Swiss Steel offers ‘green’ branded stainless product

The Swiss Steel Group is now offering Green Steel Stainless+, a new variant of completely stainless steel that the company says demonstrates its commitment to sustainability and the protection of our environment.

“Depending on the requirement profile, it is corrosion and heat resistant, offers excellent mechanical properties or is nonmagnetic," Swiss Steel says. "It also scores with its visual and architectural advantages, which makes it particularly attractive for a wide range of applications.”

Potential applications include use in the construction industry, the automotive sector, for household appliances and in medical and aerospace technology.

Although the production of corrosion-resistant steel requires the use of ferroalloys at specific chemistries, Swiss Steel says its use of electric arc furnace (EAF) technology allows it to use recycled metal as its main input material.

The production of stainless steel from scrap, according to the company, requires strict sorting. Swiss Steel says metal produced at its Ugitech facility in France averaged a recycled-content percentage in 2023 of 77.4 percent, made up of both internal and production scrap as well as postconsumer.

Now, Green Steel Stainless+ is produced in accordance with ISO 14021 and contains more than 95 recycled material, according to the firm.

“Our scrap is carefully sourced and sorted mainly from Europe,” Swiss Steel says. “These measures have enabled us to reduce Scope 3 emissions [of] Stainless+ by over 75 percent, and the CO₂ footprint is around 1.0 tons of CO₂ equivalent per ton of steel supplied.”

Swiss Steel says the introduction of Green Steel Stainless+ is a "significant step" in its efforts to offer more environmentally friendly and sustainable products.

"We are proud to meet the needs of our customers while protecting our planet," the company says.