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both constructors and the OEM sector, production covers a vast assortment of specific applications, including axles and structural body components, roll bars, airbag components, steering and transmission systems, seats and headrests, structures for industrial vehicle cabs and other internal structural parts. Stainless steel welded tube Marcegaglia is bringing its current leading position as the world’s top manufacturer of stainless steel welded tubes to a new high, expecting a global output of over 200,000 tons in 2011, and of around 350,000 tons including other stainless steel products. Italy hosts the Forlì plant (the world’s largest stainless steel welded tube plant) and two other excellence centres for tubes and bright bars. In the Americas, the US plant in Munhall is also dedicated to stainless tube and pipe, together with the Brazilian plant of Garuva, recently upgraded to double its manufacturing area. The Russian plant in Vladimir – some 180km East of Moscow – was started in 2010 and is now focused on welded precision tubes for all key stainless applications, planning to develop as a large sized service centre for flats. Marcegaglia process pipe range include certified products for applications in the food and dairy industry, drinkable water, chemical and pharmaceutical, oil and gas, heat exchangers, electrical resistances and other mechanical applications. The product range of tubes for exhaust systems, tubes for hydroforming applications and special shapes for automotive construction is also engineered and manufactured in Marcegaglia stainless steel production plants worldwide as well as a dedicated range of shape and finishes for the building and construction sector. Group Internationalisation Marcegaglia is the story of an entrepreneurial and company values

success: elements that have led the group to become an industrial leader in the stainless and carbon steel processing sector, with 5.5 million tons processed yearly (2011e) and the world’s widest product range in terms of width and variety. The group has operations worldwide with 7,500 employees, 51 sales offices, 210 representatives and 50 manufacturing plants covering, globally, 6 million square metres, where 5,500 kilometres of carbon and stainless steel products are manufactured every day, serving more than 15,000 customers. Activities in the steel sector (88%) and other businesses (12%) are expected to generate 5.0 billion euro turnover in 2011, with an estimated increase to 6.0 billion by 2013.

Founded in 1959 by Steno Marcegaglia and fully owned by the Marcegaglia family, the group is headquartered in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, Mantova, and is organised into seven

business areas: steel, building, home products, e n g i n e e r i n g , energy, tourism and services.

Antonio Marcegaglia, chief executive officer

Yangzhou plant opening, April 2011

COMPANY FACTS Marcegaglia is the leading industrial group worldwide in the steel processing sector, with a yearly output of 5 million tons. The group has operations worldwide with 7,500 employees, 51 sales offices, 210 representations and 50 manufacturing plants covering 6 million square metres, where 5,500 kilometres of carbon and stainless steel products are manufactured every day, serving more than 15,000 customers. Activities in the steel sector and other businesses are expected to generate 5 billion euro turnover in 2011, with an estimated increase to 6.0 billion by 2013. Founded in 1959 and fully owned by the Marcegaglia family, the group is headquartered in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti, Mantova, and is organized into 7 business areas: steel, building, home products, engineering, energy, tourism and services.

Marcegaglia Headquarters via Bresciani, 16, I-46040 Gazoldo Ippoliti Mantova – Italy Tel: +39 0376 6851 Fax: +39 0376 685 600

www.marcegaglia.com

Trade shows this year: Shanghai Metallurgy Expo 2011 (26-28 September): stand 2E01 TUBOTECH São Paulo (4-6 October): stand 618-717

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