generation of electric vehicles and ultimately put them on the road.
NAVIGATING GLOBAL SHIFTS
10/06/2024
An interview with Gunther Voswinckel, International Tube Association IT