Production-materials service provider Ferostav spol. s.r.o. acquired in Slovakia
Düsseldorf-based ThyssenKrupp Services AG is branching out further into C&E Europe by acquiring as of October 1, 2007, an 80-percent stake in the Slovakian company Ferostav spol. s.r.o., headquartered in Nove Zámky. The takeover is subject to the approval of ThyssenKrupp AG’s Supervisory Board on September 5, 2007.
Founded in 1996, the company presently has a workforce of around 200 that in 2006 generated sales of about €95 million. Ferostav is the third biggest steel trader in Slovakia and has nine locations including in Bratislava, Nove Zamky, Trnava and Martin. The company specializes in services for steel sheet/plate, reinforcing steel, steel bars and rods, structural and sectional steel, H-beams, and pipes and tubes. Its clients are located particularly in the construction and mechanical engineering industries.
“The takeover complements our successful C&E European operations and represents another dynamic step toward market penetration and the extension of our product and services lineup,” states Joachim Limberg, Deputy CEO ThyssenKrupp Services and CEO of ThyssenKrupp Materials International. “This will allow us to weave an ever closer distribution network so that we can serve our customers even more quickly and efficiently.” ThyssenKrupp Services already operates companies in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.
Services in the growth market of C&E Europe
For ThyssenKrupp Services, C&E Europe is a most inviting growth market in which since the 90s it has been pursuing a most successful expansion strategy. In fact, this Services segment of the ThyssenKrupp Group is meanwhile leader in many sectors. Limberg: “We will continue to flexibly address the dynamic markets of C&E Europe and expand our distribution networks in the interests of our customers. We are repeatedly fine-tuning our product lineup, warehousing facilities and services range. Our goal is quite clear: the best in materials availability, logistics, and services!” In the Polish city of Dabrowa Gornicza in 2006, C&E Europe’s biggest warehouse, logistics and processing center of its kind was opened.
