• New identity reflects company’s evolution into supply chain solutions provider

• Focus on the company’s Global Control Tower offering, which supports aerospace and defense players in gaining end-to-end supply chain visibility and resilience

At this year's Farnborough International Airshow (20-24 July), tk accelis Supply Chain Solutions will make its first appearance under the new tk accelis brand. The Supply Chain Solutions business encompasses the company’s offering in supply chain services and management, including what was previously known as thyssenkrupp Aerospace. At the fair, the team will showcase how digital end-to-end supply chain orchestration is becoming a strategic advantage for the aerospace and defense industry.

The debut follows the recent rebranding of thyssenkrupp Materials Services to tk accelis, marking a new chapter for the global materials and supply chain solutions provider. The new brand reflects the company’s purpose of “Moving industries – from source to success”, and its ambition to enable customers to build more resilient, transparent and efficient supply chains across aerospace and defense and other advanced industries. At the Airshow, the team will demonstrate how its Global Control Tower offering brings together the company’s full spectrum of capabilities.

The Global Control Tower is tk accelis Supply Chain Solutions’ integrated supply chain service offering, combining consulting, managed services, digital platforms, and industry expertise to help customers build more resilient, transparent, and efficient end-to-end supply chains. From strategic sourcing and logistics to digital optimization and supply chain transformation, the offering delivers tailored solutions that improve visibility, strengthen resilience, and drive sustainable operational performance.

By combining services, platforms and industry expertise into a unified, fully customisable service offering, tk accelis Supply Chain Solutions enables customers to move beyond fragmented supply chain management towards a fully orchestrated, predictive and continuously optimised operating model.

As aerospace and defense manufacturers continue to face disruption, extended lead times, increasing production rates and rising performance expectations, the need for resilient and transparent supply chains has become critical. Organisations are increasingly seeking partners capable of managing entire supply chain ecosystems rather than isolated logistics or sourcing functions.

At Farnborough Airshow, visitors can see how the Global Control Tower enables this shift from reactive to predictive supply chain management. By combining AI-enabled forecasting, real-time visibility, risk detection and advanced analytics, potential disruptions can be identified early and mitigated before they impact production.

“Today’s aerospace supply chains are highly complex, deeply interconnected and increasingly exposed to disruption,” said Patrick Marous, CEO of tk accelis’ Solutions business. “Our customers are no longer looking for transactional support, they need full visibility, predictive insights and the ability to orchestrate their entire supply network. The Global Control Tower brings together our materials expertise, digital capabilities and supply chain intelligence to make that possible.”

Visitors to the tk accelis Supply Chain Solutions chalet (Stand No C110-111) at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026 will be able to meet supply chain experts, experience live demonstrations of the different parts of the Global Control Tower and explore how integrated supply chain management can enhance program resilience, operational efficiency and long-term supply chain performance.

• Brand identity underscores the transformation from materials distributor to supply chain service provider

• Company purpose: “Moving industries – from source to success”

• New brand supports company’s path to becoming an independent entity in line with thyssenkrupp AG’s ACES 2030 strategy

thyssenkrupp Materials Services, a leading global materials distributor and supply chain service provider, today unveiled its new brand name. Effective immediately, the company will operate under the name tk accelis. The new brand highlights the company’s transformation from a pure materials distributor to a supply chain service provider. Furthermore, the new brand supports the company’s path to becoming an independent company in line with thyssenkrupp AG’s ACES 2030 strategy program.

Ilse Henne, CEO of tk accelis: “The new brand embodies what we stand for: speed, reliability, and seamless processes along global supply chains. We want to ensure that materials move. From procurement and distribution through processing and manufacturing, all the way to data-driven supply chain management. In times of growing complexity, we understand and solve our customers’ challenges so they can focus on their core business. We want to accelerate their success by making supply chain networks their strongest assets.”

“From source to success” – integrated solutions across the entire supply chain

The new brand name derives from “accelerate” and “access”, conveying swift delivery and process efficiency as well as the availability of materials and services. The brand name and the company’s purpose, “Moving industries – from source to success,” underscore tk accelis’ ambition: to view materials, services, and digital solutions as an integrated offering that specifically accelerates customers’ business success. tk accelis offers its customers comprehensive products and services in three areas of activity:

• Materials: The distribution and international trading business features a strong network in Europe and North America. With a broad product portfolio and a global supplier network, the business unit supports reliable materials supply and local-for-local availability, complemented by manufacturing and pre-processing services like cutting or drilling.

• Processing: The service centers in Europe and North America offer strong capabilities for customized processing of materials such as steel and aluminum. In addition to precision processing, they also provide supporting data to increase efficiency and transparency in the supply chain.

• Solutions: The global supply chain business offers comprehensive solutions for supply chain management. The portfolio ranges from logistics solutions (third-party logistics (3PL) and fourth-party logistics (4PL)) and the orchestration of entire supply chain ecosystems to a growing portfolio of data-driven and AI-enhanced digital solutions designed to increase supply chain flexibility, transparency, and resilience. The constant goal is: Managing complexity for customers and ensuring that every part arrives when and where it is needed.

tk accelis refers to this integrated approach and its own strategy as “Materials-as-a-Service.” As an early adopter in digital supply chain solutions, tk accelis is capitalizing on growth opportunities arising from industry trends such as nearshoring, outsourcing, and digitalization. In doing so, tk accelis benefits from its strong position in rapidly growing customer industries such as aerospace, data centers, industrial electrification, and defense. The increasing focus on services is supporting the company’s financial resilience in times of challenging economic environments and volatile material prices: In the second quarter of the current fiscal year 2025/26 (January-March) and according to thyssenkrupp AG’s segment reporting, tk accelis achieved sales of €3.2bn (+5%) and operating profit (Adjusted EBIT) of €81m (+179%).

