---
type: "decision"
id: "2026-08-27-keep-acier-leman-as-a-backup-supplier-for-stainless-1-4404"
title: "Keep Acier Léman as a backup supplier for stainless 1.4404 only, with a small yearly…"
date: "2026-08-27"
projects: ["projects/stahl-nord-switch"]
people: ["people/martina-keller", "people/sandra-meier"]
source: "sources/2026-08-27-decision-memo-steel-supplier"
tags: ["decision"]
---

# Keep Acier Léman as a backup supplier for stainless 1.4404 only, with a small yearly…

Decided on 27.08.2026 in [[sources/2026-08-27-decision-memo-steel-supplier|Decision memo: steel supplier from 2027]].

Keep Acier Léman as a backup supplier for stainless 1.4404 only, with a small yearly volume.

## Why

- we do not want to depend on a single steel supplier for medical-grade stainless.

## Project

- [[projects/stahl-nord-switch|Supplier switch to Stahl Nord]]

## People

- [[people/martina-keller|Martina Keller]], CEO
- [[people/sandra-meier|Sandra Meier]], CFO