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Tubular steel – A wide product range, a variety of uses

Looking to buy steel tubing? Look no further than our extensive range of tubular steel products for all general fabrication, structural or architectural applications, or repairs. SSAB offers its own high-quality tubes, including hollow square tubing, round tubing, trapezoidal sections, precision tubes, cold-formed open sections, and steel piles, retaining walls, safety barrier systems, water mains and more. You’ll get versatility, strong yet lighter tubes, and more cost-effective production. Contact us today!

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6 reasons to choose Tubular products from SSAB
consistent quality

Consistent quality

From batch to batch, every time. You’ll get more productive thanks to fewer adjustments and interruptions in your production process and less scrap. With this greater predictability, you can simplify planning and scheduling your tubular steel production.

improve sustainability

Improve sustainability

Our carbon efficiency (CO2 per tonne of steel) is one of the highest in the steel industry. So when you buy tubular steels from us, you help to reduce environmental impact during production. And you can further optimize your tubular steel products by selecting the ideal steel grade, length, shape and thickness, or perhaps using perforated components.

increase payload

Increase payload

You’ll find tubular steel products nearly everywhere, in frame structures on trucks, train cars, cranes, and other transport equipment. Use thinner wall thicknesses at the same or greater strength than conventional steel tubing to carry higher payloads. The proof is in the payload!

own steel

Own steel

When you buy steel tubing from us, you know what you’re getting. We can guarantee traceability, best-in-class batch to batch consistency, and outstanding development support. Whatever benefits you’re aiming for – reduced weight, better formability, higher payload, lower lifecycle costs – we’ll help you choose the right tubular steel.

Reduce weight

Reduce weight

Slash the self-weight of structures by optimizing the grade, shape and thickness of our structural tubing, without compromising on strength and durability. Whether you’re making building components or heavy vehicles that need to comply with road weight limits, our in-house experts are here to help.

Save time

Save time

Ease of use is a given for SSAB’s tubular steel products. They’re easy to weld, cut and form with the right knowledge. And batch-to-batch uniformity ensures an easy transition between production batches.

Tubular steel that meets your needs

Hollow sections

Hollow sections

Higher productivity, freedom of design

SSAB produces cold-formed and welded structural hollow sections for wide-ranging purposes, from lifting or transport equipment to designing buildings. With SSAB Domex® Tubes, advanced high-strength Strenx® Tubes or our other products, you’ll get some of the strongest, most reliable structural hollow sections on the market today – while vastly reducing the structure’s weight, achieving material and cost savings, and innovating your designs for the future.

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Open sections

Cold-formed open sections

Our comprehensive range of cold-formed open steel sections offers nearly endless possibilities for steel grades (up to S900) as well as shapes. Tubular steel grades and shapes that precisely match the application can give you significant weight and cost savings.

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Open sections
Precision tubes

Precision tubes

The most versatile precision tubes

Whether you’re looking for weight savings, corrosion resistance, narrow tolerances, excellent surface quality or low processing costs, you’re sure to find the right precision steel tubes to fit your needs. Select from a wide variety of coating options and zinc coating thicknesses from 100 to 600 g/m2. For special applications requiring superior paint adhesion and good weldability with excellent corrosion resistance, our galvannealed tubing makes the best choice.

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STEEL PILES & INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS

Responsibly produced, great value for money

Build right, at the right price. You can rely on SSAB to deliver first-rate steel piles and other infrastructure products, like safety barriers systems, trapezoidal sections for bridge girders, and pressure piping – all responsibly produced and offering great value for money. When you partner with us, we commit to prompt delivery and seeing you through the design and execution stages as needed.

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Steel piles and infrastructure products

Tubular steel resources – tailored to your needs
handbooks

Handbooks

Get your hands on our free handbooks! Our handbooks on hollow sections provide in-depth theoretical information and step-by-step methods for efficient and optimized building design in accordance to the EN1993 Euro code. We also have the most comprehensive existing structural hollow section handbook on how to utilize high strength steels of up to 700MPa.

Hollow section handbooks
Precision steel tube handbook
calculators and tools

Calculators and design tools

With our design tools, creating new designs quickly and accurately just got easier. FrameCalc is a fast and easy software program for designing trusses made of hollow sections. And you can use our steel pile tools to calculate resistances for single piles and pile walls. Best of all, these tools are free of charge and so simple to use.

 

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webinars

Webinars and downloads

Join our experts and learn more about SSAB’s tubular steel offering with our online training. You’ll also get on-demand access to recorded webinars and more information about tubular products in a downloadable format.

