OREANDA-NEWS. Metinvest Group, an international vertically integrated steel and mining company, established a representative sales office in Spain – Metinvest Iberica S.L. This office will be focused on strengthening cooperation with the customers of Metinvest’s steel products in Spain and Portugal and providing quick and efficient service to them.

The Iberian Peninsula is a key steel consuming region in Europe. Spain is the 4th largest market for flat and long steel products in the EU-28 after Germany, Italy and France.

Metinvest is a leading and reliable international supplier of flats, sections and raw materials. Its new representative office will provide for the further development of cooperation with Spanish and Portuguese clients in the construction, machine building, and pipe production sectors. Customers will now have a unified channel for working with Metinvest: they will be able to place “package” orders of various types of metallurgical products.

Metinvest Group has representative offices and/or warehouses in Europe, including in the Balkans, Baltics, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Metinvest has representative offices in 21 countries and more than 6,500 customers, including 1,700 within Europe.

Metinvest Group’s metallurgical plants are located in both Ukraine and Europe. In Europe, Promet Steel has an annual capacity of 500,000 tons of steel products in Bulgaria, Metinvest Trametal and Ferriera Valsider have a total capacity of 1.2 million tons in Italy, and Spartan UK can manufacture 200,000 tons in the U.K.

Dmitry Nikolaenko, Metinvest Group’s Sales Director:
"Despite these challenging times, we are continuing to develop and strengthen our sales function in key markets, including Europe, which is where we have production facilities and more than one fourth of our customers are located. The establishment of Metinvest Iberica is a sequential step in the creation of an effective network of sales offices in Europe that will consolidate supply of our entire product range, provide responsive commercial service and offer comprehensive technical support".