Supply Basics & Top Producers

Top Stainless Steel Flat Product Producers

In the flat products market, the Europeans regained some ground in 2010 but were unable to regain the top positions in our ‘Top 20’ ranking. Posco has taken the leading position in flat products from Tisco who was ahead in 2009.

Posco (4 plants), Shanxi TISCO (2 plants) and Yusco (2 plants) were the biggest in 2010 followed by the Europeans headed by TK Stainless (9 plants).

  1. POSCO Group
  2. Shanxi TISCO
  3. YUSCO Group
  4. TK Stainless Group
  5. Acerinox Group
  6. APERAM Group
  7. Baosteel Group
  8. Outokumpu Stainless Group
  9. Jisco
  10. NSSC
  11. Jindal Stainless
  12. Fujian Wuhang
  13. JFE Steel
  14. AK Steel
  15. Nisshin Steel
  16. Tsingshan
  17. Southwest Stainless
  18. Allegheny Ludlum (ATI)
  19. Nippon Metal (Nikkinko)
  20. Nippon Yakin (NAS)

 

Top Stainless Steel Long Product Producers

In the long products market segment, the mostly unknown Chinese producer Tsingshan  is volume-wise the biggest producer in the world. But based on revenues, the No. 1 position is for sure taken by the Schmolz + Bickenbach Group, which ranks No. 2 based on volume terms. No.3 is Taiwan’s Walsin Lihwa Group which maintains 3 plants in China. The fast growing Indian producer Viraj is already bigger in output than most European mills.

There is no U.S. based mill big enough to make it into this ranking anymore.

  1. Tsingshan
  2. Schmolz + Bickenbach
  3. Walsin Lihwa
  4. Viraj
  5. Roldan + NAS
  6. PSS
  7. Outokumpu (incl. 50% FSAB)
  8. Baosteel Special Steel Branch
  9. Valbruna Group
  10. Yongxing Special Stainless Steel
  11. Cogne
  12. Dongbei Special Steel
  13. Sandvik (incl. 50% FSAB)
  14. NSSC
  15. SMI
  16. Shanxi TISCO
  17. Daido Steel
  18. Rodacciai Group
  19. Fujian Wuhang
  20. Shanghai Yatai Steel Group