Rolling steel beams and sheets
Facts checked 1 Nov 2026
Steel becomes something you can build with in a factory, not a refinery. This is your first manufacturing job: rolling Steel into Steel Beams and Steel Sheets.
Factories
Factories work just like refineries: you choose a process, the inputs and outputs, and an amount, and lease the building by the job. Manufacturing is Engineers' work too, so your tutor crew's Engineer sets the pace. The Academy leases its factories the same way as its refineries.
The recipes
- Steel Beam Rolling: 1 kg of Steel makes 1 kg of Steel Beams. You need 350 tonnes. About an hour and a half.
- Steel Sheet Rolling: 1 kg of Steel makes 1 kg of Steel Sheets. You need 200 tonnes. About an hour.
Most of each time is set-up, so run each recipe as one job, and run both at once on two factories.
Roll your steel
- Select one of the Academy's leased factories and click Manufacture Goods.
- Choose Steel Beam Rolling, with your crew's warehouse for the inputs and outputs.
- Set the amount to 350 tonnes, check the time, click Lease & Begin, and approve.
- On a second factory, do the same with Steel Sheet Rolling and 200 tonnes.
- When each is done, click Finish.