Webinars
Downloads

Going green – SSAB first in fossil-free steel

SSAB is taking the lead in decarbonizing the steel industry with green steel production. In a groundbreaking effort, SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are teaming up to tackle climate change. We’re working on a steelmaking process that emits water instead of carbon dioxide.

Learn more about our journey

Webinars & events

  • FrameFEM: Design tool for structural hollow section frames

    In this webinar, we present the new FrameFEM calculation tool, which SSAB offers for your use free of charge.

  • My SSAB customer portal for tubular users

    Why to use SSAB customer portal, My SSAB? Join this webinar, where we highlight its features and reveal the great benefits of using My SSAB customer portal on daily basis.

  • PileWallCalc – Fully renewed design tool for SSAB steel retaining walls

    PileWallCalc, the design program for SSAB steel retaining walls has renewed totally. The new version of the program is web-based application and it doesn’t require any installations to workstation.

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Customer cases
  • cold-formed open sections , Helaform

    Helaform updated sliding door section to reduce size while maintaining load bearing

    SSAB Toijala mill has a long history of delivering cold-formed open sections to Helaform Oy, a Finnish company that designs and manufactures sliding door hardware. Helaform is an internationally well-known brand, with products being supplied to retail and industrial outlets, commercial and agricultural sectors through its outstanding worldwide network of distributors and agents. Helaform was founded in 1983, since when it has relied on the wide range and quality of open sections manufactured by SSAB. Helaform has more than 450 retailers and has delivered over 1,000,000 meters of sliding door tracks.

  • RD Pile wall drilling in Nokia Finland

    Waterproofing of the earth dam of the Melo power plant

    The Kokemäenjoki river is one of the most important hydropower production areas in Finland. The Melo hydroelectric power plant in Nokia was built in the Kokemäenjoki river basin at the turn of the 1970s. The fall height of the power plant is 20 meters. In total, the dam is 123 meters long. The power plant has a capacity of 68 megawatts and an annual production of 200 GWh.

  • Raahe pneumatic pipe mail

    Pneumatic pipe bridge using weather-resistant steels

    A new research center and office will be built at SSAB Europe Oy Raahe mill. The new two-story research center and office building is scheduled to be in use in 2024. In connection with the project, a new pneumatic pipe bridge will be built. The mail pipe will transport samples from the smelter and blast furnace to the new research center. About six kilometers of the new pneumatic mail pipe will be built and the old one will be upgraded. Work on construction of the pneumatic mail pipe foundation and workshop connecting the research center and the mill began in 2022 and will complete this spring.

  • Night view of the building’s perforated sheet metal façade with integrated illumination and illustrations of the work at the SSAB Luleå site.

    Pumping station 40 - Luleå

    Luleå is a region in growth. Its existing water and waste system is now 60-100 years old and in great need of upgrading to deal with the growing population. By 2040, the population is expected to reach 100 000 inhabitants. “Östre länken” was initiated in 2014 and will be ready in 2026. It consists of 4 new pumping stations and 20 km of water pipes with a diameter of up to 2 meters. This is Luleå Municipality’s biggest construction project ever and has an estimated price tag of up to SEK 2bn. There are already 70 pumping stations in the area to ensure the transportation of fresh water from the Lule River to end users and then transport the used water back to Uddebo wastewater treatment plant.

  • MSK Cabins production line

    State-of-the-art cabin manufacturing in Finland

    MSK Cabins’ cabin factory is in Ylihärmä, Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia. The company manufactures safety cabins for tractors, mobile machinery and other industrial applications. The company was established in 1950 and has purposefully developed production over the past few years by investing in, among other things, a paint shop and a sheet metal work center. For MSK Cabins, own design work is an absolute competitive advantage. MSK Cabins’ Finnish factory has more than 200 employees and MSK Group also has production units in Germany and Slovakia.

  • The entrance of the harbour of Klaipeda was strengthened with RD® pile wall

    Reconstruction of Klaipeda Northern Breakwater

    In the project ‘Reconstruction of Klaipeda Northern Breakwater’, the entrance of the harbour of Klaipeda was strengthened and renewed. In the course of this construction work, a retaining wall was built underwater at the foot of the breakwater at the narrowest point of the entrance. Through the installation of this wall, it was possible to design a rectangular cross-section between the northern and southern breakwaters, thus achieving a depth independent of the breakwater slope. Main contractor for the project was Depenbrock Ingenieurwasserbau GmbH & Co. from Germany.

