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Steinweden Stahl News 2011

“Steel trading competence since 1921“: Steinweden Stahl celebrates its 90th anniversary Frankfurt am Main, 1st of October 2011. Steinweden Stahl - since 1921 successful in the Steel branch - celebrates its 90th anniversary. On the 1st of October 1921 founded Walter Steinweden his Company in the City of Leipzig. At this time he was the youngest steel wholesaler in Germany, aged 21 and still a student. After his Diploma he visited in the mid-20ies the “big three” U.S. car manufacturers in Detroit and recognized, that speed and flexibility in the supply chain are important factors for a successful marketing and sales service. In consequence he decided to keep a wide product range directly in stock to cover urgent needs of the growing amount of customers in the Leipzig area. Due to the innovative business model the company could grow quite fast and survived the “black Friday” and the depression at the end of the 1920ies. As a reliable supplier for machinery-manufacturers the company was quite soon well known as a premium wholesaler for bright steel and cold drawn steel. Transportation and logistics could be organized by own trucks or by train, so that material could be delivered to customers throughout Germany and abroad as well. The company had in the end of the 1930ies four warehouses to keep the broad product range in stock and managed it to keep up its operations throughout the war with a limited staff. After 1945 the business had to be organized under the new conditions of a more and more divided country. In 1952 the new SED regime in the GDR decided to socialize all private industries – Steinweden Stahl as well. Because of this, Walter Steinweden was forced to emigrate with his family to western Germany and to start his business in the city of Frankfurt again “from zero”: all materials and machinery in stock had to be left behind in the GDR. Due to the support of loyal manufacturers in Western Germany was the new beginning in Frankfurt a success and Walter Steinweden able to erect new own warehousing and administrative facilities in 1966. Today – 59 years after the relaunch in Frankfurt - about 5.000 products are kept in stock at the facilities of Steinweden Stahl. The warehouse has today about 2.000 square metres with materials up to 500 mm diameter and 7.000 mm of length for direct dispatch in stock. Overall about 1,200 t high quality steel. This USP of Steinweden Stahl has not changed since the 1920ies and has been rewarded with loyal customers out of many different industries. In addition offers Steinweden Stahl today local delivery services in the Rhein-Main area with it’s own Mercedes Benz Atego Trucks as well as cutting services within short of time. A total of four modern automated Amada band sawing machines offer cutting services at high volumes for all needs and are a clearly visible sign for the customer orientated service portfolio of Steinweden Stahl. About 14 employees are today responsible for reliable services in the warehouse, sales and backoffice. The company is still independent and owned by Wolfgang and Roland Steinweden as the second generation of the family within the steel business.		The steel tube product range at a glance in 1928. Warehouse 3 at overall 4 Warehouses in the 1930's. Walter Steinweden in his office in 1940. 25 years anniversary in 1946. The new Frankfurt facilities in 1966. A part of the profile Steel product range. Materials up to 500 mm diametre are today in stock.
Steinweden Stahl presents 2012 calendar Frankfurt am Main, 29th of September 2011 – Steinweden Stahl has published the new 2012 pocket and wall calendars. This year again with own photographs. Since the 1960ies are annually pocket and wall calendars published by Walter Steinweden Stahlgrosshandlung GmbH, better known throughout the industry as Steinweden Stahl. The pocket calendars are produced with covers made of Italian leather and are strictly limited. Due to this fact those calendars are sought-after among our customers. In addition Steinweden Stahl publishes annually a large sized wall calendar. This year our calendar shows 7 full colour pictures of our materials and 6 historic pictures taken from our archives. The calendar is sized 34,3 x 56 cm and was designed by Jens J. Both, a well known graphic designer from Darmstadt, Germany. The pictures are taken from www.patspix.de - a professional Photographer. The calendar is strictly limited and only 500 calendars will be shipped to dedicated customers from this week on.		Steinweden Stahl published the 2012 calendar with 13 own motives.
Rack for steel bars finds its way home - after 59 years! Frankfurt am Main, 8th of August 2011 – A original steel bar rack from the first Steinweden Stahl warehouse located in the city of Leipzig has been recovered lately. “Just in time” for the companies 90 anniversary has the rack now found its way home and has a new place of honor in the administration building of Steinweden Stahl in Frankfurt. Back in 1921 was Steinweden Stahl founded by Walter Steinweden in the city of Leipzig. Due to the innovative business model the company could grow quite fast and survived the “black Friday” and the depression at the end of the 1920ies. As a reliable supplier for machinery-manufacturers the company was quite soon well known as a premium wholesaler for bright steel and cold drawn steel. Transportation and logistics could be organized by own trucks or by train, so that material could be delivered to customers throughout Germany and abroad. The company had in the end of the 1930ies four warehouses to keep the broad product range in stock and managed it to keep up its operations throughout the war. After 1945 the business had to be organized under the new conditions of a more and more divided country. In 1952 the new SED regime in the GDR decided to socialize all private industries – Steinweden Stahl as well. Because of this, Walter Steinweden was forced to emigrate to western Germany and to start his business in the city of Frankfurt again. All materials and machinery in stock had to be left behind. 59 years later the old industrial estate with the former Steinweden Stahl buildings is planned to be demolished. All railroad tracks have been removed and most buildings are already demolished to make way for new industries in the center of the city. From the last remaining warehouse this steel bar rack could be recovered in the last minute. It is part of the 1930ies original inventory and still today are the most of the steel bars at Steinweden Stahl been kept in stock in the same way. The old rack is the only part of the companies old home that survived the GDR era. 59 years after the emigration of Walter Steinweden it has now found the way back to its owners and received a place of honor on the wall of the administrative building of Steinweden Stahl in Frankfurt. “just in time” for the companies 90 years anniversary.