Materials for highly demanding applications –partner of the chemical process industry 

VDM Metals, a company of the Acerinox group, is the Global market leader in high performance alloys and special stainless steels. Our materials are used in extreme conditions and made to last, resisting heavy mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses, sometimes all three simultaneously. In many key technologies high performance alloys from VDM Metals are indispensable for the industrial-scale implementation and safe control of essential processes in hot or corrosive environment.

Our nickel and zirconium materials as well as our high-alloyed special stainless steels are made from a wide spectrum of elements from the periodic table, because the solutions we develop are just as wide-ranging as the demands for which they are required. Safety and reliability are very important for any project for the chemical process industry. Whether you are working in the area of plant engineering, in the development of new processes or in the field of maintenance: VDM Metals is your ideal partner for demanding materials concepts.

VDM Metals is offering its high performance materials in the main product forms plate, sheet, powder, strip, rod, bar and wire. These various product forms exhibit excellent abricability into vessels, heads, trays, tubes, pipes, fasteners, fittings and flanges, etc. which are subsequently manufactured into the different pieces of equipment required by the chemical industry as pressure vessels, reactors, columns, heat exchangers and filters. 

At VDM Metals we support our customers during the development of their projects starting with the material selection, where VDM Metals has an abundance of laboratory data and field experience at its disposal. We have a broad know-how regarding all questions of formability and weldability. The supply of material is accompanied with the provision of appropriate welding consumables under our own brand and advice on the most suitable welding processes and parameters.