News and Events

The Steel Navigator helps designers and engineers find the right steel grade, explore material data sheets, consult heat treatment guides and use calculators for machining and dimensioning.

Ovako has published a set of new Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) to provide customers with independently audited environmental footprints for its specialty steels. The EPDs cover the full environmental impact, including the carbon footprint of hot-rolled steel bar from Ovako’s Hofors, Imatra, and Smedjebacken and Boxholm (Smebox) mills.

Making steel strong requires precise control of a number of critical factors. Hybrid Steel uses several of them in a balanced way.

Ovako has been working for many years to establish a true cradle-to-gate perspective of all the carbon dioxide emissions we are responsible for, both directly and indirectly.

Klaus Enwald has been appointed as the new President of Business Unit Imatra. He starts his new role January 1, 2021 and succeeds Janne Pirttijoki, who has decided to take on new opportunities outside Ovako.

Today we see an ever-increasing number of new demanding applications appreciating the benefits that clean steel brings.

Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Energy Authority and the state’s sustainable development company Motiva came together to organize the Energy Genius of the Year 2020 competition, seeking out the brightest acts of energy efficiency. Ovako Imatra Oy Ab entered the competition with its vacuum degassing system renewal project and has been recognized as an Energy Genius of the Year 2020.

To ensure the best possible understanding of the interaction between tool and steel, we collaborate with leaders in machining. One such leader is Sandvik Coromant with whom we share many important development activities.