Press releases

Yesterday, the General Meeting of Třinecké železárny approved the company's financial results for the year under review. Although the past year was marked by a number of uncertainties and twists and turns, the company achieved a positive after-tax result of CZK 2.393 billion. The basis for this was the company's turnover of CZK 57.602 billion.

Třinecké železárny changes its top management. Roman Heide has become the new Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. He replaces Jan Czudek, who is leaving at his own request after eleven years in the position.

In June 2022, Třinecké železárny committed to activities that will lead to a reduced environmental burden. Both the Moravian-Silesian Region and Třinecké železárny have fulfilled their commitments, according to the retrospective evaluation.

Třinecké železárny together with its subsidiary Energetika Třinec will produce electricity from the sun in two photovoltaic power plants from December.

Třinecké železárny is preparing investments exceeding one billion crowns for this year. They will be aimed at improving product properties, ecology and increasing the recycling rate of metallurgical gases.

Lower level of dust dust escapes into the air from the Blast Furnace No. 4 in Třinec Steelworks. The company has completed an ecological investment, which was equipped by the dust removal technology including a new filtration station. The investment will also take place at the Blast Furnace number 6.

Steel bars with a diameter of 30 to 80 millimetres come out of the new peeling line of Třinecké železárny with an accuracy of hundredths of a millimetre and without surface defects. The company put it into trial operation on Monday 5 December. It is a modern fully automatic line, the construction of which the mill started last year. The investment exceeded CZK 700 million.

Yesterday, the General Meeting of Třinecké železárny closed the company's financial results for 2021. Despite the decline in production, the company achieved a profit of CZK 1.306 billion. The mill produced 2.4 million tonnes of steel last year, down 7 percent year-on-year. The result was positively impacted by the development of sales, which increased by CZK 8.6 billion compared to the previous year to a total of CZK 43.715 billion.

Třinecké železárny has started construction of a new facility for unloading of key raw materials. The modern rail unloading system, which is part of the Innofreight rail transport system, will replace the existing unloading equipment for commodities imported by rail. Innofreight's modular technology is based on weight-optimised rail cars with the possibility of using different types of interchangeable superstructures – containers.

This year, Třinecké železárny is going to start implementing of specific projects to reduce CO2 emissions into the air. According to calculations, their volume will decrease by more than a half by 2030. The integrated Green Werk Transformation Project will affect the energy sector, the product portfolio and primary production processes.