On the path to becoming an independent entity

With its new brand identity, tk accelis is also supporting its path to becoming an independent company in line with thyssenkrupp AG’s ACES 2030 strategy program. This includes the target of achieving capital market readiness.

“Our new name tk accelis supports our preparations towards capital market readiness,” continues Ilse Henne. “With our new brand identity, we will be even more visible to our customers as a mill-independent partner and gain a distinct, independent profile.”

thyssenkrupp Materials Services today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Aceroteca Trading, S.A.P.I. de C.V., a flat‑rolled carbon steel processing and service center business located in Santa Catarina within the Metropolitan area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The transaction marks an important step in strengthening thyssenkrupp Materials Services’ integrated North American footprint and supports customers’ increasing localization and nearshoring strategies.

The acquisition gives thyssenkrupp Materials Services a modern, scalable processing platform in one of Mexico’s manufacturing hubs. The Santa Catarina service center improves proximity to customers, enables localized processing, shortens lead time, and optimizes supply chain solutions. Aceroteca currently serves industries including heating & cooling and power transmission. It offers substantial available capacity to thyssenkrupp Materials Services for both new and existing customers in the region.

“The acquisition of Aceroteca Trading is an important strategic step for thyssenkrupp Materials Services,” said Heather Wijdekop, CEO of the Processing business unit. “It strengthens our Coil Processing Group’s presence in North America and allows us to further support customers as regional supply chains continue to evolve. It provides a strong platform in a key industrial and manufacturing region.”

Héctor Morales, founder and CEO of Aceroteca Trading, will continue to lead the business and retain a minority ownership stake.

“We are proud to join thyssenkrupp Materials Services,” Morales said. “Aceroteca was built on entrepreneurship, customer focus, and technical expertise. With thyssenkrupp as a strategic partner, we can expand our capabilities and deliver greater value to our customers while continuing to develop our team in Mexico.”

The transaction combines Aceroteca’s entrepreneurial culture and deep local market expertise with thyssenkrupp Materials Services’ global procurement strength, processing know‑how, and longstanding customer and supplier relationships. While the initial focus remains on flat‑rolled carbon steel products, the acquired infrastructure provides optionality for future expansion into additional product categories.

• thyssenkrupp Steel and Materials Services present products and solutions for the tube and tube-processing industry – Hall 3, Booth 3C28

• thyssenkrupp Steel: Steels optimized for hydrogen (H₂) transport for building a high-performance hydrogen infrastructure | CO₂-reduced steels of the bluemint^® Steel brand to support decarbonization | Application-optimized manganese-boron steels tubor^® for precision steel tubes

• thyssenkrupp Materials Services: Solutions for material supply in times of global uncertainty and fragile supply chains | Integrated services ranging from processing and project and logistics services to digital solutions that create transparency and improve process efficiency

Duisburg, April 9, 2026. The Tube in Düsseldorf is the world’s most important trade fair for the tube and tube processing industry. From April 13 to 17, 2026, thyssenkrupp will once again welcome visitors to Hall 3, Booth 3C28. The Materials Services and Steel business segments will present their products and solutions and look forward to engaging with customers and partners.

thyssenkrupp Steel presents customized hot-rolled steels for the tube industry

With its H₂-optimized steels, thyssenkrupp Steel offers high-performance materials for the transport of hydrogen and hydrogen mixtures. These steels are specifically engineered to meet key requirements such as resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, high fatigue strength, and excellent formability, enabling safe and reliable operation of hydrogen pipelines – even under demanding service conditions.

Through optimized chemical compositions and advanced manufacturing processes, these materials combine high strength, very good toughness, and excellent weldability. This provides the foundation for durable and cost-efficient pipeline systems and supports the development of a future-ready hydrogen infrastructure.

With bluemint® Steel, thyssenkrupp Steel already offers a portfolio designed to reduce CO₂ emissions across the steel value chain. The use of bluemint® Steel enables customers to achieve their climate targets – while maintaining proven material properties and consistent processing performance.

For the production of precision steel tubes, thyssenkrupp Steel offers steel grades from the tubor® range. These application-optimized manganese-boron steels are characterized by excellent forming properties, high strength, and superior process stability.

tubor® enables efficient manufacturing processes and consistently high component quality –especially in demanding applications where tight tolerances and reproducible properties are critical.

Tube is considered the world’s leading trade fair for the tube and tube processing industry and serves as a central platform for the exchange of technological developments and innovative material solutions.

The Krefeld site of thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe, part of thyssenkrupp Materials Services, is one of three winners of this year's “Die Goldene Hand” prevention award presented by the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Trade and Logistics Industry (BGHW). On November 11, 2025, representatives of the company accepted the award at the ceremony in Mannheim. The award was given for the installation of a robot for assembling and disassembling circular knives for the slitting of steel coils. The fully automatic robot handles the loading of the systems at the company's Steel Service Center in Krefeld.

For slitting, the steel coils, which weigh several tons, are unrolled and cut into slit strips of various widths. Depending on customer requirements, circular knives in different arrangements are pushed onto a roller-shaped upper and lower shaft together with rubber rings as spacers. Until now, both the assembly of the tools and their disassembly after each coil cut were carried out manually, as was the inspection and cleaning of the knives after each use. With approximately twelve knife changes per shift and up to 24 kilograms per knife, this was an enormous physical effort for the employees.