Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Swiss Steel Holding Swiss Steel
Search every verified Frank Koch interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a May 2025 interview, Koch described the European steel industry as being in a "structural crisis" with "many various input factors," adding that while the year started "a bit better" than the previous one ended, markets remain "back holding" and the way out "will not be easy." He stated that Swiss Steel's transformation program, SSG 2025, focuses on three pillars: sustainability, increasing productivity and cost competitiveness, and management and transformation of the group. Koch said the company aims to be "net zero on CO2 until 2038" and claimed it already has "five times better CO2 emissions than the world average of the steel industry." In a 2022 interview, Koch described "green steel" as a concept derived from societal expectations for sustainable production and decarbonization. He stated that Swiss Steel uses 100% scrap in electric arc furnaces and differentiates itself by producing steel with "factor 5 less CO2 emissions over the entire production process." Koch noted that customers benefit from lower CO2 footprints in their supply chains and that the company has developed new steel grades requiring fewer alloying elements.
“it's the first time that I really see a structural crisis like that. This is what we first of all have to accept. It's a structural crisis. It's not just a recession driven by one factor only and it is really structural with many many various input factors that we have there.”
“We have set our own goal. We said like we have electric arc furnaces. We have five times better CO2 emissions than the world average of the steel industry. Five times better already in the existing shape. And we set ourselves a target. We want to be net zero on CO2 until 2038.”
“Green Steel für uns ist eher eine Frage die aus der Gesellschaft abgeleitet ist in unsere Produkte Anwendungen und dahinter stehende Produktion...”
“Wir setzen 100% Schrott ein und schmelzen ihn im sogenannten elektrolichtbogen ofenverfahren um zu flüssigen Stahl das ist der Weg wie wir unseren Stahl herstellen differenziert uns dahingehend dass wir um Faktor 5 weniger CO2-Emissionen über den gesamten Produktionsprozess.”
An interview with Frank Koch, CEO of Swiss Steel, on siderweb TV during Made in Steel 2025.
Swiss Steel setzt strategisch voll und ganz auf das Konzept "Green Steel". Was heißt das für die Produktion von Stahl? Wie unterscheidet sich der Stahlhersteller damit vom Wettbewerb? Wie profitieren die Kunden von nachhaltig produzierten Werkstoffen? Und warum ist Swiss Steel gleichzeitig eines der größten Recyclingunternehmen Europas? Fragen, die CEO Frank Koch im Gespräch mit wire & Tube NEWS beantwortet.
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