Montanstahl’s standard minimum order quantities for hot rolled special profiles are:

• Carbon and alloyed steels: 15 tons
• Stainless steel special profiles: 5–6 tons

For specific projects, we can offer:

• 5–6 tons in carbon steel
• 2–3 tons in stainless steel

Prototypes can also be produced, depending on the requirements of your project and the technology used

Learn more about our available production technologies.

Minimum quantities for cold rolled special profiles start from:

• 100 kg, depending on shape and grade

Cold rolling is ideal for small, lightweight sections with tight tolerances.

Discover our Cold Rolled Special Profiles.

Minimum quantities for cold drawn special profiles depend on whether a hot rolled pre-shape is required.

• If a hot rolled pre-shape is needed → same MOQ as hot rolled profiles
• If not → we can offer production from just a couple of bars

Explore our Cold Drawn Special Profiles.

For normed structural profiles in stainless steel (see catalogue), Montanstahl MOQ for end customers are:

• 2’000 kg min per profile in 1.4301/1.4307 – 304/304L
• 1’000 kg min per profile in 1.4404/1.4571 – 316L/316Ti
• 5’000 kg min per inquiry in total (different profiles together)

For special laser welded profiles in carbon steel or stainless steel, Montanstahl MOQ are as little as 1 bar.

Montanstahl’s standard minimum order quantities for hot extruded special profiles are:

• Carbon and alloyed steel profiles: 2000 Kg
• Stainless steel special profiles: 500 Kg

For new projects, where testing of the profile is required before full-scale production, Montanstahl can provide prototype bars for customer evaluation and approval prior to serial manufacturing. Learn more about our available production technologies.

We primarily manufacture:

Carbon steel grades

• S235JR
• S355J2

Stainless steel grades

• AISI 304L (1.4307)
• AISI 316L (1.4404)
• AISI 316Ti (1.4571)

which are the most popular grades on the market.

Nevertheless, we can offer special profiles in a multitude of other alloys, including:

• Alloyed steels
• Duplex stainless steels
• Titanium
• And more

See our full range of Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel and Titanium Grades available.

Yes. We produce duplex special profiles in:

• Hot rolled execution
• Cold drawn execution
• Cold rolled execution
• Extruded execution
• Laser fused execution

Learn more about Duplex Stainless Steel.

AISI 316 offers superior corrosion resistance compared to 304, especially in:

• Marine environments
• Chemical processing industries
• Mild acidic environments

Visit our Case Studies page to understand the fields of application in which they are used.

Yes.

• Brass profiles: extruded and cold worked
• Titanium profiles: mainly extruded, also small cold rolled sections

Visit our Extruded Special Profiles page for more details.

For hot rolled profiles:

• Weight range: 1–10 kg/m (standard feasibility)
• 10–12 kg/m → feasibility verification required
• >12 kg/m → available via extrusion or hybrid laser fused execution
• No undercuts or holes allowed in hot rolled execution

Alternative solutions:

• Extruded Execution
• Cold Rolled Execution
• Laser Fused Execution

We can offer profiles that weight more than 12kg/m only in extruded execution or in a hybrid laser welded execution, which means producing several parts and laser fusing them together, while ensuring the highest quality of profiles.

Minimum material thickness: 2mm

Size range: fit in a circle of max 200 mm

General tolerances: ±0.1 mm

For very small sections less than 1 kg/m → often better produced in cold rolled execution

Discover Cold Drawn Technology.

Weight: 0.1kg/m – 6kg/m (typically 4 kg/m – 6 kg/m)

MOQ for cold rolled carbon steel profiles: 500kg

MOQ for cold rolled carbon steel profiles: 100kg

Learn about Cold Rolled Production Capabilities.

