Dneprospetsstal (; ), known as DSS, is a
Ukrainian manufacturer of special
stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi ...
. The company is based in
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of
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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 (ESR) and
vacuum arc re-melting (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 profileon
Ukrainian securities commission
{{Metallurgical Industry of Ukraine
Steel companies of Ukraine
1932 establishments in Ukraine