{"id":38931,"date":"2026-05-14T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/?p=38931"},"modified":"2026-05-14T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:20:39","slug":"dalla-crisi-al-rilancio-il-piano-industriale-di-stahl-gerlafingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/dalla-crisi-al-rilancio-il-piano-industriale-di-stahl-gerlafingen\/","title":{"rendered":"From crisis to relaunch: Stahl Gerlafingen\u2019s business plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an increasingly complex steel market, marked by protectionist pressures, high energy costs, and subsidy-backed competition, even long-established, strategically important sites must rapidly rethink their industrial model.<\/p>\n

In recent days, SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen<\/a> has reported on how Stahl Gerlafingen is preparing to emerge from the crisis through a mix of temporary support, complemented by backing from the Canton, and structural measures. <\/p>\n

Over the past months, the restructuring plan has translated into concrete actions: capacity rationalisation, shift reorganisation, optimisation of the electric arc furnace, increased automation, and a strong drive on energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

Among the most interesting initiatives is so-called \u201chot charging\u201d, feeding billets into the rolling mill while they are still red-hot to reduce subsequent reheating, delivering direct benefits in both energy consumption and costs.<\/p>\n

On the asset side, SRF also notes a modernised pusher furnace that consumes significantly less gas and has been designed to potentially operate on hydrogen in the future.<\/p>\n

The takeaway is clear: public support can serve as a bridge, but a lasting exit from the crisis depends on competitiveness, productivity and efficiency, coupled with growing attention to demand for \u201cready-to-deliver\u201d steel and to sustainability in construction, especially in the public sector. <\/p>\n

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In an increasingly complex steel market, marked by protectionist pressures, high energy costs, and subsidy-backed competition, even long-established, strategically important sites must rapidly rethink their industrial model. In recent days, SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen has reported on how Stahl Gerlafingen is preparing to emerge from the crisis through a mix of temporary support, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":38932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[84,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38933,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38931\/revisions\/38933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}