VDEh Steel Institute (Düsseldorf, Germany):

Dahlmann P., Dr. Eng., Member of Board, e-mail: peter.dahlmann@vdeh.de

The German economical success is fundamentally based on innovations, scientific researches and developments. Steel can be considered as an excellent example in this field. Well organized research facilities in Germany is unique in its density and quality. The same conclusion can be related to a large number of patents as a good criterion of the industrial know-how. The atmosphere of investigations and researches devoted to steel as a material is a pledge that German industry will keep its leading position in the field of innovations also in the conditions of growing digital economics.