Outokumpu and Böllinghaus steel to partner in special shapes bar

Outokumpu Long Products has a long standing relationship with Böllinghaus Steel, a leading special shapes bar supplier, for some 20 years. The parties announce today a sales & marketing partnership by appointing Böllinghaus Steel as a distributor for cold drawn and hot rolled bars in hexagons, squares and flats. As part of the cooperation, the overall Böllinghaus Steel products will be complemented with Outokumpu’s shapes produced in Sheffield, UK.

Outokumpu’s 8-25mm size range of special shapes bars will be sold by Böllinghaus Steel to the market in addition to their existing product range. The partnership will initially cover Europe, APAC and Latin America (excluding Germany and UK).

Says Antonio Perea, CSO Böllinghaus Steel: “We are very excited with the extension of the cooperation with Outokumpu. This enables us to offer a wider and complete product range to the market and provides us a platform for further growth. We are aiming to be the leading supplier of special shapes bars in the market.”

Says John Stansfield, General Manager, Outokumpu Sheffield Stainless Bar: “The partnership with Böllinghaus Steel enables us to grow our special shapes business to many demanding customers and applications enabled by the Böllinghaus Steel extensive customer relationships. This, coupled with Outokumpu’s technical expertise and quality, is a winning combination.”

Böllinghaus Steel - Outokumpu bar offering
Through the partnership Böllinghaus Steel will be able to offer a full size range of special shaped bar including wide assortment of hot and cold formed standard profiles. The portfolio comprises of: hexagon bars (8-60mm), square bars (8-70mm), flat bars (width: 12-130mm, thickness 3-95mm).

In terms of grades the offering covers all main stainless steel grades as well as titanium and nickel alloys: austenitics, ferritics, martensitics, duplex, titanium, nickel alloys, special steels / other steels available on request.

Outokumpu has a century of experience creating efficient, long-lasting, recyclable stainless steels. Its global offering includes quality-critical long products for heavy industries. Outokumpu’s Long Products sites are located in the UK, Sweden and the US, and are well known for high quality products, flexibility and world-class delivery performance.

Böllinghaus Steel located in Hilden, Germany specialized in stainless steel long products, has its own production facilities in Portugal. The industries, which are served by Böllinghaus Steel, are chemical and petrochemical industry, energy sector, mechanical engineering industry and medical engineering industry. In 2014 Böllinghaus Steel celebrated its 125th anniversary. Based on this long lasting experience the company fabricates high quality stainless steel profiles in various grades. The portfolio comprises of profiles in various forms and lengths manufactured of also various steel grades. Böllinghaus has added duplex products, titanium and Nickel Alloys to its portfolio. With the portfolio extension and with the measures for the capacity extension in Portugal Böllinghaus Steel is well prepared for the challenges of  the future. www.boellinghaus.de