Materials Services
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We are Materials Services
The industrial landscape is characterized by unique dynamics: Competition and price pressure are increasing, global supply chains are struggling with disruptions, the pace of innovation is potentiating and the drive for sustainable action requires new solutions. Modern companies need agile partners with consulting expertise.
We make our customers' success our priority and ensure that they can concentrate on what is essential – their core business. As one of the world’s leading mill-independent materials distribution and service providers, we cover the entire materials supply chain, as our business model ranges from materials trading to digital supply chain solutions.
With an extensive portfolio that includes rolled steel, non-ferrous metals, stainless steel as well as plastics and raw materials, we are active for around 250,000 customers in a wide range of industries, such as automotive, construction, mechanical engineering, aerospace, energy and defense industry. In developing our offering and solutions, we have a vision for our industry and our customers' needs: the regionalization of local warehousing and production, the need for resilient supply chains and accelerated decarbonization.
This requires competitive performance and continuous improvement in our efficiency and productivity. In doing so, we are pursuing three directions:
Growth, particularly in North America
Efficiency improvement and consolidation with a focus on Europe
New digital and sustainable customer solution
Our vision: A world in which resources are used in the best possible way – for joint success and a sustainable future.
Our global network: 380 locations in more than 30 countries
thyssenkrupp Materials Services has a global network with around 380 locations – of which around 270 are warehouses – with a focus on Europe and North America. The almost 70 subsidiaries work closely with around 4,000 suppliers for our 250,000 customers.
You can find a complete list of locations here.
Materials Services is part of thyssenkrupp
Materials Services is part of thyssenkrupp
thyssenkrupp is an international industrial and technology group with around 98,000 employees. In the fiscal year 2023/2024, the company generated sales of €35 billion in 47 countries. Its business activities are bundled in five segments: Automotive Technology, Decarbon Technologies, Materials Services, Steel Europe and Marine Systems. With extensive technology know-how, the businesses develop innovative solutions for the challenges of the future. Around 3,900 employees work in research and development worldwide. They are mainly focused on climate protection and the energy transition, the digital transformation in industry and the mobility of the future. The patent portfolio of thyssenkrupp currently includes approximately 16,900 patents and utility models. thyssenkrupp is pursuing ambitious climate protection targets and actively optimizing its own energy and climate efficiency. At the same time, the Group is supporting its customers with advanced products to help them achieve their climate targets, thus playing a key role in advancing the green transformation. As a publicly listed company, thyssenkrupp is part of the MDAX index. thyssenkrupp shares are traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: TKA) and as American depositary receipts (ticker symbol: TKAMY) in the USA.