EBNER GROUP Blog
Innovation, Technology, Sustainability and People.
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Let’s take a deep dive into the world of innovation, talk about sustainability and provide exciting insights behind the scenes of our international EBNER GROUP. Find out more about our latest technologies, projects and success stories – from groundbreaking developments in the industry to the people who make them possible. Stay informed about current topics, events and news from all EBNER GROUP companies.
Latest News
New HAZELETT Management
HAZELETT Strip-Casting Corporation announces the retirement of long-time President, David Hazelett, effective December 31, 2024. After decades of dedicated leadership and contribution to the company’s success, David will transition his management responsibilities to the offices of Co-Managing Directors, Dave Diederich and Jim St. Germain.
SIMCAL annealing simulator
EBNER has developed an extremely
flexible, gas-tight annealing simulator, the HICON/H2® SIMCAL. EBNER offers SIMCAL simulators as complete facilities or as “Simulation as a service”.
Gautschi Hybrid Vario Mold for ingots
Rolling ingots are the starting material used to manufacture aluminum sheet, and are produced in a continuous vertical casting process (VDC). The heart of any vertical continuous casting unit is the mold, which has a significant impact on the quality of an ingot and thus on the end product.
Driving Green Technologies
Responsibility for the future. With our sustainable solutions, we are driving decarbonization in the industry.
Sustainable heat treatment
Burner technologies play a central role in industrial heat treatment – whether in terms of efficiency, emissions or an ability to be adapted to alternative fuels. For decades, EBNER has been developing innovative burner solutions for heat treatment furnaces, constantly raising the bar for the rest of the industry.
GREENBAFx
HICON/H2® bell annealers have been successfully operating for decades. Continuous development has increased their performance even as it has lowered costs, allowing the industry to take decisive steps forward in both quality and economy.
Zero-emission steel strip manufacturing
The Korean steel industry places its trust in green technologies from EBNER. In a world where electrical energy and energy storage are constantly increasing in importance, battery manufacturing has become a critical industry.
More News
Energy efficiency and flexibility
An EBNER floater furnace facility sets new standards, even as commissioning is completed ahead of schedule.
A proven EBNER HIT(T)
The first EBNER HITT bell annealer for high-temperature anneals of grain-oriented (GO) electrical steel strip processes the highest material qualities at Aperam South America Brazil.
Employee Interview – Doris Atzmüller
As Head of the Legal Department at EBNER, Doris and her team ensure that everything in the international group of companies is on a solid legal footing. In this interview, Doris talks about her varied working day, exciting contract negotiations in China, her passion for structure – and why openness and new ideas are particularly valued at EBNER.
Exploring New Opportunities in the Non-Ferrous Metals Industry
On March 24-27, 2025, representatives from EBNER Group—Mr. Zhang Licheng, Senior Sales Manager of HAZELETT, and Mr. Rao Guoyu, Senior Sales Manager of EED—visited Vietnam to participate in the “China-Vietnam Non-Ferrous Metals & Application Industries Forum.”
Get the Lead Out.
Blue Blade Steel´s quantum leap. “Get the lead out!” – This idiom is believed to have originated during World War II and was used to signal soldiers to drop their equipment and ammunition, enabling them to be able to move quicker in certain situations.
Being smart in retrofit.
The steel and aluminum industries are facing unprecedented challenges: rising energy costs, stricter sustainability regulations, global competition, cyber threats and a shrinking talent pool. In this environment, the most competitive companies are those that implement digital technologies quickly and effectively. This is exactly the area in which existing facilities and digital retrofits can form an extremely effective pairing.
