On the occasion of Bilanci d’Acciaio, Siderweb awarded the companies in the steel industry that have distinguished themselves for the best rates of growth and profitability. The jury, chaired by Claudio Teodori, full professor at the University of Brescia and composed of Gianfranco Tosini and Stefano Ferrari from the Siderweb research office, took into consideration the companies included in the ‘Bilanci d’Acciaio 2022’ study, grouping them into five categories : steel production (semi-finished products, stainless steels, common and alloy steels); first transformation (manufacture of tubes, rolling of semi-products); distribution; service centers; trade in scrap and ferro-alloys. The sole sponsor of the awards is Coface, a world leader in credit insurance. Bilanci d’Acciaio 2022 was hosted by the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan and sponsored by BPER Banca, Coface and Regesta. Here are the 5 winners of the ninth edition of Bilancio d’Acciaio: for the production of steel, Afv Beltrame Group, operating in the steel industry for more than a century, producing laminates for building construction, shipbuilding and earth moving machinery. It has production sites in Italy (in Vicenza) and in Switzerland, France and Romania. Its commercial structure allows it to be present in all European and Mediterranean markets. It has 2,500 employees. In 2021 it achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion euros and sales of 2.3 million tons. For the first transformation, the Profiltubi group. With an office in Reggiolo, in the province of Reggio Emilia, in an area of over 130 thousand square meters, it has been operating in the steel industry for over 50 years and is specialized in the production of carbon steel tubes welded with the HF system, in various shapes and size. In 2020 Auctus Capital partners Ag acquired a majority stake and started a collaboration with several members of the historic Alfieri founding family, now minority shareholders with key management positions. The entry of the new investor partner marked the start of an ambitious growth project, also in an international key. For distributors and traders, Euromet. The company represents 50 years of experience in the steel sector of the Daddi Bisello family. Today run by Roberto Bisello and Laura Cecilia Daddi, it is based in Genoa and has been the exclusive agent of Jsw Steel since 1997. In 2021 it achieved sales records in all products marketed, also thanks to the attention to the customer and to the quality of services, which make Euromet an ever present and competitive reality on the national and international market. For service centers, Iron. It is a sheet metal service center in Santa Maria degli Angeli, in the province of Perugia, at the foot of Assisi, which has been operating in the Italian and foreign steel sector since 1986. It occupies an area of 112 thousand square meters and produces 85 thousand tons of flattened material per year. , pre-processed and tubes. It has 4 leveling lines, 8 cutting systems and 3 press-bending machines. Over the years, it has invested in its production plants, adapting them to new technologies with the aim of responding in a timely manner to the needs of the market, gaining considerable experience in the transformation of steels. For the trade of scrap and ferroalloys, Ferrari. Operating for over 50 years in the environmental services sector, it specializes in the collection, transport, recovery, disposal and storage of industrial waste and metal scrap throughout Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. The headquarters in Bozzolo, in the province of Mantua, covers an area of 45 thousand square meters. The company also offers an environmental and fiscal consultancy service, as well as for waste disposal and management.To be included in the Steel Budget study, it is necessary to have an annual production value for the financial year 2021 (last year of the examined) exceeding 5 million euros. The indicators are: overall profitability rate (Roa referred to the last available financial year); marginality rate on sales, identified in the incidence of EBITDA on sales (referring to the last financial year available); profitability of sales, identified in the incidence of EBIT on sales (referring to the last financial year available); impact of financial charges on EBITDA (referring to the last financial year available); overall debt ratio, identified by the ratio between third party and own means (referring to the last financial year available); turnover growth rate (average over the last three years). The opinions of market operators: starting from an analysis of the global economic situation, the president of Federacciai, Antonio Gozzi, explains: “Economic situation and structure. These are the two macros – I am involved by the change. First of all the economic situation, which has two elements of novelty: inflation rates unknown in the last thirty years and, as a direct consequence of the pandemic and war, the attenuation of the process of the great globalization process. factors which, when combined, are the causes of the paradigm shift taking place. Steel must understand the structural mechanisms of this transformation in order to be able to govern it “. Another element touched by the president of Federacciai is that relating to the energy crisis, with respect to which the association of steel producers has started “with Eni projects for the development of decarbonised energy sources and with Ansaldo Energia a scouting consortium for the construction of plants of Dri, abroad or in Italy, to feed the energy needs of the steel industry “.” After the excellent 2021 and the first part of 2022 – adds Riccardo Benso, president of Assofermet – no one expected to find a situation similar to that We have to adapt to this new world, but the adaptation phase is not always rapid. In perspective, however, the discontinuity could generate new opportunities for the steel industry. In this sense, sustainability, circularity and decarbonisation are the way to transform the sector “. Then, President Benso appealed to the new government: “We ask the newly installed executive to resume the dialogue, established with Minister Giorgetti, to organize a permanent table with all the players in the steel industry”. and the future of the sector that came from the lucid analyzes of Cavaliere Giovanni Arvedi, president of Finarvedi, in the face-to-face interview by Lucio dell’Angelo (Siderweb). In particular, according to the Cavaliere “the steel industry is changing, the electric furnace represents a modern model for producing steel and the sector must work to improve above all its competitiveness. The integral cycle – continues Arvedi – as we have known it has no future. ” . Broadening his gaze, Cavalier Arvedi highlights the need for “a cultural approach, even before a technological one, to the great transformations we are facing, in particular that of sustainability”. And as regards the evolution of the market, he points out how “uncertainties depend on factors that are often beyond the control of the supply chain.” “Bper Banca feels a great responsibility towards a key sector such as the steel industry, which represents Italian excellence and supports some of the most important ‘made in Italy’ chains with a great vocation towards foreign countries – he says -. with products and services dedicated to companies in the sector. We have a transversal service model, which allows us to be close to both medium-sized companies and large industrial groups, also with specialized services to support growth and development strategies, also able to to serve current needs, intervening at the various levels of the steel supply chain. We have 33 business centers and 3 key client branches with professionals ready to listen meet the needs of entrepreneurs “.
