Sales experts from Tata Steel UK joined colleagues from Tata Steel Nederland at Blechexpo 2025 in Stuttgart, Germany – one of Europe’s largest trade fairs for sheet metal working and metal processing.
Over three busy days, the team met with customers and partners from sectors including automotive, engineering, and construction, discussing emerging market trends, sustainability and supply-chain collaboration.
Laura Baker, Director of Sales. Automotive & Engineering, said:
“It’s been fantastic to be at the event and spend time with our European customers and partners. We spoke with peers and customers across sectors from automotive to engineering, having some really interesting conversations about challenges and opportunities ahead.
“With ongoing EU tariffs affecting UK steelmakers, the event provided an important opportunity to strengthen European customer relationships while awaiting clarity from the UK Government on a potential deal.”
The insights, conversations, and connections from Blechexpo 2025 will help Tata Steel UK continue to innovate and support European customers, driving collaboration and growth in the months ahead.
See Tata Steel UK's 'asks' of UK Government here.
About Tata Steel UK
- The Tata Steel Group has been named one of the most ethical companies in the world, and is among the top producing global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes.
- Tata Steel in the UK has the ambition to produce net-zero steel by 2045 at the latest, and to have reduced 30% of its CO2 emissions by 2030.
- In October 2024, Tata Steel ceased ironmaking at its Port Talbot site and temporarily paused steelmaking pending the construction of a 3.2Mtpa Electric Arc Furnace, due to be commissioned late in 2027 / early 2028. For that period, the business will import slab and hot rolled coil to support manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and UAE. It also benefits from a network of sales offices around the world.
- Throughout 2024 Tata Steel UK has been undergoing a restructuring that will reduce the size of its workforce to around 5000 direct employees, supplying high-quality steel products to demanding markets, including construction and infrastructure, automotive, packaging and engineering.
- Tata Steel Group is one of the world's most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and a commercial presence across the world.
- The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$27.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2024.
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