The new line involves a so-called decoiler and an automated sheet packaging line at the Feijen location in Maastricht. Here, hot-rolled steel coils from Tata Steel in IJmuiden are processed into steel sheets. In close corporation with the IJmuiden steel mill colleagues, Feijen focusses on customers in Europe as well as in other parts of the world. These customers are active in markets such as agricultural and earthmoving machinery, trailers, cranes, and shipbuilding.

Stig Eriksen, General Manager of Feijen: "With the commissioning of the new decoiler and automated sheet packaging line, we can process steel sheets faster and of higher quality. This is a major improvement in delivery reliability to customers. The project started two years ago with the involvement of customers on their current and future needs. This resulted in its current design with unique capabilities. Our equipment supplier FIMI did a great job.”

About Service Centre Maastricht

Tata Steel Nederland consists of two business units: Business Unit Tata Steel IJmuiden (TSIJ) and Business Unit Tata Steel Downstream Europe (TSDE). Service Centre Maastricht is part of TSDE and consists of two locations: Multisteel and Feijen. Multisteel processes steel coils in the thinner segment, such as cold-rolled and galvanized steel. Feijen processes hot-rolled steel coils. Both sites predominantly process steel coils from TSIJ. Some major end customers supplied from Maastricht include JCB, John Deere, CNH, and Volvo Construction Equipment.

In line with Tata Steel Nederland’s broader vision of sustainability, Service Centre Maastricht announces today its carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2 emissions. This initiative underscores Tata Steel Nederland’s commitment to reducing its environmental footprint and aligns with its long-term strategy of achieving carbon neutrality across its Downstream operations. Scope 1 concerns direct CO2 emissions caused by sources within the organization itself. Scope 2 concerns indirect emissions created by the production of the electricity or heat that an organization buys.

About Tata Steel Downstream Europe (TSDE)

Downstream Europe processes steel from IJmuiden for high-grade applications in specific market segments, such as construction (metal roofs and wall cladding), the mobility sector and the energy sector (batteries). With 19 production sites in ten countries, TSDE supplies to customers located mainly in Europe and partly in the United States. TSDE is divided into five business units: Building Systems, Colors, Distribution, Plating and Tubes.