Schmolz + Bickenbach AG.

Other information: Schmolz + Bickenbach's main production units include Ascometal (acquired from Asco Industries in January 2018), Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, Finkl Steel, Steeltec Group, Swiss Steel and Ugitech. The origins of the company go back to the year 1842.

Note that the name of the business was chnaged to Swiss Steel in September 2020.

The company pecialises in the production of engineering steel, tool steel and stainless steel. Schmolz + Bickenbach's product range covers all sizes from drawn ultrafine wire with a diameter of 0.013 mm to open-die forgings weighing more than 54 tonnes; from semi-finished materials to customised prefabricated forms.

Main products sold by the firm include engine and chassis components for the automotive industry; turbine parts for power generation, engineering steel [including bearing steel, spring steel, chain steel, nitriding steel, precipitation-hardening ferritic-pearlite steel, cold-upsetting and cold-extrusion steel, case-hardening steel, heat-treatable steel]; stainless, acid- and heat-resistant steels [austenitic, ferritic and martensitic standard grades, duplex steels and special steel grades in all dimensions], tool steel [with cost-effective machinability, high resistance to wear, good thermal conductivity and good hardenability characteristics], bright steel [drawn or peeled] and other special materials.