A leader in production of special steel products, Dneprospetsstal (DSS) is based in Zaporozhye, Ukraine, and employs about 6 200 people. Originally founded as a state-run enterprise in 1932, today Dneprospetsstal’s activities cover the design, manufacture and distribution of stainless, tool, high-speed (including powder made steel), bearing and alloy structural steel products. DSS’ products are used in the manufacture of machinery parts, tools for metal and alloy machining, seamless pipes and bearings.

DSS enjoys a unique position as a high added-value producer. The company’s location in Ukraine gives it a favorable geographical advantage, placing it in proximity to two of its largest consumer regions: the CIS and the EU. With partners and distributors in more than 15 different countries, DSS casts a wide net over world markets; its products are used and sold in over 60 countries.

Dneprospetsstal aims at retaining leadership in the domestic market and expansion of its presence in the markets of Russia, Europe, America and Asia using existing and new distribution channels. The Company also strives for entering into strategic alliances and finding partners for cooperation in the field of subsequent metal processing.

DSS remains focused on its strategic goals, which include:

• Expand in European and North American markets

• Maintain its dominant position in the CIS stainless steel market

• Increase sales of stainless, tool and high speed steel

• Retain its position in the engineering steel market

• Reduce production costs

DSS sells products across the wide range of industries, from the aerospace sector to the machine building industry, from tool building to oil and gas.

History of Dneprospetsstal

Since October 10, 1932, the Work's Birthday, each year is marked with events significant not only for JSC Dneprospetsstal, but also for the industry as a whole.

The 1930-40s

• The first heat became the birthday of DSS (1932)

• Bearing steel production was started (1933)

• Production of chromium-nickel acid-resistant stainless steel was mastered (1934)

• Evacuation of the plant in Siberia when the World War II broke out (1941)

The 1950-60s

• The process of vacuum degassing in a ladle was commercialized (1955)

• Production of high-temperature alloys was mastered (1956)

• Production of bright steel by cold drawing was commissioned (1957)

• The ESR-process was pioneered in the world (1958)

• Re-melting of steel and alloys by VAR-process was pioneered in the USSR (1959)

• Europe’s largest shop for production of ESR- and VAR-ingots was constructed (1966).

The 1970-90s

• For the first time in the USSR the process of tool and high-speed steel production by powder metallurgy methods was commercialized (1980)

• The first gas-oxygen refining of steel in the USSR was implemented (1987)

• Quality Management System was implemented and certified to ISO 9002:1994 (1996)

The 2000-10s

• SAP R/3 system was implemented (2001)

• Quality Management System was certified to ISO 9001:2000 (2002)

• Metal finishing shop was put into operation (2002)

• In the steel melting shop 2 the first stage of conversion of the electric furnace 5 into a ladle-furnace was performed (2003)

• The Program for power inputs cost reduction was developed and implemented (2003)

• The ladle-furnace of the steel melting shop 2 allowed to implement an alternative technology for corrosion-resistant steel manufacture (2003)

• The efficient monitoring system based on active calculations was developed and implemented for the steel melting process (2004)

• The technology for production of die steel forgings (grade 4Х5МФ-1/С) with high impact energy values was developed and realized (2004)

• The new ESR technology based on re-melting of the flux component mixture (fluorite concentrate and alumina) was carried out (2004)

• The up-to-date shearing press was put in operation in the Scrap Preparing Shop (2006)

• The new Slag Processing Plant was constructed in the Company's burrow (2007)

• SAP ECC 6.0 system was implemented (2008)

• Loeser RPS 377 is put in operation at the finishing division of the Rolling Shop (2009)

• The contract with CVS Makina company (Turkey) was signed and the mounting of FTP (fume treatment plant) with the capacity of 1200000 cubic meter/hour for steel melting shop number 3 started (2010)