Steel
transforming the world
Marcegaglia has operations worldwide with 6,500
employees, 51 sales offices, 210 representations
and 50 manufacturing plants covering 6 million
squared meters, where 5,500 kilometers of carbon
and stainless steel products are manufactured
every day, serving more than 15,000 customers.
Today, the group is still an Italian company,
yet a global player operating in the world's
biggest markets, performing the concept of “giving
shape to steel” while developing a series of
strictly controlled manufacturing steps all on
the basis of competence, experience and know-how.
“Marcegaglia has developed specific technical
skills in the design, construction and revamping
of manufacturing plants, industrial automation
and IT systems , and to the management of large
projects as general contractor” - comments Antonio
Marcegaglia – “We strictly believe in our competences,
that is why we build our own facilities transferring
our company values in new ventures, be it in
Italy or abroad”, concludes Antonio Marcegaglia
“The result is a unique strategic positioning
with an exceptional diversification of products,
geographical markets, final industry segment,
combining the strength of purchasing and capillary
market presence, economy of scale with top reactivity
and flexibility, more and more control in today's
times”.
The growth factor and the internationalisation
of the group
The continuous growth of its steel transformation
business has led the group to invest continuously
in its production chain consolidating its presence
both in Italy and abroad.
Marcegaglia stands among steel market's top
independent players in the world.
On one side, flexibility on the raw material sourcing translates into great
efficiency in stock management and price policies; on the other, pioneering
strategic partnership agreements on a world scale ensure quality steel supply
on a regular basis.
“There are four key strategies driving Marcegaglia
today: reinforce structured supply, focus on
core business, develop further investments to
support our continuous growth and increase our
international presence”, explains Antonio Marcegaglia.
In particular, since 1987- when Antonio Marcegaglia
joined the company just after his graduation
at Bocconi University in Milan - he has strictly
accelerated the presence of the group in the
international markets.
“Twenty-three years have passed since then,
and I've been resolute in my commitment to giving
the company new momentum by opening it up to
the new generations, new technologies, and internationalisation.
Although I've been a fervent supporter of consolidation
for all the group's Italian production sites,
on the other hand my passion and curiosity for
the world and its various cultures led me to
open up to the global market, by exporting our
methodology, know-how and business culture, and
by learning from the local environments. Nowadays,
being an entrepreneur means growing your own
business by interpreting other cultures and business
styles when trading and dealing with other “worlds”.
Companies that can express their leadership on
the basis of a global vision can produce and
transmit culture, not only with their products
but also with innovation, ideas and values”,
comments Antonio Marcegaglia.
The stainless steel sector
Focusing on the stainless steel sector, Marcegaglia
stands out today as the world's top producer
of welded stainless steel tubes. More than 60
state-of-the-art manufacturing lines employ high-frequency,
laser, TIG and plasma welding technologies.
“Our production starts with the processing of
HR Black Coils by annealing and pickling process
to reach then our cold reducing mills ready for
the final products: mainly tubes but also flat
bars, round bars and cold formed sections” explains
Antonio Marcegaglia.
Today Marcegaglia developes its stainless steel
product range (that includes a vast range of
both austenitic and ferritic grades as well as
Duplex and special alloys)in Italy, with 3 plants,
in Brazil and in the US, but “we are producing
also in Russia, where we have opened a new plant
in Vladimir, and in China with large investments
in carbon precision tubing and stainless steel
pipes ” says Antonio Marcegaglia.
In particular in Italy, the plant in Forlì,
with more than 250.000 t/year of capacity is
the biggest stainless steel welded tube plant
in the world. Gazoldo degli Ippoliti is the group
Headquarters hosting coil cold-rolling, annealing
and pickling lines and the Service Centre dedicated
to sheets, strips, flat bars and open profiles.
Last, but not least, we can count on Contino
plant with its production of stainless steel
drawn bright bars.
Marcegaglia Ru (Russia) is well underway in
the project of realising a plant for the production
of stainless steel products in the city of Vladimir,
some 180 km East of Moscow, the site is 70,000
square meters wide of which 14,000 are covered.
Marcegaglia Ru aims to become the leader in
Russia within the stainless steel transformation
segment, focusing on the first step in welded
tube production and, in a second step, as a large
service center for flats.
The initial production will be organized through
six welding lines (T.I.G., Laser and High Frequency)
up to 6” O.D., one slitting line, one polishing
machine and cutting facilities. Production is
expected to start in the second quarter of 2010
and the investment to be completed by 2011.
Sales of 35,000 tons or 90 million euros are foreseen in 2012, employing around
130-150 people.
Marcegaglia China spreads over a land of 714,000
square meters located in Guangling Industrial
Park, Yangzhou and corporate offices in Shanghai.The
first phase of plant development includes 153,000
square meters of covered production area equipped
with European manufacturing systems, plus a 4,200
square meters office buildings.
The amount of the investment is estimated in
120 million euro and the production will start
in the second half of 2010. At steady state,
the company will employ around 500 people and
the plant output will reach in the first step
150,000 t/year of high quality products.
Marcegaglia will be an exhibitor at Tube Duesseldorf,
12-16 April 2010: hall 3 / stand D30.
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Marcegaglia 2012: 500 thousand tons
of stainless products manufactured worldwide
Manufacturing units: China, Russia, Brazil,
USA, Italy
Product range: Austenitic and ferritic grades,
nickel alloys, super austenitic and duplex materials
Dimensional range
Coil production: two cold-rolling mills, two
annealing/pickling lines up to 1,500 mm width,
with thickness from 0.6 up to 6.0 mm.
Sheet and strip service centre.
Slit flat bars (from 10x2 up to 200x12 mm) and
cold formed sections.
Round tubes: from 5.0 mm O. D. up to 508 mm
O.D. and thickness from 0.4 mm up to 6.00 mm.
Box sections: from 10 x 10 x 1.0 mm up to 250 x 250 x 6.0 mm.
Drawn bright bars from 5.0 up to 30 mm, centerless
ground bars up to 200 mm.
Application sectors: automotive, food and dairy,
chemical and petrochemical, building, structural
and decoration
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 Marcegaglia a story of international growth
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