Industrial Electrification Manufacturers

steel · cement · chemicals · process heat

Electric heat now reaches every industrial temperature, from 200 °C heat pumps to 1,650 °C arc furnaces. Steel is electrifying first because the arc furnace is already proven.

Bar chart of electric heating technologies by typical upper process temperature: industrial heat pumps up to about 200 °C, electrode steam boilers delivering steam to about 300 °C, electric steam-cracker furnaces about 850 °C, resistive heating elements about 1,400 °C, thermal batteries storing heat to about 1,500 °C, electric arc furnaces about 1,650 °C for steel, and plasma torches above 5,000 °C, shown off scale. ELECTRIC HEAT BY PROCESS TEMPERATURE Industrial heat pump up to ~200 °C Electrode steam boiler steam to ~300 °C Electric cracker furnace ~850 °C Resistive elements ~1,400 °C Thermal battery store to ~1,500 °C Electric arc furnace ~1,650 °C steel Plasma torch 5,000+ °C Typical upper process temperatures. Plasma bar truncated; torches exceed 5,000 °C.
EAF tap temperature
~1,650 °C
Heat pump ceiling
~200 °C
DRI technology leader
Midrex
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OEMs

Finding

Electric arc furnaces are the most mature industrial electrification technology; cement and chemicals remain at pilot scale

Arc furnaces already make about 70% of US steel and a growing share in Europe and China, supplied by Danieli, SMS group, Primetals and Tenova. Pairing them with hydrogen-ready DRI from Midrex, Energiron or CISDI removes the blast furnace. Electric cement kilns and steam crackers exist only as demonstrations, such as the BASF, SABIC and Linde cracker at Ludwigshafen.

Temperature sets the technology. Heat pumps from Everllence, Kobelco and Johnson Controls cover most food, paper and chemical steam below about 200 °C; electrode boilers and thermal batteries from Parat, Rondo and Antora cover steam and hot air above that; resistive elements and induction reach foundry and glass temperatures; arc furnaces and plasma torches go beyond.

China builds the most new capacity in steel and cement plants through CISDI and Sinoma, and dominates electrified polysilicon through Tongwei, GCL and Xinte. Power cost and grid connection, not furnace design, usually decide the business case; see Process Electrification and Electric Arc Furnaces.

Steel

Arc furnace and DRI builders

EAF and DRI equipment makers
ManufacturerHQProductsTechnologiesCustomers and notes
DanieliItalyEAFs, DRI plants, rolling millsQ-One power supply, Digimelter; Energiron DRI with TenovaEAF and DRI projects worldwide
SMS groupGermanyEAFs, DRI, castingQuantum-style shaft furnaces, X-Pact automationStegra (Boden, Sweden), Big River Steel
Primetals TechnologiesUK / JapanEAFs, DRI, castingEAF Quantum, Arvedi ESP; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ownedGlobal integrated mills
TenovaItalyEAFs, DRIConsteel, Energiron hydrogen-ready DRITechint Group; Middle East, Europe
Midrex TechnologiesUSDRI plantsMIDREX Flex and H2 shaft furnacesKobe Steel owned; most installed DRI capacity
CISDIChinaEAFs, DRI, full millsCISDI-designed hydrogen shaft furnaceChina Baowu, Chinese EAF projects

Kilns and chemicals

Cement kilns and chemical process electrification

Mostly demonstration and pilot projects.

Cement and chemical electrification
CompanyHQEquipmentTechnologyApplications
CoolbrookFinlandElectric heaters for kilns and crackersRotoDynamic Heater to ~1,700 °CCement, steel and petrochemical pilots
thyssenkrupp PolysiusGermanyCement kilnsElectric and oxyfuel calcination, carbon capture readinessEuropean cement plants
FLSmidth CementDenmarkKilns, preheaters, calcinersElectrified calciner developmentGlobal cement plants
Calix (Leilac)AustraliaIndirect calcinersElectrified indirect calcination with CO2 separationHeidelberg Materials pilot
Sinoma InternationalChinaCement plants (EPC and equipment)Builds most new cement lines worldwideChina, Africa, Middle East
BASF, SABIC and LindeGermany / Saudi ArabiaElectric steam crackerResistive and indirect heating; demo at Ludwigshafen since 2024Ethylene
TopsoeDenmarkElectrified reforming, SOECeREACT, SOEC factory in HerningAmmonia, methanol
Johnson MattheyUKCatalysts, reformingLow-carbon reforming, eMERALD e-methanolChemicals, refining

Process heat

Heat pumps, boilers, thermal batteries and high-temperature heat

See Industrial Heat Pumps and Thermal Batteries.

Process heat equipment makers
CompanyHQEquipmentTechnologyApplications
Everllence (ex MAN Energy Solutions)GermanyLarge heat pumpsCO2 heat pumps, ETES storageDistrict heat, process steam
KobelcoJapanSteam heat pumpsSGH steam-generating heat pumpsFood, chemicals
Johnson ControlsIrelandIndustrial heat pumpsSabroe ammonia heat pumpsFood, district heat
Parat HalvorsenNorwayElectrode boilersHigh-voltage electrode steam boilersPulp and paper, food, district heat
Rondo EnergyUSThermal batteriesBrick storage to ~1,500 °CSteam and hot air for plants
Antora EnergyUSThermal batteriesCarbon blocks, heat and powerIndustrial heat
Kanthal (Alleima)SwedenResistive heating elementsFeCrAl and MoSi2 elementsSteel, glass, ceramics
EuroplasmaFrancePlasma torchesNon-transferred arc torchesWaste vitrification, metallurgy
InductothermUSInduction melting and heatingCoreless induction furnacesFoundries, steel

Metals and polysilicon

Smelting, refining and polysilicon

Metals and polysilicon producers
CompanyHQProcessTechnologyProducts
ELYSIS (Alcoa and Rio Tinto)CanadaAluminum smeltingInert-anode cells emit oxygen instead of CO2Aluminum
Glencore TechnologySwitzerlandSmelting and leachingISASMELT, Albion ProcessCopper, nickel, zinc
MetsoFinlandSmelting, electrowinningOutotec flash smelting, electrowinning cellsCopper, nickel
TongweiChinaPolysiliconModified Siemens processSolar
GCL TechnologyChinaPolysiliconFBR granular silicon (lower power use)Solar
Xinte Energy (TBEA)ChinaPolysiliconModified Siemens processSolar
Wacker ChemieGermanyPolysiliconSiemens process; Burghausen, Charleston (Tennessee)Semiconductors, solar
Hemlock SemiconductorUSPolysiliconSiemens process, MichiganSemiconductors
OCI TerraSolarSouth KoreaPolysiliconSiemens process, MalaysiaSolar

Sources

Sources and scope

Scope
Industrial Electrification Manufacturers
Sources
Company product pages and project releases; AIST steel statistics; ElectronsX temperature ranges
Updated
October 2026