Xingtai Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. has thoroughly implemented its R&D guideline of "Precise Identification, Precise Definition, In-depth Analysis and Targeted Improvement". Centering on core demands of downstream industries, the company has secured systematic breakthroughs in the high-end special steel field. By accurately identifying customers' processing characteristics and unique application scenarios, it has independently developed 56 new grades of premium steel and 242 customized new products, which have delivered robust growth in new product output with a year-on-year sharp increase and demonstrated outstanding capabilities in technology commercialization.

The enterprise has attained a host of landmark breakthroughs in core key technologies. Leveraging the self-developed purification technology of aluminum elevation and calcium reduction, its high-end bearing steel has met the cleanliness benchmark for premium high-grade steel. Meanwhile, the high-temperature diffusion process greatly improves carbide homogeneity, fully complying with stringent quality specifications for high-end end-use applications. The ultra-low coercivity electromagnetic pure iron newly developed by the firm boasts key magnetic performance indicators roughly 50% below national standard thresholds, ranking among China’s top-tier products with doubled annual output. Non-quenched and tempered cold heading steel for automotive manufacturing has realized large-scale industrialization, with output surging fivefold versus the previous year. Besides, the company has conquered the stabilization control technology for critical alloying elements of special steel grades, enabling precise regulation of core chemical compositions.

Its innovation prowess has won high recognition from authoritative industrial institutions. The project titled Development and Application of Harmless and Homogenization Control Technology for Inclusions in High-quality High-carbon Special Steel Wire Rod was awarded the Third Prize of Metallurgical Science and Technology by the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, alongside two other projects claiming the Third Prize of Hebei Provincial Metallurgical Science and Technology Award. The Key Technology for Automotive Gear Shaft Steel received the top-tier Demonstration-level honor in China’s 2025 Quality Innovation Awards, while the R&D and Application Project of High-performance Medium & High-carbon Alloy Steel took home the First Prize of Hebei Provincial Quality Innovation Award. Official authoritative appraisal confirms three technical achievements—R&D and Industrialization of Premium Bearing Steel Wire Rods and Core Technologies, Development and Application of Core Production Technologies for High-end Pure Iron Used in New Energy Industry, and Key Process Development and Application of High-purity High-performance Die Casting Die Steel—have reached internationally advanced standards.

Remarkable progress has also been registered in R&D system optimization and intellectual property accumulation. Within the reporting year, the company obtained 14 nationally authorized patents and filed 28 newly accepted patent applications. It led or participated in drafting 13 industrial and association standards including Non-quenched and Tempered Duplex Cold Heading Steel Wire Rod for High-strength Fasteners and High-purity Raw Material Pure Iron, and acquired one registered software copyright.

Powered by technological innovation as its core driving force, Xingtai Iron and Steel keeps advancing breakthroughs in pivotal manufacturing processes and high-end product development. Such efforts not only cater to the mounting market demand for high-performance and customized special steel, but also fuel robust momentum for advancing new productive forces within China’s iron and steel industry and sustaining the company’s long-term development via world-class technical accomplishments and exceptional innovative strengths.