Innovation & insights

Medical implants in orthopaedic, cardiovascular, and dental applications face extreme conditions inside the human body, constant mechanical loads and a chemically aggressive environment.
To remain safe and reliable over a patient’s lifetime, materials must be biocompatible, stable, strong, fatigue- and corrosion-resistant, and highly durable. Failures can lead to fractures, wear debris that causes inflammation, or corrosion that releases harmful ions.
We develop high-purity stainless steels engineered to meet these demands and ensure long-term implant performance.

Alleima attended this year’s Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe in Hamburg, and the conversations across the exhibition floor reflected an industry at a crossroads. While the excitement surrounding hydrogen’s rapid scale-up has eased since its early peak a few years ago, there’s now a more mature, focused approach emerging, one that prioritises cost efficiency, technical reliability, and project realism.

Around the world, including in the East Asia and Pacific area, steel manufacturers face significant pressure to reduce emissions from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), regulators, and consumers. The rise in life cycle assessment is a testament to this increased focus.

For hard-to-abate industries like steel, reducing emissions and increasing the sustainability of material manufacturing processes is critical.

Surgery is one of the foundational pillars of modern medicine. Each procedure demands precision, not only from the surgeon’s skill, but also from the instruments in their hands. We know that the quality and reliability of these instruments start with the steel they are made from.

Defects such as burrs and cracks can compromise safety, function, and longevity. That’s why the purity, hardness, and corrosion resistance of the steel play a decisive role in both patient safety and surgical success.

On 25 September 2025, engineers, specialists, and decision-makers from across the oil and gas supply chain joined Alleima’s exclusive Alloys for Oil & Gas Application Seminar 2025 in Rio de Janeiro.

The steel industry is a cornerstone of global infrastructure, but it also comes with significant environmental challenges. Today, the industry accounts for around 8% of global energy use and 7% of CO₂ emissions. We are, however, at the heart of an exciting transformation, where sustainable initiatives are reshaping the industry with low-carbon technologies, improved resource efficiency, and greener products.

These hidden heroes are driving smarter, lighter, and cleaner solutions, from hydrogen fuel cells to high-performance machinery.

At Alleima's Annual General Meeting in Sandviken, the Innovation Prize 2025 was awarded to Thomas Froböse, Chief Technology Officer, and Haydn Eagle, Sales Manager, both from business unit Specialized in the Tube division. They received the prize for their exceptional contribution to a critical component in the steering module of a space application. The component for a rocket exemplifies outstanding innovation and engineering excellence as the material had to withstand very high temperatures in combination with high pressure.

New steel characteristics are required for the electric compressors that will power car air conditioners in electric vehicles. Teru-aki Watanabe at Alleima explains why.

At Alleima, we have been leading advancements in knife steel for decades, optimizing the metallurgical properties that define performance, durability, and customization.

Alleima Guru, the generative AI solution of Alleima, enables researchers to develop new hypotheses thanks to instant access to the company’s 60,000 research reports. Reports are generated from 160 years of research.

Sandviken-based Alleima, a global manufacturer of high-value-added stainless steel and special alloys, has today signed an agreement with KTH. The partnership aims to deepen collaboration in research and education, enhance scientific excellence, strengthen societal benefits, and increase innovative capacity in addressing the major challenges faced by society today.

Decarbonisation, net zero and energy security are poised to be pivotal topics in 2024, with biofuels emerging as a key player in enabling companies and government to achieve their environmental objectives. At Alleima, we’ve got a dedicated experienced team that attends key events throughout the year, ensuring our solutions remain at the forefront of these global challenges.

In a world facing environmental challenges, the importance of dependable partners with sustainable practices becomes crucial. That’s why Alleima is committed to advancing sustainable practices and is actively seeking to reduce carbon emissions.

Alleima, a world leader of stainless steel and special alloys, has decided to calculate and present the carbon emissions data of their final products. Now Alleima is sharing product-specific and reviewed carbon footprint data on its manufactured solid bar products, used for segments like Industrial, Oil and Gas, Chemical and Petrochemical and Transportation.

Specializing in tubular products for hydrogen production and storage, Alleima is accelerating efficiency and sustainability in the shift toward clean energy.

The development of smart diabetes management has paved the way for other digital remote monitoring devices to tailor individual treatment suggestions to patients. One of the many benefits of digital applications for healthcare providers is that they can provide tools to analyze various lifestyle factors.

Steel is a wonderful metal that can be remelted and reused indefinitely. Today, approximately 83% of our production is based on recycled steel and melted in an electric arc furnace that runs almost entirely on fossil-free electricity. Through collaborations, products and solutions, we support energy efficiency, greener transportation, and reduced CO₂ emissions.

As the world seeks new ways to reduce its CO₂ emissions, electricity is looking hotter than ever. Nowhere more so than in transportation and heating solutions, where electricity is expected to account for an increasing share of the global energy mix in the future. And wherever electric heating is a challenge, Kanthal, an Alleima company, is ready to provide the solution.

Developing groundbreaking alloys is at the heart of Alleima, where a fully integrated value chain, from R&D and testing to melt and hot and cold rolling, to delivery, cooperates to meet customer challenges and accelerate technology shifts.

Rapid advances in medical technology have changed the way that diagnoses such as diabetes type 1 impact patients’ lives. Åsa Brolin is the brand manager for Alleima, a leading provider of medical wire components for a range of devices, including continuous glucose monitors. Åsa grew up with her two siblings, Karin and Martin, who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in childhood.

Damax™ by Alleima is the next generation of Damascus knife steel. It features the same quality as handcrafted steel and is produced with an innovative industrialized technique, with up to 135 layers of martensitic stainless steel.