  • SSAB Weathering tube in transmission line

    SSAB’s Weathering steel is perfect material for the nature

    First transmission line made from SSAB Weathering steel was installed from Ylitornio to Liakka over ten years ago. Line is 57 kilometers long and has 222 poles and it is owned by TLS Verkko OY. SSAB delivered SSAB Weathering steel tubes to the project and VK-Electric built the line for TLS Verkko Oy.

  • SSAB Form precision tubes

    Reliable precision tubes improve lead time

    Varax's vision is to become the leading manufacturer of metal yard and garden products in the Nordic countries. As a material supplier to Varax, SSAB supports this vision in the best possible way. High-quality tubular products, which are optimized for Varax’s production, enable an efficient and effective production process.

  • Piristeel is satisfied with SSAB's products and their quality

    Safe and durable roof security products

    Piristeel is a Finnish manufacturer of roof safety products which absolutely does not compromise on quality and durability of their products, and that is why it trusts SSAB's precision tubes as their material. Piristeel manufactures roof safety products and rainwater products. In its rainwater systems, Piristeel relies on SSAB's GreenCoat RWS Pural. Piristeel was founded in 1974 and since then has relied on the wide range and quality of precision tubes manufactured by SSAB.

  • Piles in new Ålesund harbor

    Flatholmen quay in Ålesund, Norway – build on LDP from SSAB

    Ålesund is a large Norwegian harbor for cargo and cruise ships. The fishing industry is well-established in the area together with manufacturing of furniture. This may explain the 65,000 containers that move through the area each year, making it one of Norway’s largest container harbors. Two billion fishmeal is exported from this region worldwide each year. Ålesund is also located on the doorstep of picturesque Norwegian fjords and majestic mountains, providing easy access for cruise tourism.

  • Underpinning of As Oy Matti in Turku

    Underpinning of As Oy Matti in Turku, Finland

    Residential building of As Oy Matti was originally built on end bearing timber piles in the end of 1960s. The level of the building has been followed for some years and the first leveling data is from 2012. During the first years of leveling, the building was in practice non-settling. Since 2016 there has been clear settlement on one area of the building. The settlement rate accelerated during years 2018 and 2019, which emerged the need for underpinning of the building.

  • Ecovillage at Parainen

    New ecovillage in Parainen, Finland to be carbon negative

    Construction company Godai Oy is building a carbon-negative small house ecovillage to Parainen, Finland. Godai is concerned about the environmental aspects of climate change in the construction industry and this construction project has high goals, as the plan is to build Finland’s first carbon-negative small houses. According to the Ministry of the Environment, construction and buildings account for about one third of Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Northern light finished foundation structure

    Northern Light - enabling decarbonisation of industrial emissions

    With support from the Norwegian Government, Northern Lights is developing an open and flexible infrastructure enabling decarbonisation of Norwegian and European industry. The development is the transport and storage component of Longship, the Norwegian Government’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project.

  • higher strength steel in district heating pipeline core tubes

    Helen decreased carbon footprint in Vuosaari power plant by using SSAB’s higher strength steel tubes

    LOGSTOR Finland delivered to Helen Vuosaari power plant district heating pipe line that were produced with thinner steel core pipelines made of higher strength steel. This was the first large size project for Helen to use higher strength steel in district heating pipeline. Higher steel grade enables customer to use lower material thickness tubes in steel core of pipelines which not only reduce weight of the pipes during the transportation but also prolongs lifetime of the pipelines. Power plant is benefiting of the longer lifetime compared with traditional solution and at the same time environment aspect with lower carbon footprint are enabled.

  • Illustration of Kupittaan Parkki

    RR270 and RR320 piles with new rock shoes to Kupittaan Parkki in Turku, Finland

    New mechanically attached rock shoes for RR270 and RR320 pile sizes ensured more flexible piling works at Kupittaan Parkki site.

  • R-taso man i R-taso walkway

    R-taso delivers modular industrial walkways that have low carbon footprint

    SSAB Toijala mill has a long history of delivering cold-formed open sections to R-taso. R-taso is one of Finland’s leading manufacturers of industrial platforms, and it is known for its high-quality products. Both SSAB and R-taso have the same ambitious goal of reducing CO2 gas emissions as much as possible. This is reflected in the latest improvements and investments. Both R-taso and SSAB believe that sustainability is the foundation of a successful business.