• Weld penetration for stainless steel: 10mm per side
• Weld penetration for carbon steel: 5mm per side
• Size range: 2000mm x 1000mm
• General tolerances: ±0.5 mm
• Material thickness: 2mm – 80mm
• Weight: from 0.5 kg/m to 200 kg/m

• Material thickness: min. 3.5 mm
• Size range: fit in circle of max. 255 mm
• Only one hole can be produced
• Inside diameter of hollow profile: from 20 mm to 200 mm
• Weight: from 1.5 kg/m to 120 kg/m
• General tolerances: ±0.5 mm

Learn more about Hot Extrusion Production Capabilities.

We generally supply profiles in bars, either in standard fixed lengths or cut to length. We can supply profiles in coils when produced in:

• Hot rolled execution
• Cold rolled execution

Contact our Sales Team.

• Standard: 8,000 mm (-0/+200 mm)
• Special cases: up to 9,000 mm

• Generally, we manufacture bars with maximum lengths of 9,600 mm (-0/+400 mm). In exceptional cases, we can produce bars up to 12m

Cold rolled special sections are usually small in size, and the bars tend to be very flexible, compromising the straightness and twist of the bar, if not handled with the utmost care.

• Recommended length: 5,600 mm (-0/+100 mm)
• Possible: up to 7,000 mm

• Standard: 6’000mm (-0/+200mm)
• Recommended: 14’000mm max
• Possible: 16’000mm max

We can produce bars up to 16,800 mm, subject to the cross-sectional area, material composition, shape, and weight of the profile.
Each special profile has its own maximum producible length, determined by the above-mentioned technical factors.
Different profile lengths may also be manufactured when required.

The tolerance level on a special hot rolled profile depends very much on the shape and size of the section.

• Typical tolerance: ±0.5 mm
• Possible tolerance: ±0.3 mm
• Only for specific sections: down to ±0.1 mm

This allows substitution of cold drawn profiles with cost-efficient hot rolled near net shapes.

Read more about Hot Rolled Near Net Shapes.

Standard: DIN ISO 2768-m

Typical range:

• ±0.1 mm to ±0.5 mm
• ±0.05 mm achievable with additional drawing step

See Cold Drawn Special Profiles.

Standard: DIN ISO 2768-m

TypGeneral tolerance:

• ±0.05 mm to ±0.1 mm
• Possible down to ±0.02 mm

Explore Precision Cold Rolled Profiles.

For structural profiles (channels, T, beams, angles,..):

• Straightness = 1 mm/m max
• Internal radii = < 2 mm
• External radii = 0.5mm max (sharp corners)
• Surface roughness = 3.5-5.5 Ra

For hollow sections (tubes and box sections):

• Straightness = 1.5 mm/m max
• Internal radii = < 2 mm
• External radii = 0.5mm max (sharp corners)
• Surface roughness = 3.5-5.5 Ra

Laser welding enables significantly tighter tolerances compared to conventional processes, making it ideal for high-precision engineering and architectural applications.

• Minimum internal radius = 4 mm
• Minimum external radius = 1.5 ± 0.5 mm
• Longitudinal Curvature = Max deviation ≤ 1 mm/m
• Transverse Curvature = Max 1%

Yes.

Pickling removes:

• Mill scale
• Carbon steel contamination
• Risk of superficial corrosion

Carbon steel hot rolled profiles are not pickled.

Learn about our Stainless Steel Processing.

Yes, all stainless cold drawn profiles are degreased.

Carbon steel cold drawn profiles are not degreased to maintain corrosion protection from residual oil.

Yes. We offer one-stop solutions, including:

• Fixed cut lengths
• Drilling
• Surface treatment

Visit our Processing & Finishing Services.

No, is not a standard for our products, but it is a service we can provide through external suppliers upon request.

Yes, solution annealing is carried out for stainless steel profiles.

Yes, at Montanstahl we also produce what we call “Hybride Profiles”.

The ability to combine different production technologies available at Montanstahl allows us to meet the specific requirements of each project.

