VDM METALS Overview
COMPANY OVERVIEW Company Headquarters: Werdohl, Germany
Founded: 1930
Workforce: ~2,000
Company Working: VDM Metals (VDM) specializes in the manufacturing of nickel alloys and high-alloyed special stainless steel. Also, it is one of the world’s leading suppliers of materials in all semi-finished forms. It offers a broad range of high-performance materials including strips; rods and bars; sheets and plates; wires; shaped and forged parts of nickel, zirconium, and cobalt alloys along with special stainless steel. The company operates through nickel and nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, zirconium, special stainless steel, powder for additive manufacturing, welding consumables, semi-finished aluminum and copper products, and delivery forms and dimensions segments. Under the nickel alloy and cobalt alloys segments, it offers superalloys for the automotive, oil & gas, aerospace, and energy industries. It possesses state-of-the-art production facilities in Germany and the US. In addition to the production of alloys, it comprises various fabrication processes—Melting and re-melting; forging and rolling; peeling; grinding; turning and drawing.
Strategy
VDM aims at offering tailor-made high-performance alloys with custom sizes and shapes according to the customers’ needs. By 2020, VDM strives to become the largest supplier of products, solutions, and services in the high-performance alloys market. In addition, it focuses on efficient production and to be the customer’s first choice by adopting sustainable technologies and operational excellence and to further strengthen its position in the fast-changing market conditions