  • 18 m long open profiles on a truck

    Trapezoidal sections improve economy of the long span bridge superstructure

    SSAB has been involved in the development and implementation of steel bridge structures for many years. Our solutions for both superstructure and substructure steel bridge components make us competitive in this construction sector. SSAB plates, pipes, sections and profiles open the way for sustainable and cost-effective bridge construction, which means savings in overall life cycle costs. The two bridge projects in Hungary are a perfect example of how to implement VU sections into a steel bridge superstructure.

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    RD® pile wall as support structure for excavation of polluted ground

    When the decision was taken to remove 8,600 m3 of soil partly containing polluted material, the solution was SSAB’s RD pile wall. This watertight support structure with high horizontal capacity and ability to penetrate the ground and other unknown obstacles (like big boulders, former concrete structures and man-made fillings) really fulfilled its purpose.

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    SSAB Hollow sections in exact lengths and helpful customer service supports the competitiveness of customer welding steel constructions

    SSAB delivered around 200 tons of structural hollow sections to its customer STH Steel for the steel frame of Snellman’s new warehouse. New warehouse will be 40x60 meters and transportation will drive under the warehouse expansion to the slaughterhouse.

  • RD pile wall in Tallinn Old City Harbour

    RD® pile wall in Tallinn Old City Harbour, Estonia

    SSAB delivered RD® pile wall to Tallinn Old City Harbour, Estonia. The project was set up in order to build a supporting wall to a new cruise terminal. The solution used was easy to install in demanding conditions while saving time.

  • Superior weldability and produced-to-length deliveries from mill – When highest quality and production efficiency are required

    SSAB delivers structural hollow sections to the frame structures of Best-Hall’s buildings. One of the recent projects was Duodot. SSAB delivered over 100 tons of structural hollow sections to the Duodot project for steel frame warehouse building in southwestern Finland. Best-Hall built a logistic warehouse building for its customer for storing tires. The building is a combination of two halls, one part is 87 meters long, 44 meters wide, and the height is 9 meters from the lowest point. The other part is 132 meters long, 33 meters wide and 9 meters high.

  • Active collaboration to serve end customers - High quality tubes speed up the production

    SSAB has been collaborating with Ateno for Tubular products since 2014. Over the years, delivery volumes have grown significantly and collaboration has deepened. SSAB currently supplies both hollow sections and precision tubes from tube mills. Products from precision tubes are further processed for use in, for example, mechanical engineering and the furniture industry. Parts of hollow sections are processed into parts of transport and steel construction. Ateno also makes forest machine parts from high-strength steels. In addition to tubular products, SSAB also supplies significant quantities of sheet and profile products to Ateno.

  • Overview of Narvik Harbour with LKAB’s bulk port

    Expansion of Narvik cruise quay

    Narvik Harbour consists of four ports including LKAB’s bulk port and the central cruise quay. The harbor is ice-free and well protected from the weather. In 2005, Narvik was granted the status of "Motorways of the Sea" port in the EU system. Only Oslo has this status in addition to Narvik in Norway. The quay area also has railroad tracks connecting Narvik to the rest of Scandinavia and central Europe.

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    Reliable RD® pile wall was chosen as a retaining wall solution for doubling the size of Port of Gävle – Deliveries via direct vessel route from the Port of Raahe to Gävle

    The largest container terminal on the east coast of Sweden, the Port of Gävle, is doubling in capacity to be able to receive more and larger vessels. In this co-investment of Port of Gävle and Yilport the aim is also to expand the harbor with new unloading cranes and a new container area to meet the increasing yearly demands for container transport. New container terminal will open in the autumn of 2020

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    Successful HDPE coated pile -project in tight time frame and demanding soil conditions

    Turku University Hospital (TYKS) is building a massive new building, named T3 Hospital, on top of existing E18 freeway and a rail road. New building will have total area of 54 000 m2 in eight stories. Total budget for the project is 158 M€.

  • Pile installation, Norwegian fjords, electric ferries, terminal extension, steel pipe piles,drilled steel piles, ferry termninal

    SSAB Large diameter piles in deep and steep Norwegian fjords

    Green shipping has long been a goal for Norwegian transportation. This has led to heavy investments in electric and hybrid transportation ferries. These ferries are used to allow road traffic to pass over the huge number of fjords along the Norwegian coast line. In 2021, 70 ferries out of a total 200, more than 1/3, had been replaced by electric ones. This transition has been backed by national funding and has also triggered demand for infrastructure development.

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