the severe deformations also shorten the diffusion paths which again significantly increases the reactivity in order to enable the re dissolution and release reactions to take place with sufficient speed the preferably cold formed steel is annealed at temperatures from t 1 750 u00b0 c to t 2 1080 u00b0 c see fig5 in this range the re dissolution and release reactions take place under formation of new precipitates possibly having a new composition similar to the reaction described in equation 4 above according to the invention a final annealing step can be performed at temperatures not exceeding 450 u00b0 c in order to solidify released lubricant metals or newly formed very fine precipitates to harden in the steel matrix to reduce strain and to adjust the hardness or stability of the steel alloy the hardness can progressively decrease during the final annealing step if the temperature is above approximately 350 u00b0 c which suggests a loss of cohesion of the matrix preferably after at least one cold forming step with a deformation of more than 65 the steel is annealed for 30 to 60 minutes at a temperature of 750 u00b0 c to 1080 u00b0 c curve 3 and thereafter controllably cooled down for 30 to 180 minutes to a temperature t 2 from 500 u00b0 c to 700 u00b0 c while supplying a small amount of energy fig5 the precipitates produced during the annealing are thereby stabilized by controlled diffusion advantageously the steel is held steady at least once at one or more intermediate temperatures of for example 680 u00b0 c during the cooling step.