On 8 November, BENTELER Steel/Tube delivered the first CO2-reduced hydraulic line pipes to the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group at the Duisburg site. Both companies signed a joint letter of intent to supply further quantities.
Ralph Mathis, CSO BENTELER Steel/Tube, was delighted with the joint agreement: "With tubes from our new CliMore product brand, we are helping our customers to master the greatest challenges of our time - climate change and the decarbonisation of industry. We are constantly working to reduce the carbon footprint and have already adapted our own product and service portfolio to the increasing ecological interest of our customers."
The CO2-reduced hydraulic line pipes are used in the hydraulics/pneumatics sector of large agricultural and construction machinery.
Three sustainability categories for CO2-reduced steels and steel tube products
"In September, we presented our new CliMore product brand to the public. It encompasses all CO2-reduced steels and steel tube products from BENTELER Steel/Tube and categorises them into three sustainability categories: Advantage, Ambition and Excellence", explains Thomas Begemann, Director of Strategy, Communication and Project Management at BENTELER Steel/Tube.
These sustainability categories identify the three stages in which low-emission steel is produced from scrap using the electric arc furnace, thereby saving up to 75 % of CO2 emissions compared to the production of new steel from iron ore in the classic blast furnace route
At the Ambition level, green electricity is also used in the tube mills and to operate the electric arc furnace, which has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 85 %.
The highest level, Excellence, will also rely on the electrification of plants or green hydrogen as an energy source for process energy in the production of steel and its processing into pipes.
