PwC Strategy& GmbH (Berlin, Germany):

Naujok N., Dr., Partner

PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (Frankfurt/Main, Germany):
Schill I., Senior Manager, e-mail: ingo.shill@de.pwc.com

Iron and steel producers and processors manufacture modern wind power units, efficient fuel elements and lightweight constructions for automotive industry owing to their developments and innovations and as feedback to requirements of the customers. In 2014 there were the unique number of innovations put into practice in the iron and steel industry, and joint investigation by PricewaterhouseCoopers and PwC Strategy & GmbH undertaken by the order of “Steel” economical union, has testified this fact. In this paper the following problems are discussed: the rate of innovation development, features of customers, patent applications, integration at all technological levels, high efficiency level due to the new functional opportunities, research works and partnership, correspondence to the framework conditions.