Duisburg-headquartered ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is the biggest steel company in Germany, with some 26,000 employees.
(Reporting by Tom Käckenhoff; Writing by Tom Sims; Editing by Mike Harrison)
DUESSELDORF, March 25 (Reuters) - ThyssenKrupp Chief Executive Martina Merz has defended efforts to spin off
the German company's steel business ahead of a board meeting
next week.
"The future lies in the business becoming specialized and
managing without the help of the parent company," Merz was cited
as saying by the weekly magazine Der Spiegel.
A supervisory board meeting on March 31 will discuss the
issue, which faces resistance from some employees.
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