Mission

We are specialised in providing market intelligence covering specific segments or entire markets for the global Speciality Steel Industry. The results of our research projects are based on a vast scale data-collection, comprising present and historical information about the supply side (production), trade (exports and imports) and demand side (consumption) of the specific steel products in question. Starting from our extensive database collected since 1994, we carry out detailed surveys into the topics defined by our customers in order to be able to elaborate a complete set of recommendations for strategic action. Our customers are leading specialty steel producers, traders as well as their raw material and technology suppliers.

A typical case when we are called upon is when a steel producer plans an offensive move (e.g. investment) into new markets: either geographically, or by grades. In such cases, we provide all relevant data and information about market potential (end-users, converters, traders), competitors, local specifications, prices, forecasts, etc. for the market concerned. To this end we will not only visit and interview the most important market players, but also consult all other available data sources, like associations, research institutes, etc.