Thyssenkrupp hot-dip galvanizing line, Dortmund

On October 31, 2019, the foundation stone was laid for the new FBA 10 hot-dip galvanizing line on the Westfalenhütte site in Dortmund. It will produce up to 600,000 tons of hot-dip galvanized sheet metal, such as body parts for the automotive industry. The finished plant of the complex industrial building will consist of a process hall, which is divided into the areas of infeed, furnace, cooling tower, post-treatment, outfeed and the associated annexes, as well as a coil storage hall for the preliminary and finished stock. The plant will be around 350 meters long and measure around 65 meters at its highest point. Among other things, 8,000 tons of steel and around 24,000 cubic meters of concrete will be used. This also includes 180 bored piles with a diameter of around 1.5 meters, which will reach up to eleven meters deep into the ground. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2021.