A hot-rolled or hot-extruded pre-shape can be cold drawn to achieve the tolerances required by the design, or different profiles can be laser welded together to create a completely new section.

This approach optimizes:

• Cost
• Structural performance
• Dimensional limits expansion
• Precision

Discover Our Hybride Profiles.

Yes, at Montanstahl we produce the so-called “composite profiles.”

We can achieve this by using advanced production technologies such as laser welding or hot extrusion, depending on the technical requirements of the application.

By combining different materials in one profile, it is possible to benefit from the specific advantages of each material, such as:

• improved corrosion resistance (e.g. stainless steel combined with carbon steel)
• enhanced mechanical strength
• thermal insulation, for example when using a thermal barrier in architectural profiles
• cost optimization, by using high-performance materials only where they are required

This approach is widely used in applications such as steel window systems, façade structures, and specialized industrial components, where multiple functional properties are required in a single profile.

Discover the range of materials available for Montanstahl special profiles in our Materials section.

Yes, we stock stainless structural profiles including:

• Beams
• Channels
• Tees
• Angles
• Flats
• Half rounds
• Key steel

Main grades: 304L and 316L.

Carbon steel structural profiles are produced as custom profiles only.

Explore our Structural Stainless Steel Profiles.

Yes, we produce:

• Hot rolled window sections in carbon steel
• Stainless steel window sections in laser fused execution
• Stainless steel window sections crimped together with thermal barrier

Learn more about our Special Steel Windows Profiles.

Yes. We offer call-off orders:

• Yearly quantities produced at once
• Stocked up to 18 months
• No additional cost
• Payment only upon call-off

Contact our Sales Department.

No. We comply fully with all applicable laws and regulations and do not source materials from Russia or Belarus.

No.

Montanstahl supplies the raw profile (optionally cut or drilled). The final component manufacturer typically holds IATF 16949 certification.

See our Quality Management System.

Minimum industry requirements:

• Shear strength: >24 MPa
• Tensile strength: >20 MPa

Laser welding is a high-precision joining process that uses a focused laser torch to melt metal components through a highly localized heat input, offering the following advantages:

• Reduced thermal distortion
• High dimensional accuracy
• Clean weld seams with minimal post-processing
• High production speed
• Excellent repeatability
• Enhanced mechanical properties

Laser welding is particularly beneficial when:

• tight tolerances are required
• post-processing needs to be minimized
• complex or thin-walled profiles are involved
• high aesthetic quality is important

Laser welding is commonly used for:

• carbon steel
• stainless steel
• duplex stainless steel
• high-strength steels

Material suitability depends on composition and geometry.

Due to the higher level of copper in martensitic stainless steel, these are more difficult to weld.

Yes, especially for custom profiles, where precision and control of distortion are critical.

While the initial cost may be higher, laser welding often:

• reduces secondary processing
• improves overall product quality
• optimizes material usage

resulting in a lower total project cost in many cases.

Yes. One of the key advantages of laser welding is the ability to manufacture:

• non-standard shapes
• tailored thickness combinations
• weight-optimized solutions

No, it is not required.

Yes, this is a service we can provide through external suppliers.

No, we only produces hot-extruded special profiles in a wide range of steel grades and titanium.

• MOQs are very small compared to other technologies
• Tooling costs for new profiles are very low
• Customers can start by ordering a few sample pieces, a very small quantity for trial purposes, avoiding the need to immediately start serial production.
• Hot-extruded profiles in steel have higher mechanical properties than other materials. For example, an aluminum profile used for structural purposes is lighter, but it cannot withstand heavy loads and stresses as steel can do.
• Hot-extruded special profiles can take a wide variety of geometric shapes, allowing customers to avoid welding or machining several parts together.

Yes, Montanstahl works closely with customers from the earliest stages of design to optimize profiles in preparation for manufacturing, recommending the best production technology to use and thereby ensuring efficiency from both a technical and economic standpoint.