Dneprospetsstal ( uk, Дніпроспецсталь; russian: Днепроспецсталь), known as DSS, is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

manufacturer of special

stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...

. The company is based in

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zapor ...

in southeastern Ukraine, and was founded as a state-run enterprise in . Its full name is JPrSC Electrometallurgical Works Dneprospetsstal named after A. N. Kuzmin. It is a publicly traded company. Dneprospetsstal manufactures and sells metal products of stainless, tool, high-speed (including those produced by the PM-method), bearing, structural, alloyed and carbon steel grades. Dneprospetsstal manufactures over 800 steel grades of 1200 section sizes. DSS' products are used in the manufacture of machinery parts, tools for metal and alloy machining, seamless pipes and bearings. Company’s steel production capacities comprise steel-making shops equipped with open basic electric arc furnaces, induction furnace and

electro slag re-melting Electroslag remelting (ESR), also known as electro-flux remelting, is a process of remelting and refining steel and other alloys for mission-critical applications in aircraft, thermal power stations, nuclear power plants, military technology and ...

(ESR) and

vacuum arc re-melting Vacuum arc remelting (VAR) is a secondary melting process for production of metal ingots with elevated chemical and mechanical homogeneity for highly demanding applications. The VAR process has revolutionized the specialty traditional metallurgica ...

(VAR) facilities. DSS steel processing is concentrated in a rolling shop, which contains blooming mills and a few rolling mills, a forging shop, a forging press shop, a cold drawing shop and a metal finishing shop. DSS quality management system meets the requirements of international standards. In 2008, the enterprise was certified to ISO 9001:2008. Product quality meets the requirements of GOST (CIS), ASTM, AISI (USA), EN (EU), DIN (Germany), BS (Great Britain), AFNOR (France), JIS (Japan).

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Company profile
on Ukrainian securities commission {{Metallurgical Industry of Ukraine Steel companies of Ukraine 1932 establishments in Ukraine